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• Charlie Schroeder: The wildlife part of this bill, referring to clearing up congestion in wildlife matters, does not mean that shortcuts should be taken, and wildlife suffer. That has already been happening too... (1 week, 4 days ago)
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• Tibor Majlath: How is it that the member can apply the best science available for mapping the future of water security to maximise the ability to make money, yet at the same time is so contemptuous of the best... (7 March 2020)
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• Bill Thomson: Public safety would be markedly improved by the replacement of coal with nuclear in the Hunter. And it wouldn't use any more water than the current coal generators do. (6 March 2020)
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• Andrew Jackson: Excellent to see that even the LNP can see the evil of the neo-liberal agenda forced on us by the likes of Keating and others. We need a complete commitment to Australian Manufacturing and... (25 February 2020)
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• Tibor Majlath: Government books aren't balanced when you are in surplus. With a surplus, government revenue outpaces the rate it is spending that money. With a deficit the government spends more than it... (13 February 2020)
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• Bill Thomson: The United States is an excellent example that Senator Birmingham could have used https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/us-greenh... (13 February 2020)
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• Bill Thomson: "expert in new energy technology" does not mean "expert in energy grids and systems". The difference is very important. That you apparently don't get this is at the heart of why you are getting... (13 February 2020)
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• Bill Thomson: So much for your bipartisanship. (12 February 2020)
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• Bill Thomson: We already *have* the technology proven to achieve the scale of decarbonisation required. But your party just supported a motion against it in the Senate on this very day!! (12 February 2020)
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• Bill Thomson: That same Professor David Bowman supports nuclear power for climate action. http://energyforhumanity.org/news-events/news/energy/open-le tter-environmentalists-nuclear-energy/ (11 February 2020)
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