See the contrast between the Vic government and the NSW government on greenhouse gas reduction issues. Total opposite message.

The NSW govt’s report seems to be out kilter with other reports on this. It just makes me suspicious that the NSW is doing this to help out the energy industry. They have earned my distrust and thus anything they say I listen carefully.

VICTORIA could slash its greenhouse gas emissions by using technology that is already available, according to a report to be launched at today’s State Government climate change summit.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/how-to-slash-emissions-without-pain/2008/04/03/1206851106573.html

However is the NSW govt in the control of the energy industry and this another ‘green mafia’ moment?

Given the NSW govts problems of late I tend to take anything they claim with a cup of salt.

‘Mr McGauran says these are dark days for the Coalition, and he is making way for fresh blood’.

Letting?

As best I recall. Not verbatim.

Fran. Introduces from the point of view of no less a commentator than Dennis Shanahan. Topic being journalists attending on the PM’s travels.

The point Fran seemed to want to make was that the journalists were suffering. Not in the same place at the same time. That a laid on RAAF plane, courtesy the PM, put them at a greater inconvenience than booking, hopping, whatever, on commercial flights.

Fran chose to describe the RAAF plane on which our journalists are travelling, courtesy the PM, as ‘Reptile One’. Now where did she get that description? And the gall to repeat it, without qualification and without critique?

For whom does the ABC imagine it works? I do happen to think it is for me.

The Breakfast producers should note this, before the program is entirely deserted by its listeners.

Most other ABC programs are at pains to explain to the listener. May I quote, for example, Ramona Koval explaining, delicately, the meaning of ‘WTF.’

Fran’s discussion, if it could be called that, was quite correctly brought into line, courtesy Michelle Grattan, who is increasingly pivotal in restoring balance. And managed to take the discussion on a path which made some sense.

Leaving Fran off the hook, for which Fran was no doubt pleased. Beats thinking.

Michelle went on to say, (I do hope I do not misrepresent) her perception of the difference between this mode of transport and that of the last Howard years, which for journalists became evermore difficult, if not impossible, to obtain any sense of where they would or should be journeying, let alone any briefing.

Though Michelle could have mentioned that, earlier than now.

Astonishing, really, that it is left to Michelle Grattan and other commentators to push, pull, prod, the ABC into line.

I congratulate Michelle Grattan and her fellows.

Nelson was trying to sympathise with the bank staffers in particular that have to do the selling up.

Sounds suspiciously like his response to the Apology – another case of Foot in Mouth.

Nelson as usual has made inappropriate choices and you can bet you will hear this one in parliament in addition to Turnbull’s fantasy inflation.