Yep more bs from krudd and his merry cohorts. Bring it on, aus the sinking island lol
Yep more bs from krudd and his merry cohorts. Bring it on, aus the sinking island lolFederal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has defended his decision to approve a new uranium mine in South Australia. The Greens have criticised Mr Garrett for approving a mine they think will pollute groundwater at the Four Mile site.
The Opposition agrees with the Government, but has accused the former rock star and anti-uranium mining activist of hypocrisy.
Mr Garrett says he has been assured the mine is safe and says his conscience is clear.
"I became a member of the Government and I said at the time I would accept as a team player the decisions the Government took," he said.
Well, well, well, another three holes in the ground. The whole thread has been unravelled by the above statements. Whale Oil Beef Hooked !
We are all correct in our ethos !
Yep more bs from krudd and his merry cohorts. Bring it on, aus the sinking island lol
My opinion is that it is an extremely well written, factual, piece of lierarture opined by an associate editor who is trying to put forward a balanced point of view. Nothing more, nothing less.
Garrett's responsibility was to act on advice about the environmental impact of the Four Mile mine, not to make a decision on the merits of uranium mining. That had already been taken by the Rann Government, which wants more mines.
Rudd should have given him a different portfolio. Having him in environment confuses his past as an activist with his current status and his wider obligations as a cabinet minister.
Garrett is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
I agree with you Trainspotter.
The people that bagged him for signing off on the Four Mile mine would be the same people who would criticise him if he rejected the project.
Exactly. If Labor had really valued Garrett for genuine ability, rather than 'star power' they'd have given him the whole portfolio.Its all to do with trust - Garrett's has shown that he's the type of person that would sell his soul to the devil to get some advantage. He doesn't stand up to his own principals.
You have to remember, a few of years back, he would have destroyed peoples livelihoods for his principles - now, so that he can keep his position of power, those principles count for nothing.
Now why would I respect the guy?
Cheers
THE Environment Minister's sensible decision to grow up makes him an excellent role model for all manner of foolish young idealists.
NOW that the dust has settled, it's worth looking back at Peter Garrett's epiphany on the way to the Four Mile uranium mine in far northern South Australia. There are indeed many lessons to be learned. But not the ones most commonly asserted by those quick to criticise the former Midnight Oil frontman. Garrett's experience in approving the first new uranium project in his time as Environment Minister is an important lesson about idealism.
Not a lesson about a once noble young man whose idealism has been corrupted by power. It is about the follies of idealism. Garrett's youthful idealism was a foolish, childlike indulgence overtaken by maturity, wisdom and the need to confront the world as it is. The lesson is not to fantasise about a world that could never be, as Garrett did when he was head of the Australian Conservation Foundation or sought out a Senate seat as a member of the Nuclear Disarmament Party.
Its all to do with trust - Garrett's has shown that he's the type of person that would sell his soul to the devil to get some advantage. He doesn't stand up to his own principals.
You have to remember, a few of years back, he would have destroyed peoples livelihoods for his principles - now, so that he can keep his position of power, those principles count for nothing.
Now why would I respect the guy?
Cheers
FAIL !! This guy (Peter middle name hypocrite Garrett) is a total HYPOCRITE Oooohhhhh I sang for 29 years against anti unranium mining ... Ooohhh I preached AGAINST the Labor party ideals. Oooohhhh the beds are burning. My BLOODY OATH they are burning Peter Garrett. For you!!!!!!
No softie liberlaism here. This guy wore a "SORRY" T shirt for his final gig to John Howard. WHERE ARE THE MORALS NOW PETER? Ooooooooooooops .. excuse me. I must toe the party line !!!!!! PISHAW I SAY..
I recognise the Aboriginals are sacred to this earth and I have made millions from singing their plight and I feel empathty for them and they have an affiliation to the gwandanaland. BUT .... I'm gonna give approval to a urnaium mine in SA. WTF .... No I say .... WTF ????
DIRTY STOP OUT !!!!!
Wake up people ... if someone like this can be bought ... who is next?
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