[pol sc 928] Lekker hard is niet zacht.

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Op maandag 10 april 2006 20:18 schreef George-Butters het volgende:

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Die troep heb ik dus nu ook. En dan moeten leerlingen uit zichzelf gaan bedenken wat ze willen ontwikkelen. In theorie harstikke leuk, maar in de praktijk heel onpraktisch...

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Probeer maar s een leerling te beoordelen op z'n competenties....

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Ik wil gvd gewoon een cijfer geven!

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Op maandag 10 april 2006 20:29 schreef MrX1982 het volgende:
Bekt lekker als in klinkt beter.

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CEOs in call for greenhouse action

Glenda Korporaal and Andrew Trounson

April 07, 2006

SIX chief executives yesterday broke ranks with Australia's business community, calling on the Howard Government to take faster action to force companies to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Warning of more natural disasters in Australia and damage to tourist attractions such as the Great Barrier Reef, the executives said the Government should consider financial penalties on greenhouse gas emissions.

Their report - the Business Case for Early Action - was released yesterday to immediate criticism from the mining industry, which argued a tax on carbon emissions would drive industry out of Australia.

The mining lobby argued that governments and the industry were already investing large amounts in developing new, cleaner energy technologies and did not need reduction targets.

The six executives calling for faster action on greenhouse gases were Westpac chief David Morgan, Michael Hawker, the head of Australia's largest insurance company group IAG, Grant King, managing director of Origin Energy, BP Australasia chief Gerry Hueston, Harry Debney, head of Visy Industries, and Keith Scott, Australian chief of reinsurance company Swiss Re.

They called for action to be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developed countries by 60 per cent by 2050, arguing that financial disincentives were needed as well as work on new, cleaner technologies.

"We need to act and act early," said Westpac chief David Morgan, arguing the Government should introduce a legal framework to establish a carbon "price signal" to encourage businesses to move away from polluting technologies.

Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell last night agreed "some form of pricing signal" was needed as part of actions to reduce greenhouse gases.

But Minerals Council of Australia chief executive Mitchell Hooke said a carbon emission tax would only encourage companies in Australia to move their business offshore. "A carbon tax will only raise revenue - it will not change behaviour," he said.

Mr Hooke said the mining industry was already working on lower-pollution technology.

Greenhouse gas emissions were a global problem that should be addressed in global forums such as the new Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate - a group of six countries pushing for lower-polluting technologies, he added.

But the six executives warned that unless faster action were taken on greenhouse emissions, the tourism industry would be at risk from damage to attractions such as the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park and the ski fields.

A report by Allen Consulting said that by taking action early, the Australian economy would grow at around 2.1per cent a year with an extra 3.5million jobs created by 2050. But by delaying action, the impact of climate change and the cost of reducing greenhouse gases would reduce economic growth to only 1.9per cent with 250,000 fewer jobs.

Dismissing calls for a carbon tax yesterday, Queensland coal miner Macarthur Coal said the industry was ploughing millions of dollars into developing low-emission coal technologies.

"On a voluntary basis the industry has put money into a fund with the objective of meeting our obligations in relation to this greenhouse gas debate," Macarthur managing director Ken Talbot said.

ExxonMobil Australia boss Mark Nolan joined the greenhouse debate yesterday, calling for the federal government to tax natural gas at the same level as coal.

While natural gas created 70 per cent less greenhouse emissions than coal, it was being taxed up to 10 times more, he said.

He warned that a tax on carbon could discourage foreign investment in Australia.

He said the coal industry last month committed $300 million to a new fund to develop and demonstrate new low-emission coal burning technologies.

Additional reporting: Selina Mitchell and Nigel Wilson

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Op maandag 10 april 2006 21:36 schreef pberends het volgende:
Pronkie wilde stevig militair ingrijpen... wat links.

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Op maandag 10 april 2006 21:11 schreef MrX1982 het volgende:
Berlusconi lijkt gewoon toch te gaan winnen.

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Prodi won de Italiaanse verkiezingen eerder in 1996. Zijn coalitie hield slechts twee jaar stand, omdat ontevreden communisten zijn regering ten val brachten. Van 1999 tot november 2004 was Prodi voorzitter van de Europese Commissie.

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Op maandag 10 april 2006 21:57 schreef pberends het volgende:
Raar dat de media elke keer meldt hoeveel banen er ergens verdwijnen, maar haast nooit melden dat er weer 200 banen bij pipo de clown zijn bijgekomen. Ja, behalve bij overheidsinstellingen .

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Op maandag 10 april 2006 21:57 schreef pberends het volgende:
Raar dat de media elke keer meldt hoeveel banen er ergens verdwijnen, maar haast nooit melden dat er weer 200 banen bij pipo de clown zijn bijgekomen. Ja, behalve bij overheidsinstellingen .