http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/glenn-walker/ Glenn Walker is Wild Rivers Campaigner for The Wilderness Society. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wild-rivers-run-deep/ From the beginning of 2010 onwards, the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has committed himself to “overturning Queensland’s Wild Rivers laws” as a key personal objective. Immediately post-election, he nominated this issue as his number one legislative priority. Last week he introduced a private member’s bill into Parliament to deliver on his pledge, with the hope of winning support from the lower house independents. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Glenn Walker) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wild-rivers-run-deep/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wild-rivers-run-deep/#item4562 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:40:36 +0000 Glenn Walker | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tony-you-cant-pull-the-green-wool-over-our-eyes/ As Sir Humphrey Appleby would say, it is a truly ‘courageous’ strategy by Tony Abbott to chose the environment as his first major battleground to combat the Rudd Government. Does Tony Abbott, climate change sceptic and wild river hater honestly believe he can woo the hearts and minds of green-minded voters? Is there really a nature-loving softy behind the political hard-man façade? Abbott’s quest for the green vote began in earnest with his declaration that climate change is “crap”. A few weeks later, aided by the well known deep “practical” greenies of Nick Minchin and Barnaby Joyce, Abbott successfully overthrew Malcolm Turnbull and established climate change denialism as the preferred path of the Liberal Party. This is an interesting first play for green votes. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Glenn Walker) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tony-you-cant-pull-the-green-wool-over-our-eyes/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tony-you-cant-pull-the-green-wool-over-our-eyes/#item2165 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:07:01 +0000 Glenn Walker | Author bios | The Punch