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15 May 05:35am

Filed under: Energy, Environment, Green Buildings, Transport

During the lead-up to last week’s federal budget and the reporting that followed, the overwhelming focus was on whether Labor could deliver on the surplus promise it had pledged.

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The focus Australia has on keeping its books balanced is commendable, but there is another deficit we face. One that gets worse every year, and one that could create havoc in the economic budget if not attended to.

The environmental deficit. Last year’s State of the Environment report made the same point that it has made since its initial publication in 1996 - things are OK, but getting progressively worse.

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Mark/Fox says:

05:18pm | 15/05/12

Quality lifestle and a healthy enviroment are the victims of a growing population. Sustainable management will be attempted after its to late. Why we continue on this path of populate till we perish, who knows. We realy do not seem to care. Read more »
Ozymandias says:

05:16pm | 15/05/12

One of the major things that made me laugh during my University studies was the profoundly flawed assumption at the time that an economy is independant of an environment. The brutal fact of the matter is, if our environment is stuffed, then eventually our economy will be stuffed too. The… Read more »

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