Fossil fuel execs welcome, Rudd goes stateside, and Labor doesn’t mind religion in politics after all
Politics tamfitronics Catch you on the Woodside A tipster got in touch to point out that the keynote address at the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ (AICD)WA Annual Awards Lunchon August 8 is to be delivered by none other than Resources Minister Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill. Okay, so this is WA, where no-one bats an eye when fossil fuels lobbyists co-write government press releases, the barrier between employment in government and at resource companies is basically a sieve, and fossil fuel companies sponsor everything, including the person of year awards they give to Gina Rinehart. Still, O’Neill’s appearance is noteworthy given, as our tipster points out, how hard AICD has gone on climate governance elsewhere. AICD hosts the Australian chapter of theClimate Governance Initiativewhich among other things supports directors to “embed climate considerations into board...
