power without responsibility, page-9

"The MP for the northern NSW seat of New England wants up to $400 million a year set aside from the tax revenue to fund bio-regional assessments that would gauge the impact of CSG and other mining on farmland"

$400 million! Maybe he should ask his constituents whether this is a good spend of money or whether spending it on hospitals or road upgrades would be a better use. Quite an astronomical figure - although it might be only enough to build a new building in Canberra and put a few thousand public servants in it.

Are there any land/building companies from Canberra listed on the ASX that I should be investing in?