330 million it cost to stage
apec,this pre-election stage
for john howard to look good,
in his beat up to the federal
election the peacefull anti
bush protest ,3 mths in the
planning [with police
negotiations ,1 k[1/2 a mile
away from the venue, now
clever court appeals to
suppress the right top
peacefull protest, thus freemore

330 million it cost to stage
apec,this pre-election stage
for john howard to look good,
in his beat up to the federal
election the peacefull anti
bush protest ,3 mths in the
planning [with police
negotiations ,1 k[1/2 a mile
away from the venue, now
clever court appeals to
suppress the right top
peacefull protest, thus free
speachwell done mr howardWith
the president of the United
States arriving two days early
there's approximately $2
million per day in extra
policing costs for Mr Bush's
early arrival,on top of the
330 million it cost to stage
,this prelection strage for
john howard to look good, in
the beat up to the federal
election Mr Howard apologised
to the people of Sydney for
the inconvenience - including
a fence around the CBD and
traffic-stopping motorcades
for all leaders - but stressed
it wasn't the fault of either
the federal or NSW government,
or even Mr Bush.'It's the
fault of the violent
demonstrators,' he said
keeping to his mantra that
blames all evil on others yet
all good to him.'I just say to
the people of Sydney, I'm
sorry about the inconvenience
but it's not the fault of
anybody other than those who
want to practice violence
amongst the ranks of the
demonstrators.'for john a
generous admitance generally
protesters are peacefull, with
out the plants put there to
discredit the causeJust days
from the start of Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation summit,
Mr Howard outlined his
priorities when the 21 leaders
gather on the weekend of
September 8 and 9.Climate
change will be the flagship
issue of the summit and Mr
Howard wants APEC leaders to
agree to ''aspirational''
targets to cut aspire to cut
[but never actually commit to
cut greenhouse gas emissions
and ways to 'aspire' to
achieve their goals.'I would
like to see APEC leaders agree
for the first time that a new
international agreement should
include an agreed
''aspiration'' to aspire to
reduce the long-term
aspirational goal for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions,' Mr
Howard said.'I hope APEC
leaders can also agree on some
practical measures that
complement such an
aspirational goal.'But he
stressed any targets would be
'aspirational' and assured
developing nations, such as
China and Indonesia, that the
developed world was not trying
to deprive them of
opportunities for growth.He
sees APEC as a crucial
forerunner to a United Nations
climate change meeting in Bali
in December.'The key task in
Sydney is to give political
aspirational direction to the
shape of a future framework
for climate change that is
truly global,' Mr Howard
said.However, Opposition
Leader Kevin Rudd believes any
targets need to be concrete to
make them meaningful.'(There)
must be an agreement on the
need for concrete targets for
global greenhouse gas emission
reductions,' Mr Rudd said.'Put
simply, if APEC can't get its
act together on one of the
biggest challenges of our day
in climate change, then it has
no future.'Climate change will
be the flagship issue of the
summit and Mr Howard wants
APEC leaders to agree to
''aspirational'' targets to
cut aspire to cut [but never
actually commit to cut
greenhouse gas emissions and
ways to 'aspire' to achieve
their goals.'I would like to
see APEC leaders agree for the
first time that a new
international agreement should
include an agreed
''aspiration'' to aspire to
reduce the long-term
aspirational goal for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions,' Mr
Howard said.'I hope APEC
leaders can also agree on some
practical measures that
complement such an
aspirational goal.'But he
stressed any targets would be
'aspirational' and assured
'Put simply, if APEC can't get
its act together on one of the
biggest challenges of our day
in climate change, then it has
no future.'

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