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INNER WEST COUNCIL "PETERSHAM PARK 10-YEAR PLAN Mar 2020-2030"
Thu 14 Jan 2021 Recipient: 61VAFPc1
REF: AECMAEr1 IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Y/R: Council Carbon Offsets
Peter FITZSIMONS E: letters@smh.com.au
Author, Researcher and Journalist F:
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD M:
1 Darling Island Road, PYRMONT 2009 P: {61}(2) 9282-2833
Dear Mr FITZSIMONS
REQUEST CORROBORATION OF COUNCILS & CARBON CREDIT OFFSET SCHEMES
We write to you, as a prolific Australian Author of over 20 historical books, about a
key issue that affects your local Mosman Council and most other Australian Councils
It appears from research that members of the Sustainability Action Network [SAN]
have conducted since an initial meeting in Oct 2007 with the Mosman Council
"Sustainability Action Group [SAG]" and other Rate-payer groups like the Petersham
Park Waste Collective [PPWC], that Climate Change and Carbon Credit Offset
schemes are sophisticated ploys to provide members of the City of London with
perpetual revenue at the expense of rate-payers in many countries
This research is presented to you for your corroboration
It is presented to you because, at this stage nobody at a number of NSW Councils or
at the University of Sydney, is prepared to provide an explanation as to how Councils
purchasing Carbon Credits initially as Landfill Offsets can assist with reducing
Climate Change processes
In particular these concerns include the Inner West Council which published
its "Community Strategic Plan [CSP] 2018-2036" which includes "each household
purchasing 41 Tonnes of Carbon Credit for 'unsustainable consumption' per annum"
We believe that you, with your considerable research skills and wide range of
contacts, will be able to review the research SAN members have conducted and
provide an article or book that explains how Councils engaged in Carbon Credit
offset schemes assist with Climate Change processes
These concerns have been heightened since Jan 2019 publication in Adelaide that
British Tax-payers paid compensation to Slave Owners from 1835-2015 (180-yrs)
Thank you
Your sincerely Att
A Index of Evidence for Corroboration
B Summary of issues to Corroborate
Peter AXTENS LLB (Retired) Clare GARDINER
Chair Researcher
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN]
B: PO Box 517 Neutral Bay Junction 2089
E: PPWC.rs1@gmail.com
M: {61}(4)4827-8153
W: www.oic.org/SAN
SUMMARY OF ISSUES FOR COLLABORATION BY PETER FITZSIMONS 14 JAN 2021
Thu 14 Jan 2021 Recipient: 61VAFPc1
REF: AECMAEs1 IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Y/R: Council Carbon Offsets
This Summary is to put into context a number of initially disparate issues that are converging
particularly in 2000 when a Consortium of 9 NSW Councils issued an Expression of Interest
[EoI] that included a Council E-business/intranet/extranet
These issues include:
A 1987-1989 Standards Australia EDI Committee IS/11
B 1992 "CouncilNet" focus on Waste Management & Environmental Issues
C 1993 Andersen Consulting "Inventing the Australian Model of Government"
D 2003 Standards Aus, IBM, Sun and Red Wahoo develop AWB System
E 2008 The emergence of Climate Change and Council Carbon Credit Offsets
F 2009 Standards Aus change Business Model including Royalties for software
G 2010 NEHTA approves 9 different eHealth Standards many are owned by companies
A STANDARDS AUSTRALIA EDI COMMITTEE IS/11 1987-1989
In 1987 Standards Australia established the Electronic Data Interchange [EDI] Standards
Committee IS/11 with Volunteer members
The Charter of Standards Australia stated that it would adopt UN ISO Standards
In 1988 Standards Australia changed the rules to say only members of a certified
Association could participate on the EDI IS/11 Committee
In 1988 Arthur Andersen played a pivotal role in Standards Australia IS/11 adopting the
American ANSI-X12 Standards as an interim Australian Standard even though the United
Nations ISO EDIFACT Standard had been published in Apr 1987
In addition members of the Australian Bankers Association [ABA] supported the Arthur
Andersen letter to Standards Australia by nominating three ABA members to chair the 3 sub-
committees of the EDI IS/11 Standards Committee
This letter dated 16 Jun 1988 from Glen DAVIS Westpac and Jonathon KNIGHT Hong Kong
Australia Bank [HSBC] to Mr C DOYLE General Secretary Australian Bankers Association [ABA]
states:
"There are 3 sub-committees for IS11 EDI Standards Committee
1 IS11/2 Glen DAVIS will chair Sub-Committee - EDIFACT Standards
2 IS11/3 Jonathon KNIGHT will chair Sub-Committee - Interim Australian ANSI-X12 Standard
3 IS11/12 This will deal with the interim Australian ANSI-X12 Standards work carried
out by the EDI Council of Australia [EDICA]". {The CEO of EDICA is Michael BAKER
who was the Chair of the full IS11 Committee}"
B 1992 COUNCILNET FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
In 1992 the Australian Federal Government funded "CouncilNet in partnership with the Local
Government Association of NSW and the Shires Association of NSW for use by Local
Councils to help them deal with environmental issues".
This study concluded that a system of information exchange would greatly
increase the effectiveness of environmental management by Local Government
Some of the areas where information was most lacking included
1 Waste Management 2 Urban Development
3 Water Quality 4 Energy/Greenhouse concerns
5 Coastal Management
Over 100 Councils around Australia joined CouncilNet including Leichhardt Council
C 1993 ANDERSEN CONSULTING "INVENTING THE AUS MODEL OF GOVERNMENT"
On 20 Jul 1993 Andersen Consulting held a Luncheon at 141 Walker St North Sydney
titled "Inventing the Australian Model of Government" with Ted GAEBLER.
Speakers at this luncheon were Ted GAEBLER, Gary STURGESS Chief of Staff to the NSW
Greiner Government and Percy ALLEN Chairman NSW Treasury
Attendees at this luncheon included Bob CARR Leader of the NSW Labour Party and Paul
SESHOLD CEO of the Independent Commission against Corruption [ICAC]
It transpires that David OSBORNE and Ted GAEBLER had written a book published in Feb
1992 called "Reinventing Government:: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming
the Public Sector".
NB In 2002 Arthur Andersen was found guilty of fraudulent auditing of a client called Enron
and ceased to operate while Andersen Consulting arm merged with IBM to form Accenture
It appears that this issue of "Entrepreneurial Spirit" is now part of the transformation
taking place within Australian Councils
D 2003 STANDARDS AUS, IBM, SUN AND RED WAHOO DEVELOP AWB SYSTEM
In 2003 Standards Australia, IBM, Sun Microsystems, and a small Australian Company "Red
Wahoo" receive a Federal Government Grant to develop an export invoicing system called
"BizDex" for the Australian Wheat Board [AWB]
10 May 2004 the BizDex presentation in Hong Kong "the Australian Industry Wheat Industry
Export Process": listing over 20 project participants including IBM, SAP and Red Wahoo
Red Wahoo stated it is the author of the Australian Name & Address Standards AS-4590
2006 at EDI XML Conference it is discovered that AS-4590 is compromised by allowing a
simple and complex address format in the same standard thus causing each message to be
checked to see which format is used consequently adding time and cost to the eProcess
E EMERGENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND COUNCIL CARBON CREDIT OFFSETS
In 1992 the United Nations [UN] established the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change [UNFCCC] in Rio
The Kyoto Protocol, which was signed in 1997 and enabled Carbon Trading, came into force
in 2005
In 2016 the Kyoto Protocols were superseded by the Paris Agreement Protocols [2] which
had by 30 Dec 2020 197 signatory parties.
The UNFCCG has a supreme decision-making body, the Conference of the Parties (COP),
which meets annually to assess progress in dealing with climate change with the next
meeting in Glasgow 1-12 Nov 2021
However many Councils have been purchasing Carbon Credit Offsets for landfill since 2008
although it is not clear whether Brokers are involved or whether the Councils receive
commissions for purchasing Carbon Credits on behalf of Rate-payers
F 2009 STANDARDS AUS CHANGE BUSINESS MODEL INCLUDING ROYALTIES FOR SOFTWARE
On 28 Jan 1988 Barry KEOGH as the A/Manager Information Faculties of the Port of
Melbourne Authority had written to Peter BROWN Executive Officer AAPMA about the
EDIFACT Message Design Guidelines
In 2005 Standards Australia attended a 5-day conference in Lyon France to promote "BizDex"
Members of that 8 person promotion party included Barry KEOGH and Steve CAPELL the
Managing Director of Red Wahoo as well as Keith FINKELDE who had attended the 1999
Canberra UN/EDIFACT Forum
Attendees of ebXML meetings 2000-2002 included all of the parties that went to
Lyons France to promote BizDex
On 05 Feb 2002 Mark BEZZINA the newly appointed "Director of Communications,IT and
eCommerce" of Standards Australia chaired an ebXML Australia meeting to promote
eCommerce to Small & Medium size Enterprises [SME]
At that meeting on 05 Feb 2002 it was pointed out the problem that there was not
a defined Name and Address format for eBusiness
However after the end of the meeting ebXML Australia was never reconvened
This extract is from Wikipedia about Standards Australia
In 2003 Standards Australia sold its commercial businesses to SAI Global Limited
and SAI Global Ltd was floated on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Initially it retained a 40% interest in SAI Global, but progressively sold this
shareholding down to zero, enabling it to focus exclusively on its core business
of developing and managing its collection of approximately 7000 Australian
standards and representing Australia's interests in international standardisation.
In 2016 SAI Global was acquired by Baring Private Equity Asia and delisted from
the ASX
On 31 Oct 2009 Standards Australia announced it was changing its business model
It appears that this new business model may enable certain organisations to receive
royalities from the sale of standards both nationally and internationally
In Jul 2016 SAI Global purchased the NSW Land & Property Information bureau previously
called the NSW Land Titles office
G 2010 NEHTA APPROVES 9 DIFFERENT EHEALTH STANDARDS MANY ARE OWNED BY COMPANIES
According to Wikipedia NEHTA
The National Electronic Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) was established in July 2005
as a collaborative enterprise by the Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory governments
to identify and develop the necessary foundations for electronic health (eHealth).[1]
NEHTA aims to unlock eHealth system aspects and improve the ways in which information is
electronically collected and exchanged.[2]
In 2010 NEHTA published "9 Candidate Standards including UN/EDIFACT that could be used for
eHealth applications
However most of these eHealth "Candidate Standards are privately owned" and not Public Standards
In 2014 a government review recommended that NEHTA be scrapped
However in the meantime all the different eHealth Standards have been implemented by software
companies resulting in a huge cost for the Public as each electronic eHealth message has
to be to checked to discover which standard was used and translate the information to another
standard by Value Added Network Suppliers [VANS]
A 1988 Aus Standards EDI Committee IS/11 - Arthur Andersen influence
B 1992 "Council Net" released for Council waste management processes
C 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC] in Rio
D 1993 "Inventing Australian Model of Government" - Arthur Andersen influence
E 1997 UN established Kyoto protocol for Carbon Trading
F 1999 OIC awarded 1st prize in Sweden for SME EDI XML System
G 1999-2005 Federal & State "Electronic Transaction Acts [ETA]"
H 2000 Consortium of 9 Councils for standard Council EDI System
I 2000 Formation OIC XML & Ecommerce Special Interest Group [XZIG]
J 2001 Fed Gov award OIC contract for 153 NSW Local Gov XML survey
K 2003 Std Aus,IBM,Sun & Red Wahoo receive Fed Funding for AWB BizDex
L 2003 NSW first in the world for a Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme
M 2003-2014 Reports on the Value of Volunteers to Australian State Economies
N 2004 Australian & United States Free Trade Agreement [AusUSAFTA]
O 2004 Red Wahoo states "Author Aus eName & Address EDI Standard AS-4590"
P 2006 International XML Conference reveals EDI standards compromised
Q 2006 Rio Tinto Volunteer Management Scheme [RTVMS] tender
R 2008 Mosman Council announce "Sustainability Action Group [SAG]
S 2009 Standards Australia announce new Standards Royalty policy
T 2010 NSW Health [NEHTA] approve 9 different eHealth EDI standards
U 2016 NZ Councils debts from Carbon Credits Electronic Trading System [ETS]
V 2018 Brisbane Council Carbon Credit purchases from 3 trading Registries
W 2019 IWC publishes "Ratepayers 41 tonnes Carbon Credits per household per yr"
X 2019 Over 80 Australian Councils declare a climate emergency
Y 2020 Are Aus Councils brokers that purchase Carbon Credits for Rate-payers ?
LEGEND
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
SME Small and Medium size Enterprises
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC]
XML Extensible Mark-up Language
I Other Inner West Council Documents that are part of the CSP2036
a Strategies
b Plans
c Statements
r Research References
a Strategies
Is1 Resourcing Strategy [ReS] 2018-2028 Adopted Jun 2018- PDF File
Is2 Climate + Renewables Strategy [CRS] - draft On-line
Is3 Employment and Retail Lands Strategy [EaRLS] - PDF File
Is4 Housing Strategy [HS] - PDF File
Is5 Integrated Transport Strategy [ITS] Adopted 03 Mar 2020 - PDF File
Is6 Asset Management Strategy [AMS]2018-28 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File
Is7 Workforce Management Strategy [WMS] 2018-22 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File
Is8 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Strategy 2018-2022 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File
b Plans
Ip1 Community Strategic Plan [CSP] 2036 Endorsed Jun 2019 - On-line
Ip2 Economic Strategic Development Plan [EDSP] draft - On-line
Ip3 Long Term Financial Plan 2019-2029 Adopted Jun 2019 - PDF File
c Statements
It1 Local Planning Statement [LPS]
r References
R6 2019-01-19 Adelaide Advertiser: Compensation paid to Slave Owners 1835 - 2015 (180 yrs)
R5 2003-2014 Value of Volunteers to Australian State Economies
R4 2014-11-07 IBM "Blockchain" solution for the Diamond Industry Video
R3 1997 Lessons from a Dozen Years of Group Support Systems Research - 4,000 IBM projects
R2 Sir Evelyn de Rothschild - Director De Beers 1977-1994 & IBM UK 1972-1995
R1 1987-04-23 RUBAC Automatic eProcess Synchronisation Video
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