The Wool Board is still indulging in petty games of self preservation rather than focusing on the needs of the wool industry, says ACT rural spokesman Owen Jennings.

"There has been some confusion about the costs of the so-called independent review of the Wool Board," Mr Jennings said.

"The $1.7 million cost of the review now appears to be Australian dollars, not New Zealand dollars. And despite promoting it as an independent review, it is clear from internal Board documents that the Wool Board had no intention of releasing control of the project and its funding.

"Growers should vote at tomorrow's meeting to support the no confidence motion even if they want to continue with the review," Mr Jennings said.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>