Environment education centre mooted for Mt Isa
A feasibility study is underway in western Queensland for the development of an environment information and education centre in Mt Isa.
Popularity: 22% [?]
Popularity: 22% [?]
Town to showcase sustainable outback
The small and peaceful community of Hughenden in central west Queensland, best-known for its dinosaur relics, will become a showcase for sustainable outback living with the opening of a new environmental park.
Popularity: 21% [?]
Popularity: 21% [?]
Garrett invited to open Solar centre on Magnetic
Peter Garrett, Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts has been invited to open the Solar City Smart Lifestyle Centre on Magnetic Island at its official unveiling to the community on Saturday, September…
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Popularity: 28% [?]
Climate change ‘threatens’ blood safety
Climate change could threaten the safety of blood used for life-saving transfusions, Australian experts have warned.
Popularity: 15% [?]
Popularity: 15% [?]
Carbon neutral woollen shirt claimed a world first
An Australian wool company says it’s achieved a world first by making a carbon neutral woollen shirt. The Merino Company says the shirt was launched this week at a trade show in Milan by Italian fashion house, Pitti…
Popularity: 47% [?]
Popularity: 47% [?]
Australian GMO Wheat Research Seen Defying Drought
Reuters: Australian researchers developing a drought-tolerant wheat have had early success in field trials and hope to have the world’s first transgenic wheat in farmers’ hands in five to 10 years, a biosciences leader said on Tuesday. The researchers have identified two genetically modified lines that generate yield increases [...]
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Opinion: Your money or your health?
What is so good about organic milk as opposed to conventional milk? And why is raw milk illegal? Helen Lobato examines some of the excuses that she believes keep us from drinking the best quality milk.
Popularity: 26% [?]
Popularity: 26% [?]
Australia food bowl areas “beyond repair in months”
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Parts of Australia’s key Murray-Darling river food bowl may be beyond recovery unless a prolonged dry spell and political wrangling over water use ends by October, a leaked scientific report warned on Wednesday
Popularity: 33% [?]
Popularity: 33% [?]
Cycling saves health costs
According to a recent report, Australian cyclists help the government save $227 million each year, by avoiding the health costs of not getting enough exercise.
Popularity: 29% [?]
Popularity: 29% [?]
Australia: Disused mine leak is killing life in river
Sydney Morning Herald: POLLUTION leaking from an old coalmine has wiped out life in a river in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The disused Canyon Colliery has been releasing about a million litres of zinc-contaminated water into the Grose River each day for years, at levels [...]
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