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Peak Metals - What happens when we run out?

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

sbs.com.au - By Bill Code - Jun. 15 (News) - Put simply, the extraction of virgin ores from the earth's crust will peak - indeed, it already has for many. Although the theory is not without its detractors, there is no doubt that the metals that drive our society are finite resources - and extracting them from the earth has to end.

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'Sorry' more than a word

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

au.christiantoday.com - By Family First - May. 14 (News) - Wendy Francis says “sorry” needs a practical application of justice in which “we can all play a part.”

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Experts astounded by 'city of gonads' jellyfish

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - May. 05 (News Report) - Tasmanian scientists have discovered a new species of jellyfish in Hobart's River Derwent and given it a sexy name. The species is only a few millimetres wide and looks like a flying saucer with a cluster of gonads, or sex organs, on top.

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Lucas Heights whistleblower sparks nuclear safety fears -

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - May. 05 (News Report) - Australia's nuclear facility at Lucas Heights in Sydney was built more than 50 years ago to make radio isotopes used for treating diseases such as cancer. But despite its important role in nuclear medicine, it hasn't had universal support. Now, an employee of 28 years has blown the whistle on concerns about safety at the facility.

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Addicts and Enablers

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Sierra Club - By Adam Minter, Guy Pearse - Apr. 27 (News Report) - China remains wedded to dirty coal, despite huge investments in clean energy. When its own supplies lag, other nations are happy to feed its need. Australia has suffered hellish wildfires and withering drought—and is asking for more through its massive coal exports.

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Australia To Use Face-scanning To Combat Terrorism : Homeland Security News

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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ABC The Drum Unleashed - Malcolm Turnbull's small 'l' liberalism leaves big legacy

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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Rudd links economic future to health

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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Hu jailed for 10 years

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Australian Broadcasting - By Stephen McDonell - Mar. 29 (News) - Sentencing: Stern Hu will find out today if he is going to jail. (Rio Tinto: Supplied) A Chinese court has sentenced Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu to 10 years in prison for corruption and industrial espionage. Hu had pleaded guilty to

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Climate change, sea levels will split rich, poor - study

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Melbourne Herald Sun - Dec. 02 (Special Report) - CLIMATE change will empty the pockets of Melbourne's most vulnerable residents as rising temperatures and sea levels drive up the cost of living, a new report said. As the Federal Government continued weeks of debate on the validity of an emissions trading scheme, the report concluded that climate change is real and would drive a wedge between the rich and the poor if communities didn't act quickly. "Alarming evidence continues to mount about the rate at which our climate is changing and the implications this has for the ecological and social systems we depend on," the report said.

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Smith moots Japan whaling legal action

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

news.ninemsn.com.au - Jun. 18 (News Report) - Australia is still considering taking legal action against Japan to stop it killing whales, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says.

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'Nano will add to global pollution'

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Sify - By Paritosh Parasher - Mar. 24 (News Report) - An Australian motoring expert has slammed the world's least expensive car Nano, which was launched in Mumbai Monday, claiming it would increase global pollution and push up fuel prices.

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Emissions trading scheme hits brick wall

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Live News Australia - Mar. 16 (News Report) - Labor does not have a majority in the Senate, so needs the support of the Australian Greens and both crossbench senators to get the ETS passed if the opposition votes against it. The economic crisis has fuelled opposition to emissions trading, with critics saying now is not the time to put an extra levy on business.

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Australia Faces Collapse as Climate Change Kicks in: Are the Southwest and California Next?

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Joseph Romm - Feb. 02 (Special Report) - Australia has been suffering its worst heatwave on record, the first time temperatures exceeded 110 F for 3 days running. It’s been so hot that on Thursday, the low at Melbourne airport was 87 F. Australia is the canary in the coal mine for climate-driven desertification. The astonishing decade-long drought in southern Australia was declared ‘worst on record’ last year. My headline quote is from the UK’s Independent story, which notes: Australia, the driest inhabited continent on earth, is regarded as highly vulnerable. A study by the country’s blue-chip Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation identified its ecosystems as "potentially the most fragile" on earth in the face of the threat.

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How to use your DIY super fund to save your share portfolio -

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

smartcompany.com.au - By Michael Laurence - Jan. 27 (Special Report) - And when the market inevitably recovers, the subsequent capital gains will be sheltered in superannuation. This means that these potentially breathtaking long-term gains will be either concessionally taxed, or tax-free if sold when the assets are backing the payment of a pension.

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Bush’s mate Howard back in Washington

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Voices without Votes - By Kevin Rennie - Jan. 08 (News Analysis) - The upcoming inauguration has taken an Aussie turn. Barack Obama's displacement from Blair House was caused by former Australian Prime Minister John Howard who is to receive the US Medal of Freedom from his mate George W. Bush.

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Aquaflow Algae

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

thefraserdomain.typepad.com - By James Fraser - Nov. 19 (News Report) - The world is expected to move from the cultivation of corn and sugar cane for energy purposes to the cultivation of marine algae. Aquaflow has set itself the objective to be the first company in the world to economically produce biofuel from wild algae harvested from open-air environments, . . .

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Harper unveils $100M for poor nations fighting climate change

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

NowPublic - By Stephanie Sobotka - Oct. 21 (Breaking News) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a plan to help developing countries deal with global warming. The $100 million dollar plan was announced yesterday, and would be distributed over the next year to regions including Africa, the South Pacific and the Caribbean.

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Australia Bolts Iraq Over Bush's Lies

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Ray McGovern - Jun. 03 (Special Report) - Rudd told Parliament he was most concerned by "the manner in which the decision to go to war was made; the abuse of intelligence information, a failure to disclose to the Australian people the qualified nature of that intelligence"; and the government's silence on "the pre-war warning that an attack on Iraq would increase the terrorist threat, not decrease it."

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