Bipartisan backing for Murray water amendments Updated Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:49am AEDT Photo: Provision for water adjustments passed by lower house (Jude Wilson: user submitted) Related Story: Gillard announces Murray-Darling plan changes Related Story: SA irrigators welcome Murray funds boost Related Story: New approach to fight Murray acidity Related Story: Murray plan fights the Continue Reading →
Aussies still heading to regionsFraser Coast ChronicleThe bureau released Census data on population growth and turnover in local government areas between 2000 and 2006 across the nation. It revealed the Bowen Basin mining region and Weipa in north Queensland were among the top six areas with the …See all stories on this topic »
News 6 new results for METHANE ‘Secrecy’ over coal-based methane project fuels rowThe HinduA major controversy is brewing in Tiruvarur and Thanjavur districts over a proposed Rs. 3,500 crore coal-based methane project. The Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd (GEECL) has proposed to drill the first set of 50 core holes and 30 pilot …See all Continue Reading →
Family planning, lower birth rateLompoc RecordIn six editions of “An Essay on the Principle of Population,” his major theory was that population sooner or later would be decreased by famine, disease, and wars — “population does invariably increase when the means of subsistence increase and that …See all stories on this topic » Rental market Continue Reading →
Can Japan’s Elderly Become Its Growth Engine?CNBC.comJapan’s huge gray population is putting a strain on its public finances at a time when the country’s debt is ballooning and the economy is struggling to gain momentum. A shrinking workforce, falling exports and global economic uncertainty are all …See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com Home Continue Reading →
Living power cables discovered: Multicellular bacteria transmit electrons across relatively great distances Posted: 24 Oct 2012 12:08 PM PDT Scientists have discovered filamentous bacteria that function as living power cables in order to transmit electrons thousands of cell lengths away.