Category: General news
Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
admin /24 November, 2012
Help lines swamped by calls from abuse victims By Margaret Paul, ABCUpdated November 24, 2012, 7:51 pm tweet0 Email Print ABC © Enlarge photo Support groups say they have been overwhelmed with phone calls from sexual assault victims since a royal commission into institutional abuse was announced more than a week ago. The volume is Continue Reading →
admin /24 November, 2012
“Super-Sensitive,” Mobile Methane Detection Device A Boon For Public, Natural …CleanTechnicaNatural gas is the largest source of human methane (CH4) emissions in the country. A greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, methane leaks also pose a range of other environmental health and safety risks, from the effects of chronic …See all stories Continue Reading →
admin /24 November, 2012
Ideological fight over rail terminal could jam roads Date November 24, 2012 15 reading now Read later Jacob Saulwick Transport Reporter View more articles from Jacob Saulwick Follow Jacob on TwitterEmail Jacob inShare Email article Print Reprints & permissions To drive the Hume Highway between Melbourne and Sydney next to a B-double truck is invariably Continue Reading →
admin /23 November, 2012
If children lose contact with nature they won’t fight for it With half of their time spent at screens, the next generation will be poorly equipped to defend the natural world from harm Share6597 inShare56 Email George Monbiot The Guardian, Monday 19 November 2012 20.29 GMT Jump to comments (382) ‘The great indoors has become Continue Reading →
admin /23 November, 2012
No match for the bagman and the bogeyman By ABC’s Barrie Cassidy Posted Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:15am AEDT Photo: Ralph Blewitt says he has a deal with the Victorian fraud squad to tell all he knows about the slush fund scandal. (7.30 Report) Never mind the historic deals on the Murray Darling and Tasmania’s Continue Reading →
admin /22 November, 2012
Hansen 2007 : Sea Level Rise 50 mm/Year | Real ScienceBy stevengoddardIn an interview on Australian ABC Television program, The 7.30 Report, James Hansen, a prominent NASA climatologist, predicted the liklihood that the earth will pass a tipping point resulting in Sea Level Rise of up to a metre every 20 …Real Science Web 1 Continue Reading →