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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

Burke laments parliamentary behaviour

admin /1 June, 2012

  Burke laments parliamentary behaviour Updated: 09:35, Friday June 1, 2012 The MP presiding over the proceedings of federal parliament has never seen it as bad as it is now and has blamed the hung parliament for the level of personal attacks. Deputy Speaker Anna Burke, who is sitting in the chair vacated by Speaker Continue Reading →

Astronomers Predict Titanic Collision: Milky Way vs. Andromeda

admin /1 June, 2012

Astronomers Predict Titanic Collision: Milky Way vs. Andromeda Inbox x NASA Science News noreply@nasascience.org 1:06 PM (4 hours ago) to NASA NASA Science News for May 31, 2012 NASA astronomers announced today they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of Continue Reading →

Earth-Observing Satellites in Jeopardy

admin /1 June, 2012

Alert Name: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS June 1, 2012 Compiled: 1:09 AM This Forest Is Our Forest By LUIS UBIÑAS (NYT) The people who live in threatened forests should have the ownership rights. Earth-Observing Satellites in Jeopardy By HEIDI CULLEN (NYT) What’s the weather going to be like? It’s going to get harder to predict, which Continue Reading →

Scores of guns stolen from NSW homes

admin /1 June, 2012

According to talkback radio this morning , guns can be purchased over the internet. Registered rural owners and gun club members go to  extraordinary lengths to safely store their guns. Yet we are still seeing weapons being stolen. After the amnesty following the Port Phillip massacre many guns were handed in and destroyed. Now we Continue Reading →

Life plentiful at undersea-volcanoes

admin /31 May, 2012

Life plentiful at undersea-volcanoesStuff.co.nzResearchers have returned with more than 5000 samples and footage of never-before-seen undersea volcanoes after a three-week voyage in waters off the Bay of Plenty and northeast along the Kermadec Ridge. The NIWA scientists studied four different …See all stories on this topic »