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

AVAAZ Where will you be on May 5

admin /6 April, 2012

Where will you be on May 5? Inbox x May Boeve – 350.org organizers@350.org 7:34 AM (2 hours ago) to me Images are not displayed. Display images below – Always display images from organizers@350.org   There’s just one month left until Climate Impacts Day on 5/5, when the world will connect the dots between extreme weather Continue Reading →

Fair Work Report to be released

admin /5 April, 2012

Fair Work Australia (FWA) has agreed to release in four to six weeks the report of its investigation into the Health Services Union’s national office. But the report will not be tabled in the Senate until FWA general manager Bernadette O’Neill has finished considering which of 181 contraventions of workplace laws found by investigators should Continue Reading →

Transport thinking stuck on a bureaucratic black box

admin /5 April, 2012

Transport thinking stuck in bureaucratic black box by: Robert Gibbons From:The Daily Telegraph April 05, 201212:00AM 0 PEOPLE’S PLAN – BE HEARD NOW SYDNEY needs rescuing. Past and future generations expect us to be smart, and the Premier promised to stop the stupidity. Those who don’t understand history are bound to repeat its mistakes. Do Continue Reading →

Science daily: Earth Science News

admin /5 April, 2012

ScienceDaily: Earth Science News New options for nuclear waste? Crushing pressure surprisingly opens up nanopores in mineral New mechanism of past global warming? Thawing permafrost 50 million years ago led to global warming events Growing nitrous oxide levels explained Vegetation cover affects the speed of snowmelt in tundra regions New options for nuclear waste? Crushing Continue Reading →

Volcano Alerts

admin /5 April, 2012

News 4 new results for volcanoes Volcanoes‘ Plumbing Holds Clues to EruptionsLiveScience.comNew research looking at volcanoes in Iceland and the Afar region of Ethiopia — the two areas where mid-ocean ridges, where Earth’s tectonic plates are moving apart, are visible at the surface of the Earth — found that the underground caverns holding …See all Continue Reading →

New rail link to swallow 90 houses, businesses

admin /4 April, 2012

New rail link to swallow 90 houses, businesses Nicole Hasham April 5, 2012 Read later “Two-thirds of the $9 billion, 23-kilometre line will be built underground between Bella Vista and Epping.” Photo: Kate Geraghty MORE than 90 properties on the north west rail link route will be bought and demolished as the state government forges Continue Reading →