More allegations raised against LNP MP Driscoll By Melinda Howells and Chris O’Brien, ABCUpdated March 18, 2013, 7:57 pm tweet Email Print ABC © Enlarge photo Queensland’s Liberal National Party is facing more allegations of misconduct, with first-term MP Scott Driscoll accused of using public money to pay his wife’s consultancy firm. The Member for Continue Reading →
Measuring sea level rise Influences on sea levels Many meteorological and oceanographic processes, with different time and spatial scales, affect sea levels around Australia. Influences on sea levels can be dynamic and vary from place to place. Many of these processes are considered cyclical – they oscillate back and forth. Although these processes do not Continue Reading →
Ocean Plankton Sponge Up Nearly Twice the Carbon Currently Assumed Mar. 17, 2013 — Models of carbon dioxide in the world’s oceans need to be revised, according to new work by UC Irvine and other scientists published online Sunday in Nature Geoscience. Trillions of plankton near the surface of warm waters are far more carbon-rich Continue Reading →
Irish feel ‘animosity’ from Top Enders By Andrew Thompson, ABCMarch 18, 2013, 11:39 am tweet Email Print ABC © Enlarge photo Some Irish people living in Darwin say they have experienced hostility as increasing numbers move to the Top End looking for work. Anthony McCann from Belfast said he, like many other Irish people, left Continue Reading →
Tracks laid for NSW South West link AAPMarch 18, 2013, 11:51 am tweet Email Print AAP © Enlarge photo Six kilometres of track have been laid for the long-awaited South West Rail Link, the NSW government says. The continuous rail corridor stretching between Glenfield and Leppington is the first instalment of a 11.4 kilometre rail Continue Reading →
Gillard faces challenging week as voters desert her Date March 18, 2013 81 reading now Comments 138 Read later Mark Kenny inShare. submit to reddit Email article Print Reprints & permissions . . No poll relief for Gillard John Stirton analyses the latest Nielsen/Fairfax poll, whose numbers confirm Labor’s continued strife and the prospects of Continue Reading →