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Dugald Murray 14 Feb 2014

With Australian car manufacturing in terminal decline, the government needs to establish new industries to fill the void. Renewable energy is an opportunity going begging. More

Science Online 14 Feb 2014
Sara Phillips 7 Feb 2014

With World Heritage listing in the headlines this week, it was timely to look at what World Heritage listing actually means. More

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Mary Ann Van Bodegraven 13 Feb 2014
Mark Wakeham 11 Feb 2014
Lateline 17 Feb 2014

The federal government has announced a panel to review the renewable energy target and assess the cost of renewable energy. More

Lateline 17 Feb 2014

The federal government has announced a panel to review the renewable energy target and assess the cost of renewable energy. More

7.30 17 Feb 2014

There are revelations that Keep Australia Beautiful has teamed up with their major donor Coca-Cola to help crush proposed container deposit schemes around Australia. More

7.30 17 Feb 2014

The Government's review of the impact of clean energy on power prices is expected to result in a cut to the renewable energy target, a move backed by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Chief Economist Burchell … More

News Online 17 Feb 2014

A major review into the impact of clean energy on retail power prices is expected to clear the way for the Government to make significant changes to the Renewable Energy Target (RET). More

ABC NewsRadio Evenings 17 Feb 2014

Mandy Presland spoke to Dr Sara Bice from Melbourne University's School of Government about her study into what a social licence is More

ABC Goldfields WA 17 Feb 2014

Helen Fitzroy lost her husband just over 20 years ago at a mine in Norseman, the same town where an underground miner was killed in a… More

ABC NewsRadio Drive 17 Feb 2014

The Federal Government has announced a review of the Renewable Energy Target. That's been welcomed by the Clean Energy Council. The C… More

ABC Rural 17 Feb 2014

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ABC Rural 17 Feb 2014

The Prime Minister has seen first-hand the consequences of the severe drought currently affecting over two-thirds of Queensland, desc… More

On the Wider Web

Why rhino farming can work

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A ban on trading rhino horn has failed. Rhinos are in more danger than ever before with increasingly sophisticated poachers at work. The only way to save them is to farm them.
Most Australians overestimate how much they are doing for the environment compared to others, and are more concerned about water shortages, pollution and household waste than climate change, a new CSIRO survey reveals.

25 deadly Australian cuties

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Forget the deadly snakes and spiders. Australia's animals will kill you with cuteness.

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