Science
Eco-Socialism the key to climate change resolution?
Canadian Author Ian Angus is in Australia to promote his book “Too Many People? Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis”......
Caution urged for Northern Food Bowl idea
The Coalition has said it is developing a plan to dam rivers in the Northern territory, Queensland and Western Australia......
Pakistan floods – another climate change disaster
In Pakistan’s Balochstan and Sindh provinces, 5.4 million people have been displaced by floods during the start of this year’s......
‘Leaked’ water figure pleases noone
The Murray Darling Basin Authority has today admitted that a leaked figure of 2800 giglalitres reflects their “current thinking” about......
Coal seam gas divides community
The prospect of coal seam gas production has divided the community in Putty. Dart Energy is already drilling a core......
Mining boom or bust?
The mining industry is good for the economy, the mining industry will provide thousands of jobs, the mining industry will......
Saving human biodiversity
Canadian ethnographer and National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence Wade Davis will use the 2011 Thomas Oration in Sydney tonight to argue for......
Climate change greater than refugee concern at Pacific Island forum
Questions around how Julia Gillard will respond to the failure of the Malaysian asylum seeker deal continue to dog the......
Bird species in the Coorong disappearing at alarming rate
85 years ago today the last Tasmanian Tiger died. Fast forward to 2011 and we’ve seen drastic drops in population......
Fragile Tuna fisheries on the agenda at Pacific Islands Forum
Another little-discussed topic at the Pacific Islands Forum is the management of coastal fisheries. The region holds the world’s largest......