Caveman is new face for the human race
Source: The Sun UK
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2012-05-15 13:22:29 -0700 | technology-news
The remains, dug up in South China, indicate jutting jaws, short, flat faces and large molar teeth. They have been dubbed the Red Deer People after the prey they hunted. An artist recreated what the species looked like, above, after...
Senate passes radioactive waste legislation
Source: Labor Herald
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2012-05-13 02:17:44 -0700 | business-news
The legislation provides for a national facility to manage the small quantity of waste arising from highly valuable activities that allow the screening and treatment of cancer and other diseases, as well as medical and other research purposes. This waste...
Australia-NZ joint e-waste standard draft welcomed (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2012-05-13 12:24:09 -0700 | political-news
Australia-NZ joint e-waste standard draft welcomed National Party, Fuseworks March 13, 2012, 5:15 pm The release of a draft joint Australia-New Zealand Standard for processing electrical and electronic waste, like old televisions, computers and whiteware was welcomed today by Environment...
Grant to assist geothermal exploration
Source: Labor Herald
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-08 11:09:46 -0700 | business-news
Geothermal Financing Workshop in Sydney, the Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson AM MP, highlighted the importance of this initiative in improving our understanding of the pre-competitive geothermal resource in Australia. Geoscience Australia estimates that one per cent of...
Policeman plunges down mountain
Source: The Courier-Mail
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-08 01:04:48 -0700 | political-news
The tree toppled over in high winds and heavy rain which lashed the region overnight. The sergeant was standing by the side of the road when it gave way, sending him plummeting down the side of the 650-metre high mountain...Emergency...
Oxygen found around Saturn moon
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-05 12:30:34 -0700 | technology-news
Cassini spacecraft has detected faints wisps of oxygen in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Dione. But they add the levels detected are too low for any form of Earth-like life forms to survive, let alone humans. Cassini's instruments detected the...
Brown to resume meetings with Gillard
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-04 16:19:58 -0700 | disasters-news
Senator Brown cancelled the regular meetings in January after accusing Ms Gillard of failing to protect Tasmania's native forests. But he has told Channel Ten he has changed his mind. "I'm going back to the regular meetings.....Senator Brown concedes his...
Wilderness mining ban passes both SA houses
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-01 15:12:30 -0700 | political-news
A bill to ban mining in Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in outback South Australia has passed the SA Parliament's Upper House. The Greens succeed in making changes, including a requirement for traditional owners to be consulted over management...Former premier Mike Rann...
Flash floods hit Sydney suburbs
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-04-19 17:32:19 -0700 | travel-news
The storm was expected to move north, where it could cause further flash flooding around Hornsby. The SES says four of the calls for help involved cars trapped in floodwaters in the Sutherland Shire. Phil Campbell from the SES says...
1 million chickens seized after feed runs out
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-04-05 20:29:46 -0700 | political-news
21 The Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has seized close to 1 million chickens from a major poultry producer which had run out of money to feed them. The department says Tip Top Poultry, based in the Melbourne suburb...
Trumpets of outrage in the outback
Source: BBC
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-04-02 00:13:05 -0700 | technology-news
An Australian biology prof is causing a rumble in the academic jungle by suggesting that his country should import elephants and other foreign species into its wild interior. Rhinos and even giant Komodo dragon lizards could be imported, David Bowman...
With Approval, Malaysia Refinery Expects to Open This Year
Source: International Herald Tribune
Kuantan :: Malaysia | updated 2012-04-02 00:12:57 -0700 | political-news
The refinery is expected to open in this year's second quarter. It is intended to offer an alternative for Western companies that now depend on Chinese producers. China mines and processes more than 90 percent of the world's rare earths,...
Waters rise again in Charleville
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-04-01 19:11:01 -0700 | travel-news
An emergency alert warning has been issued for Charleville residents with parts of the town expected to flood again overnight. Murweh Mayor Mark O'Brien says about 40 locals are spending a second night in an evacuation centre set up at...
Roma on alert as floodwaters rise
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-03-27 20:29:52 -0700 | travel-news
Bureau of Meteorology spokesman Tony Auden says a monsoonal low has moved into Queensland from the Northern Territory, bringing heavy rain and storms. "Over the next couple of days we do expect that low to move south through the state...
Aurora chasers find a spectacle that's heaven sent
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2012-03-27 13:01:18 -0700 | technology-news
Story continues below Northern lights ... the skies near Talkeetna, Alaska are lit up by aurora borealis, a common occurence in northern climates that was enhanced in this display by solar flares in the days preceding the event. Photo: AP...
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