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Precast concrete: A replacement for traditional materials  10/13/2010
Precast concrete: A replacement for traditional materials
Feature of the week: Precast concrete was pioneered in London and first used in the early 1900s. Since then, Australia has adopted the art form in buildings, civil structures and ...
BHP leads the push for carbon tax  10/13/2010
BHP leads the push for carbon tax
Feature of the week: At an Australian British Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney last month, BHP Billiton Chief Executive Marius Kloppers spoke about the need of a carbon pricing ...
The global river crisis  10/12/2010
The global river crisis
The world's rivers - the single largest renewable water resource for humans and a crucible of aquatic biodiversity - are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global ...
The high price of work stress  10/11/2010
The high price of work stress
Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia's economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.
A water bottle you can compost  10/11/2010
A water bottle you can compost
If Sara Spence has her way, you won't be throwing out the plastic bottle she's designed – even though it is compostable.
The psychology of climate change  9/29/2010
The psychology of climate change
The idea that greenhouse gas emissions are warming Earth's atmosphere is one of the most certain concepts in natural science yet as the level of scientific certainty has grown, so ...
Tight gas-hunts in sweet spots  9/29/2010
Tight gas-hunts in sweet spots
Curtin University researchers are part of a key group of scientists set to investigate and make recommendations for future successful tight gas exploration in Western Australia.
Industry heads meet during political uncertainty  9/28/2010
Industry heads meet during political uncertainty
New talks, to discuss the changes in the planned Australian Mining Tax, will begin soon.
The gulf that separates consultants & manufacturers  8/31/2010
The gulf that separates consultants & manufacturers
Feature of the week: Keith Monaghan was not impressed. The president of the Plastics Industry Manufacturers of Australia (PIMA) had just picked up the phone. A consultant was on the ...
Dumping on proposed nuclear waste dump  8/25/2010
Dumping on proposed nuclear waste dump
Feature of the week: Environmental groups are calling for plans for Australia's first large scale nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory to be put on hold, ...
Arkaroola wilderness sanctuary ban from mining  8/25/2010
Arkaroola wilderness sanctuary ban from mining
Feature of the week: Protestors recently turned to parliamentary members to help them save the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary from mining purposes.
Environmental policy – where do the parties stand?  8/11/2010
Environmental policy – where do the parties stand?
Feature of the week: All three major political parties have now laid out their environmental credentials for the upcoming election, and although all promise action, there are wide ...
Climate change challenges ahead for Murray-Darling Basin  8/5/2010
Climate change challenges ahead for Murray-Darling Basin
Feature of the week: Leading Australian and International Climate Change experts have come together for a timely workshop, to discuss adaption options for wetlands in the Murray ...
Another transport funding snub for Aussie farmers  7/15/2010
Another transport funding snub for Aussie farmers
Feature of the week: Australia's primary industries have been snubbed again by the Federal Government's inability to fund any new transport projects in Sydney.
Waste management's rennaissance period  7/14/2010
Waste management's rennaissance period
Feature of the week: The national boom in recycling is leading to a renaissance of the waste management industry, as firms open new facilities to deal with new types of material ...
Australian agriculture must adapt to climate change  7/8/2010
Australian agriculture must adapt to climate change
In Australia's first ever climate change adaption conference, scientists and decision makers delivered a clear message: agriculture and farming businesses must cope with the changing ...
Workplaces still lack women  7/6/2010
Workplaces still lack women
Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...
Businesses must make their own carbon action plans  7/1/2010
Businesses must make their own carbon action plans
Feature of the week: Although the government has delayed its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme until at least 2013, it is still in the interest of businesses in all sectors to start ...
New prawn breed developed  6/29/2010
New prawn breed developed
After ten years of painstaking research into the popular Black Tiger prawn, CSIRO's Food Futures Flagship and Australian prawn farmers have developed a new prawn that is producing ...
AUS's 1st climate change adaptation conference  6/28/2010
AUS's 1st climate change adaptation conference
The first international conference held in Australia to discuss the science and options for adapting to climate change begins on the Gold Coast on Tuesday 29 June.
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