30th July 2010

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Tag: environment

  • Bat expert to complete report by spring

    Created Thu, 29th of Jul 2010

    An ecologist who has been appointed to look at ways of preventing flying foxes returning to central western New South Wales says there is no quick fix. Thousands of grey-headed flying foxes ... more

  • Bats besiege town's power supply

    Created Thu, 29th of Jul 2010

    Continued power outages caused by bats at the remote Northern Territory town of Mataranka are putting lives at risk, a community meeting has heard. Local police are being left without phones, the ... more

  • Government failing to stop illegal fishing at dive site

    Created Thu, 29th of Jul 2010

    The State Government has announced measures to combat illegal fishing in dive site where HMAS Brisbane lies, off Mooloolaba on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Dive operator Greg Riddell says fishing ... more

  • West coast whale numbers rising

    Created Thu, 29th of Jul 2010

    There are now about 40 whales at the Head of the Bight in South Australia. The numbers include nearly 20 calves, three of them white. Experts think the total numbers this year will not get close ... more

  • McKibbin slams lack of consultation on mining tax

    Created Thu, 29th of Jul 2010

    A leading economist has criticised the Gillard and Rudd governments for not consulting with economists on the mining super profits tax. Reserve Bank board member Professor Warwick McKibbin was ... more

  • Energy firm downplays UCG project fears

    Created Thu, 29th of Jul 2010

    A company operating a pilot underground coal gasification (UCG) project at Kogan on Queensland's Darling Downs says the industry should not be judged on one incident. Earlier this month, the State ... more

  • Qld laws blamed for hampering geothermal projects

    Created Thu, 29th of Jul 2010

    An energy company with plans for geothermal power stations throughout Queensland says the industry cannot move forward due to State Government legislation. Clean Energy Australasia (CEA) wants to ... more

  • Opposition, QRC back gas commissioner appointment

    Created Thu, 29th of Jul 2010

    The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) says the state's first gas commissioner will help balance domestic gas needs with export opportunities. The QRC has welcomed the State Government appointing ... more

  • Islanders plead for help as homes sink

    Created Wed, 28th of Jul 2010

    Residents of Papua New Guinea's sinking Carteret Islands are known as the world's first climate change refugees but international attention has not translated into relief from their plight. A ... more

  • Icon_camera Rare giant coral spotted in Pacific

    Created Wed, 28th of Jul 2010

    Researchers from Queensland's James Cook University say they have discovered one of the world's rarest coral species. The giant Pacific Elkhorn has antler-like branches and is about five metres ... more

  • Icon_camera Collinsville protesters let the coal trains back

    Created Tue, 27th of Jul 2010

    Coal transport on a major section of rail line in North Queensland is now back up and running, after protesting residents stopped operations for three days. Residents around Collinsville, a small ... more

  • Ferguson lays out Labor's mining policies

    Created Wed, 28th of Jul 2010

    No compromise on the mining tax, a commitment to carbon capture and storage technology and community and industry consensus on climate policy. They're the points of difference Federal Labor says ... more

  • Greens call for agricultural asset register

    Created Wed, 28th of Jul 2010

    The Greens are calling for a national register of foreign ownership of agricultural assets. While in Orange in western New South Wales, Greens Leader Bob Brown said his party was not the first to ... more

  • Icon_camera Hope for a cheaper mouse bait

    Created Tue, 27th of Jul 2010

    Cheaper poison control will soon be available to those farmers battling the mouse plague on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. A new product, that's been given regulatory approval by the Australian ... more

  • Bega Cheese gets grant for green farm program

    Created Wed, 28th of Jul 2010

    Farm-based environmental programs are getting a funding boost to expand interstate into Victoria from NSW. Bega Cheese has been granted $750,000 with under the federal Caring for Our Country ... more


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