3rd September 2010

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Tag: environment

  • Shortage of pilots holds up aerial spraying

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Agricultural pilots are in high demand across south-eastern Australia as widespread rain prevents farmers from spraying their crops from the ground. Numbers of ag pilots have dwindled over the ... more

  • Families stressed out by water buybacks

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    A study has found the Federal Government's water buybacks are having a heavy toll on personal relationships, because of the stress of the decisions involved. The two-year study focused on the ... more

  • Icon_camera Trees save lives in heatwaves, say experts

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Trees are known to give a range of environmental benefits, but new research suggests that they are are also playing an important role in saving human lives during heatwaves. A national tree ... more

  • Revised hatching dates will make locust control harder

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Authorities are preparing for a tougher than expected locust control operation, as revised hatching dates are released. The Australian Plague Locust Commission has changed its forecast hatching ... more

  • Woodside happy, green groups upset, about WA land acquisition

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Director of the green group Environs Kimberley says WA Premier Colin Barnett's decision to compulsory acquire land, north of Broome, has broken agreements with the Commonwealth and Traditional ... more

  • Departments reach deal on local mining plans

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    The Western Australian Government says it has taken a balanced approach in its environmental arrangements for a resource-rich area north of Southern Cross. Environment Minister Donna Faragher and ... more

  • Professor calls for better plan on mining and farming

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    An academic says Australia needs a comprehensive plan of how much land we want to set aside for mining, for agriculture and for the environment. Professor of ecology and mathematics at the ... more

  • Water trading for Mary Valley irrigators

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Major changes are planned for irrigators in south-east Queensland's Mary Basin. The State Government has released the first ever Draft Resource Operations Plan for the area. Department of ... more

  • Sportage of pilots holds up aerial spraying

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Agricultural pilots are in high demand across south-eastern Australia as widespread rain prevents farmers from spraying their crops from the ground. Numbers of ag pilots have dwindled over the ... more

  • Here comes the rain

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Graziers in Far West NSW and the north-east of South Australia are looking forward to a drenching this weekend. Parts of the region are expected to receive up to 80 millimetres of rain and a ... more

  • Farmers should own soil carbon, says report

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    A Victorian Parliamentary committee report has found farmers should own the carbon in their soil. The report recommends that carbon sequestration rights be clarified under Victorian ... more

  • Japan begins annual dolphin hunt

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    A controversial annual dolphin hunt that was depicted in an Oscar-winning documentary has begun in Japan. A fleet of six boats herded a group of about 20 bottlenose dolphins into the port of Taiji ... more

  • Water entitlement boost is premature: farmer

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Concerns have been raised about a further increase in water entitlements for landholders in the Lachlan and Macquarie Valleys. The New South Wales Office of Water has announced all high security, ... more

  • Fuel tanker runs aground in Arctic

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    A fuel tanker has run aground in Canada's far north, carrying 9 million litres of diesel fuel that risks spilling into the Arctic waters, the Canadian Coast Guard said this morning. A Coast Guard ... more

  • Oil rig blast forces 13 workers into Gulf of Mexico

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    An explosion has ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard says. There is no immediate sign of an oil spill and ... more


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