2008-11-28
QUEENSLAND COUNTRYLIFE
New govt GM report 'valuable contribution'
The Producers Forum, representing farmers keen to embrace proven technology, has welcomed the release of the Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) landmark report today on the role of GM crops in...
2008-11-27
Tasmania Mercury
Gunns blaze on mill
GUNNS Limited has lashed out at 'ill-informed' Government ministers casting doubt on the $2.2 billion pulp mill. Executive chairman John Gay says they are only trying to win short-term political...
2008-11-26
Daily Telegraph Australia
Questions a-plenty on global warming
ONE of ABC televisions remaining links to a more intelligent era, The Einstein Factor, ended its season on Sunday, closing with its signature quote from the great physicist: The important thing is not to stop...
2008-11-26
Herald Sun
The facts are flooding in
TOO little water in Melbourne; too much in Gippsland. Do I really need to join the dots for the Brumby Government? Understand at last, guys? Just build that damn dam - and two problems become one cheap...
2008-11-22
STOCK & LAND
Turnbull backs the lifting of ban on GM crops
Federal opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has said Western Australia's bans on uranium mining and genetically modified crops were "pure left-wing ideology" - and Premier Colin Barnett's lifting of both would be good for state and...
2008-11-21
Australian IT
Farmers need our support
Article from: The Australian WHEN Kevin Rudd made Tony Burke - a trained lawyer, former NSW MP and union organiser for the shoppies - his first Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, there were some raised...
2008-11-20
Get Farming
Time to review ETS
Time to review the Emissions Trading Scheme. The Carbon Sense Coalition called on the Queensland Government to follow the lead of New Zealand and initiate a complete review of the science and the cost-benefits of the proposals to levy a new tax on coal and petrol...
2008-11-20
Supply Chain Review
Forget cap and trade, market knows: Caltex
Caltex has criticised the Federal Governments approach to climate change, saying there should be a greater focus on vehicle technology and transport infrastructure to reduce...
2008-11-18
ABC Online
Residents fight forest grazing ban
Barmah residents in Victoria are demanding a decision to ban cattle grazing in the forest this summer be reversed. The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment is not allowing grazing for ecological...
2008-11-18
Progress Leader
Boroondara candidates warming up on climate change
CLIMATE change is heating up as a contentious election issue in Boroondara. Surrey Hills environment group Lighter Footprints quizzed 32 Boroondara candidates about global warming to give voters more transparency before they hit the polls on November...