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1.1KSea Shepherd to spend $12m award on ‘dream ship’ to patrol Southern Ocean
Money presented at Amsterdam gala is the largest donation the conservation group has received to date The ocean conservation group Sea Shepherd...
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Climate warning: PM Abbott leads Australia down a withering garden path
Greens leader Christine Milne says dire projections for Australia in the new CSIRO climate change report* must be a wake-up call for...
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The revealing facts on bikie laws and crime in Queensland
Queensland’s Liberal National government has made law and order – particularly its anti-bikie laws – a key part of its re-election pitch....
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NATION: Manus; We must act …
*Image from here No words could ever describe life in Manus Island Detention Centre, but imagine you are trapped in a makeshift,...
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Building resilience in an era of limits to growth. Greece …
We are approaching many limits to growth over the next decades: Economic contraction, peak energy and geopolitical stress. Nicole Foss – Canadian...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (47)
*Pic: A black-headed honeyeater The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this...
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Saturday Soapbox: Council must ensure Huon plan meets its Waterloo
*Pic: Bob Hawkins’ pic of the Huon River at Waterloo Bay DENNIS Bewsher’s plan to change Waterloo Bay from public open space...
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After the Bang
An expanding shell of debris called SNR 0519-69.0 is left behind after a massive star exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a...
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Call for State and Uni to dump Taib Mahmud … and Ta Ann
*Pic: Abdul Taib Mahmud … Five years after Sarawak Report first exposed Taib Mahmud’s questionable links with Adelaide University, the university’s Vice-Chancellor...
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Call for Alternative Australia Day Date
Political leaders need to be serious about moving Australia Day to a date other than the 26th of January if they are...
