This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment. Thirteen new industrial clusters from Australia, Brazil, Colombia, India, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, …
By international standards, water supplies in Perth, Western Australia, contain high trihalomethane (THM) levels, particularly the brominated forms. Geographic variability in these levels provided an opportunity to examine cross-city spatial relationships between THM exposure and rates of birth defects (BDs). The goal of the study was to examine BD rates …
The Australian High Commissioner in Islamabad Zorica McCarthy who called on the Minister for Environment, Hameedullah Jan Afridi on Friday, stressed the need of cooperation on the issues of environment particularly climate change. The Australian High Commissioner apprised the Minister that Australia and Pakistan had some similar environmental problems and …
The Australian government would be open to negotiations with big business over plans for carbon trading, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday, after industry complaints about government proposals. But Rudd warned business that carbon trading, needed to help Australia cut its greenhouse gas emissions, could not be done without …
MELBOURNE: Kirin, the Japanese brewer, is expanding its food business in Australia through the acquisition of Dairy Farmers by its National Foods division. The acquisition, for 910 million Australian dollars, or $780 million, is intended to help it diversify away from a shrinking domestic beer market. Analysts said the move …
THE controversial tax on long-stay car parking in central Melbourne is here to stay, despite a review of the $820 levy beginning next year. Roads Minister Tim Pallas has signalled the tax, which aims to reduce road congestion, will remain and has the backing of Premier John Brumby. "The Government …
Replacing much of Australia's beef and lamb with kangaroo meat could significantly cut the continent's greenhouse gas emissions and save its native terrain. A recent study suggests phasing out some 7 million cattle and 36 million sheep from Australian rangelands
I HAVE received more emails from readers in response to my articles on Victoria's water supplies than for any other subject. One recurring theme has been: what has been the response of the authorities? I have had two critical responses from the State Government. For the most part they have …
DESALINATION and other big-ticket solutions to Melbourne's water woes threaten to sideline alternatives, as a proposal to drop rainwater tanks is the subject of a row at the highest levels of State Government. - Tanks in doubt - Water estimates wrong - Decision in balance "There are water tank wars …
A LEADING brewer's attempts to cash in on demand for green products has landed it in hot water after marketing claims that its beer is better for the environment were challenged. The competition watchdog has been asked to investigate ads calling Cooper's Australia's greenest beer and encouraging drinkers to walk …
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned business his government's commitment to tackling climate change will come at a cost. Mr Rudd was responding to the Business Council of Australia's (BCA) finding that emissions trading would force a third of Australian businesses to go under unless the scheme was fundamentally redesigned. …
Motorists owe more than $50 million just to Melbourne's inner city councils and a large part of that is written off as doubtful debt. At last count, Victorian councils were owed a total $140 million in unpaid parking fines and associated fees, according to the Municipal Association of Victoria. Since …
MORE than 1.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gas will be pumped out during the construction of Victoria's proposed desalination plant, and another 1.2 million tonnes emitted each year once it starts boosting Melbourne's water supply. The figures were released yesterday in the Government's 1600-page environmental effects study report on the …
Germany might be a fairly rainy and wet place, but water in the country is more expensive than anywhere else on the planet, according to a new survey. At
The Rudd government's tax hike on luxury cars is losing the support of key crossbench senators. The tax increase, from 25 per cent to 33 per cent, was introduced in Labor's first budget and is estimated to affect the sales of about 105,000 cars per year. The tax applies to …
VICTORIANS in rural and regional areas are dying of heart disease at a worrying rate because of a lack of preventive services and treatment, experts say. A program screening people for cardiovascular disease in country areas has found alarming levels of high blood pressure, cholesterol problems, obesity and depression, all …
SLEEP-DEPRIVED teenagers are at greater risk of high blood pressure and future heart attacks - and their mobile phones, computer games and iPods could be to blame. A study of 13 to 16-year-olds found that those who slept less than 6
IT IS about time that Melburnians began to confront the sausage rather than the sizzle in the transport debate. Rapid population growth (due to high immigration) and rising oil prices (due to peak oil) mean that public transport will have to bear an increasing share of the burden of providing …
HALF of Australia's biggest companies are risking cost blow-outs, an increased regulatory burden and reputational damage from climate change, according to an international report. The report from the London-based Ethical Research Investment Services and the Centre for Australian Ethical Research in Canberra found that 48% of Australia's largest 200 companies …
Eight kinds of beer and freshly shucked oysters make the Innamincka Hotel an oasis for travelers on Australia's remote Strzelecki Track. But keeping food and drink cold in the Outback isn't cheap. Every three weeks a diesel tanker must make a 1,600-km round trip from Port Augusta, South Australia, to …
