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GARNAUT REVIEW- DRAFT REPORT: EXPERTS RESPOND
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts respond to the draft report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review.
Fri 4 July 08

COAG - WATER EXPERTS RESPOND
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts react to water announcements made at today's COAG meeting.
Thu 3 July 08

BROCCOLI AND PROSTATE CANCER
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts react to research showing men on a broccoli-rich showed genetic changes which could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer.
Wed 2 July 08

STORING NUCLEAR WASTE IN AUSTRALIA
BACKGROUND BRIEFING. Leading experts discuss the issue of where to store nuclear waste in Australia.
Thu 26 June 08

WATER - WHAT'S NOT BEING SAID - BACKGROUND BRIEFING: In the lead up to the July COAG meeting, some of the country’s best water experts brief the media on the current water situation and the harsh realities we still haven’t confronted.
Tues 24 June 08

WARMING AND RISING OCEANS
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts react to Australian research in the journal Nature that shows rapid warming of the upper oceans helps to explain variations in sea-level rise.
Thurs 19 June 08

JOINT STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
A 'call to arms' from some of the country's leading climate scientists.
Fri 13 June 08

POO - THE ULTIMATE IN RECYCLING
BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Experts attending a biosolids conference discuss the pros and cons of putting human waste into the agricultural cycle.
Wed 11 June 08

CANCER CLUSTERS
ONLINE BRIEFING: Experts discuss the science of cancer clusters.
Tue 10 June 08

PNG RUNNING OUT OF FORESTS TO PROTECT
ONLINE BRIEFING and RAPID ROUNDUP: A new report says Papua New Guinea is running out of forests to protect.
Mon 2 June 08

HRT LINKED TO BREAST CANCER
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts react to a study in the Medical Journal of Australia that links a drop in HRT prescriptions to a drop in breast cancer in Australian women.
Mon 2 June 08

CLIMATE COOLING CORRECTION
RAPID ROUNDUP: A closer look at the apparent cooling trend in the 1940s indicates that it was an artefact of data collection.
Fri 30 May 08

WORLD'S OLDEST MOTHER
RAPID ROUNDUP: A team of Australian scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest vertebrate mother and named it after Sir David Attenborough.
Thu 29 May 08

FARMING FOR THE FUTURE
BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Hear from CSIRO scientists who are looking into Australian farms of the future.
Wed 28 May 08