Tue Apr 17, 2012
The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has today released the latest National Greenhouse Accounts which compare Australia’s emissions to our Kyoto Protocol obligations. The Accounts show Australia’s carbon pollution is currently tracking at 104 per cent of 1990 levels. Australia’s Kyoto Protocol target is to limit emissions to108 per cent of 1990 levels, [...]
Thu Oct 6, 2011
EMBARGO lifted 8am AEDT Thursday October 6, 2011 US scientists have questioned GM monitoring protocols in the US after investigating escapee canola plants living outside of cultivated fields. These populations were found to persist from year to year and reach thousands of individuals. The authors also found that the escaped plants could hybridise with each [...]
Fri Sep 24, 2010
ONLINE BACKGROUND BRIEFING – Monday September 27 at 10.30am AEST online As food prices keep rising, food security sits at the top of national and international agendas. Experts predict food prices will continue to climb up to 45 per cent during the next decade compared with the previous one, making cheap processed food a more [...]
Mon Aug 16, 2010
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING – Monday 16 August at 3pm AEST online Embargo lifted 3pm AEST Mon 16 August The highly respected Australian Academy of Science has released one of the clearest statements on climate science yet produced. Based on a series of key questions, the publication attempts to clear up recent confusion created by contradictory [...]
Sat Jul 31, 2010
Premier John Brumby released the final report on Saturday, July 31, 2010, from the Royal Commission inquiry into the 2009 Victorian bushfires in which 173 people died.
Mon Aug 10, 2009
A property at Cawarral near Rockhampton in Queensland has been placed into quarantine after an outbreak of Hendra virus in horses. Below, experts respond.
Mon Aug 3, 2009
A biosecurity expert responds to the news that a piggery in NSW has been quarantined due to an outbreak of Influenza A H1N1 (swine flu).
Mon Apr 27, 2009
EMBARGO LIFTED AT 4am AEST FRIDAY 24 APRIL 2009 After 6 years of painstaking work, a large team of Australian and international researchers have released their analysis of the genome of the cow in the journal Science. The findings have big implications for the cattle and dairy industries, biomedical research and food security. They also [...]