Gemma Levine/Getty By Stuart Clark Stephen Hawking, the world-famous theoretical physicist, has died at the age of 76. Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said Continue Reading
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“Tourists are loving the world to death”
Some friends of mine have stopped travelling. Pretty much, anyway. They’re refusing to fly anywhere, unless they’re going to be staying in their destination for Continue Reading
Gladstone Forest Blockade enters fourth week
The blockade at Gladstone State Forest near Bellingen has now stopped logs from leaving the forest for over four weeks. Press Release from Bellingen Environment Continue Reading
Bellingen Environment group reports forest pollution to EPA.
The Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) has this week made an incident report of pollution occurring in Woods Creek in Gladstone State Forest following recent logging Continue Reading
Scorched wide brown land: the destruction of Australia’s native landscape
Less than 50% of Australia’s original wilderness still exists, thanks to the colonialist view that development of land means eliminating native vegetation by Michael Slezak Continue Reading
‘Well, well, well’. Tender free water ‘deal’ not so great for taxpayers?
Water deal with Eastern Australia Agriculture, which was done without a tender, raises questions over taxpayer value. By Anne Davies Original ABC 4 Corners program Continue Reading
Acid ocean poses global reef threat
Many of the world’s coral reefs could begin to erode within 30 years as a result of increasing ocean acidity, according to new research. Professor Continue Reading
Plan to kill invasive carp in Australia may be doomed
An Australian plan to kill invasive carp by releasing a virus into waterways has come under fire from researchers who argue that the tactic will Continue Reading
Vested interests destroy Murray-Darling Basin plans
Ross Gittins goes right to the heart of the Murray-Darling Basin problem saying that democracy has degenerated into a battle between vested interests. Genelle Haldane, Continue Reading
Let’s get physical: Nine facts about fitness
Physical fitness regimes: What the science tells us works and what doesn’t’ Time to get fit? (Images: Stockbyte/Getty) FITNESS FADS DOES an activity have to Continue Reading
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