A visit to the Veolia waste treatment plant at Woodlawn By Graham Franklin-Browne. EVER WONDERED how geographically vast Sydney really is, or how far its presence extends? For most of us around here the state capital still seems a respectable distance away – and we generally like to keep it that way. It's a
Environment
Environmental issues in Palerang, Queanbeyan and surrounds.
Here’s why the 2017 flu season was so bad
Vaccines for the flu offer mediocre coverage compared with those for other diseases. PLRANG ART/Shutterstock Ian M. Mackay, The University of Queensland and Katherine Arden, The University of Queensland Australia has recorded 221,853 flu infections so far in 2017, more than any other year. As the flu season comes to an end, we’re
Heed science review not government assumptions ACT urged
— press release. THE ANIMAL JUSTICE Party has called on the ACT government to heed a 2014 CSIRO independent review of the alleged evidence underpinning Canberra’s annual kangaroo slaughter. The independent review revealed that the government’s research did not support its assumption that kangaroos at pre-cull numbers on city reserves have
Rising electricity prices: what’s driving them up? And, surprise, what is the cheapest input now?
We at the Bulletin are big fans of our public broadcaster’s business editor, Ian Verrender, who invariably analyses public policy and government economic decisions in a way that is comprehensive and easy to come to grips with. In these excerpts from a recent analysis, he sets straight current facts and ‘alt
CSIRO independent analysis: no support for kangaroo research assumptions
Special Bulletin investigation In May of this year, we were confronted by the eighth year (longer, if one counts killings going back to Googong in 2004) of ACT government contract killings of Eastern Grey kangaroo families on urban nature reserves – based on some mathematical formula for one kangaroo per hectare,
Sanjeev Gupta – ‘can-do’ steel magnate brushes away coal cloud in Australia
In spite of floor-crossing Tony and his recent tweet-bleat that Malcolm is flirting 'unconscionably' with the renewables sector, yet another industrial heavyweight has emerged from beneath the coal cloud to help Australia transition to a more rational energy future. Not long after Elon Musk's pledge to help out with South Australia's
Households struggling with increased energy costs
Tips for swapping retailers As government staggers toward a solution for Australia's energy woes, online energy brokers are reporting a large increase in the number of calls from business and residential consumers desperate to secure a better deal from energy retailers Corporate Affairs manager for online comparison service, iSelect, Laura Crowden, recently
Review of historic stock routes may put rare stretches of native plants and animals at risk
By The Conversation Since the 19th century, Australian drovers have moved their livestock along networks of stock routes. Often following traditional Indigenous pathways, these corridors and stepping-stones of remnant vegetation cross the heavily cleared wheat and sheep belt in central New South Wales. The publicly owned Travelling Stock Reserve network of New
Electric vehicles in Australia – can we just get on with it please!
Just when I thought I had witnessed the total eclipse of our automobile industry, it seems that electric vehicles may help Australia stay in the vehicle manufacturing business after all. Last July, the first Australian-made electric truck rolled off the lines at Melbourne's SEA electric vehicle plant. With a range of
What clean fuel can replace coal in NSW with no down time?
A new ANU study and site atlas shows that pumped hydro could replace all NSW coal-burning power stations and provide reliable power within minutes of being engaged on any particular day. The pumped-hydro atlas identifying 8,600 suitable sites in NSW. The CEO of the NSW Nature Conservation Council Kate Smolski said “This