we bring you a selection of environment and modern living stories covering research from Australia’s universities published in the public interest by The Conversation. Enjoy.
Author: District Bulletin
Eden-Monaro’s Kristy McBain reflects: Labor on climate targets; farming; and vaccine rollout
Recently our federal representative sat down with ABC News TV interviewer Patricia Karvelas [PK] talking about net-zero emissions by 2050 and the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. PK: Kristy McBain [KMc], taking agriculture out of the target like New Zealand, do you think that would be a reasonable approach? KMc:
National party continues to show its power over national policy on environment
INTERVIEWED by ABC RN Breakfast’s Fran Kelly, David Littleproud the federal National Party deputy leader and minister for agriculture, viewed splits in the ruling conservative ranks regarding climate change action in the regions and in agriculture and aired promising ideas about building on carbon farming and, in a first for Australia,
Commonwealth protects Platypus, Koala, Swift Parrot, Greater Glider habitat
HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI) has congratulated the federal government for a positive move this Christmas season as Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley announced new habitat protections. The listing of River-flat eucalypt forest on coastal floodplains of southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community sees more than 20,000 highly
Electric vehicle budget impost, it’s a myth!
The Electric Vehicle Council has a new report that shows worries about electric vehicles and fuel excise tax avoidance are a furphy that masks hidden benefits to the Australian economy from switching to electric vehicles — if only Australian governments supported the move by lowering other taxes on electric. Read
Here‘s a bit of a chuckle to keep you going …
starting with the Qantas Airlines Repair Division AFTER EVERY FLIGHT, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a ‘Gripe Sheet’ which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the Gripe Sheets before the next flight. Never let
$1M wildlife-carer fund rorted by NSW Government:
80% redirected to other programs — 20% paid to wildlife carers. THE NSW LABOR Opposition has disclosed that in May the state government’s much-hyped million dollar fund for wildlife carers in bushfire-affected regions was rorted by the government itself, with only 22 percent of the money being paid to wildlife carers. At
Rethinking your/our life under COVID-19
[Click on CONTINUE READING HERE to link to external story; click website BACK ARROW to return here] ---------------------------------- Crisis talks: Why combating future pandemics needs a collective mind shift today By Greg Callaghan, The Sydney Morning Herald IS COVID-19 the worst catastrophe of our lifetime? Don’t bet on it, says Italian physicist and author
NSW Coaliton rips into Eden Monaro, Barilaro as Barnaby Mark II
Expressing our ‘inner artist’ …
[Click on COLOURED HEADLINES to link to external story; click website BACK ARROW to return here] ---------------------------------- Coronavirus means fewer hugs, but this Canberra artist has found a creative way to get them By Penny Travers, ABC News Catherine Newton loves hugs so much she captures them by clutching blobs of 900-degree Celsius molten