AROUND 21,007 WORKERS and 5,528 businesses in every corner of Eden-Monaro will be worse off following JobKeeper wind back, says Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain. “From Monday 28 September, cuts and changes to the JobKeeper scheme will see some local businesses and workers lose access completely, while others will have their
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Regenerative Agriculture Conference of interest for new directions: 24–25 March, Albury NSW
Inspiring climate-solutions leader headlines Regenerative Agriculture Conference ALLAN SAVORY, founder of Holistic Management and the Savory Global Network, will be the keynote guest at the March 2020 Farming Matters — For Our Love of the Land conference to be held in Albury, NSW. The conference that will run across two days, 24
I am not a rat! And what are they doing to rats anyway?
THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY Program (NTP) of the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has released research suggesting a conclusive link between mobile phone radiation and cancer in rats and mice. The research involved exposing male and female rats and mice to radio-frequency radiation that the authors suggested was like that used in 2G
Aged-care action after years of Liberal cuts
With a Royal Commission called into the aged-care sector and a national program on ABC Four Corners based on thousands of negative reports about patient care and staff numbers, training, wages and government oversight in the residential sector, Labor’s federal Shadow Minister for Ageing and Mental Health Julie Collins asks
Turning coffee waste into coffee cups
A MACQUARIE PhD student believes he’s come up with a way to turn coffee waste into biodegradable plastic coffee cups. He’s developed a method to turn coffee grounds into lactic acid, which can then be used to produce biodegradable plastics, and is now refining the process as he finishes his PhD. “Australians
Labor says GO! to faster Canberra/Sydney train
NSW LABOR AND the ACT Government have joined forces to commit $10 million to develop a business case for faster rail services between Sydney and Canberra. Opposition leader Luke Foley made the announcement at Queanbeyan Station alongside Australian Capital Territory Labor Chief Minister Andrew Barr, who is matching NSW Labor’s dollar
Good news! Africa leads with renewable breakthrough
French Guiana region to install world's largest power station with 140 MWh renewable energy storage. MANA, FRENCH GUIANA has announced the launch of a world first in the history of renewable energy with the creation of its CEOG project (French Western Guiana Power Plant). The project harnessed via HDF’s Renewstable® solution will deliver