Science & Environment

One week on from the devastating magnitude 7 earthquake, which nobody ever expected to happen, Christchurch residents are facing the...

After the heavy rains in Victoria and South Australia, water is suddenly not a problem for rural Australia; in fact,...

As temperatures rise and beach-goers prepare to return to the sand and surf, they can be rest assured shark nets...

Western Australian Premier, Colin Barnett, has started the process for the compulsory acquisition of land in the Kimberly to build...

It hasn’t been a happy year for environmentalists. In spite of gains made towards the end of the last decade,...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or IPCC) needs a structural shake up. That’s according to a review commissioned by...

Uwankara native title claimants are fighting the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Grace Portolesi’s decision to allow mining exploration...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and The Coalition have announced strategies to put an end to the the Murray Darling crisis....

The Federal Government has announced plans to criminalize the importation and sale of illegally logged timber in Australia. It echoes...

Farmers and the Greens have traditionally been enemies in Australian politics, but that’s all changing as mining epxnads into farmlands....