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The beginning of the end for automobility?
February 6th, 2012
Car travel is becoming a victim of its own success. If we in the West had only kept cars for ourselves, automobility could have survived much longer. But we shared them with the rest of the world, and now car travel is doomed.
Tourists to use cameras to help save Tasmanian devil
February 6th, 2012
Walkers are joining forces with conservationists to help bring the Tasmanian devil back from the brink of extinction. In a unique tourism experiment, guests on guided walks through Tasmania's remote Tarkine rainforest will help scientists track local populations of the Australian island state's most iconic creature.Winds down trees and power lines across city
February 6th, 2012
WINDS of up to 100 kilometres an hour caused injury and widespread damage throughout Melbourne yesterday, with fallen trees crushing cars and downed power lines cutting electricity to homes in the eastern suburbs.
Knocking on doors of change
February 5th, 2012
Soutar, 30, is something of a legend in green circles for giving up her paid work advising local councils on emissions reductions and then creating a national campaign aimed at shifting Australia to 100 per cent renewable energy. With that move came the awareness the smallest of her actions is scrutinised.
Koalas face new struggle with myrtle rust outbreak
February 3rd, 2012
THE koala, an internationally recognised symbol of Australia, is facing extinction because of an outbreak of the foreign plant disease myrtle rust, a senior Coalition frontbencher has warned.
Touchy-feely descends to argy-bargy as Mermaids try to turn the tide
February 3rd, 2012
WHY isn't the marine life at the world's most famous beach protected? That's what snorkellers, divers and marine biologists want to know. But they're picking a fight with recreational fishers who say that ''touchy- feely'' moves such as creating a marine park at Bondi would have no impact on biodiversity.
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