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Australia to start register of foreign ownership of water rights
2016-02-22 06:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Australian government said on Monday it plans to start a register of foreign ownership of water rights, redoubling its efforts to appease voters concerned about the amount of farming assets being sold offshore. Nine months after the government said it would force foreign owners of farmland to register, Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government plans to introduce laws to create a separate register of foreign ownership of water rights by Dec. 1. "Our agricultural land and water resources are...
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Australia risks missing climate change commitments: Report
2016-02-22 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IANS: Australia risks not meeting its commitments agreed to under the Paris Climate Change agreement while also being ill-prepared to offset the local impact due to job cuts at the nation's chief scientific body, a report said. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) recently announced it would halve the number of employees in its climate science programme, with approximately 100 jobs to go from its two main climate monitoring and modelling stations, Xinhua cited the...
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Australia: CSIRO climate cuts will breach Paris agreement and cost economy report
2016-02-21 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cuts to the CSIROs climate modelling and measuring research will breach Australias obligations under the recent Paris agreement and will result in huge costs to the economy, a report by Australias Climate Council has found. The report adds to a chorus of eminent bodies and individuals criticising the move, which the CSIRO made after almost no consultation with its own scientists or other research institutions. Earlier in the month it was revealed CSIRO would be cutting up to 350 staff from...
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VIDEO: Australia turns to agriculture as economy falters
2016-02-19 02:49:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australia's economy is faced with a double whammy. With the end of the mining boom, the country is facing risks it hasn't seen in more than two decades.
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Australia: Court rules Shenhua may destroy koala habitat for huge coalmine
2016-02-19 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The proposed $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine in New South Wales has been given the go-ahead to destroy the habitat of 262 koalas, which will be moved to another location if the mine goes ahead. The decision was handed down by the NSW land and environment court on Friday in a case brought by local environment group Upper Mooki Landcare against Shenhua Watermark Coal and the NSW Minister for Planning. The environmentalists argued the Planning Assessment Commission failed to assess whether the population...
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