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Australia: Great Barrier Reef and Indigenous heritage laws face 'one-stop shop' threat
2014-03-28 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government may delegate oversight for the dumping of material in the Great Barrier Reef marine park and potentially bypass Indigenous heritage laws in order to speed up environmental approvals. In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into green tape, the Department of the Environment said it was looking at current legislation that may complicate plans to create one-stop shops for approvals. The government is in the process of delegating environmental approvals to the states and territories...
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Australia: Energy companies deal allowing NSW farmers say no coal seam gas
2014-03-28 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Energy companies Santos and AGL have signed an agreement with farmers in NSW that will allow landholders to refuse coal seam gas activities on their properties. The deal will allow a farmer to say no to coal seam gas and bar entry to gas companies if permission is explicitly refused. The agreement, the first of its kind between gas firms and landholders, also seems to indirectly reference environmental protesters by condemning bullying, harassment and intimidation of farmers who have agreed...
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Australia: Rain shortfall pushes farm diversification
2014-03-28 07:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Dairy farmers are being urged to diversify their farms to protect profit margins amid declining rainfall and fluctuating production costs. Collaborative research between Western Australian and Victorian institutions shows farm profitability is affected more by changes in rainfall than commodity prices, with dairy enterprises the most profitable on a $/ha basis. Profitability of wheat, steer and prime lamb enterprises however, proved most resilient during times of low rain. Compared to Victoria,...
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First Subsea to supply pipeline recovery tool for Ichthys LNG project in Australia
2014-03-28 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Saipem Portugal Comercio Maritomo Sociedade Unipresso has awarded a contract to First Subsea for supplying a 42in pipeline recovery tool (PRT) for the gas export pipeline on the Ichthys LNG project.
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AUSTRALIA: Ethical clothing group condemns funding cut
2014-03-27 16:08:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Ethical Clothing Australia (ECA) has condemned a decision by the Federal Government to cut its funding and abandon its ethical procurement guidelines.
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