New rules coming in to effect on 2 August 2017 will better protect the Whitsundays area, one of the iconic areas of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The updates to the Whitsunday Plan of Management — an area-specific plan that manages use in this highly visited region in addition to Reef-wide zoning
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The Government welcomes the commencement of construction of an integrated solar and battery storage microgrid at HMAS Stirling, by Carnegie Clean Energy. Carnegie’s operations on Garden Island have been made possible through $28.5 million in combined grant funding provided by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Carnegie are pioneers in the renewable energy industry.
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The Bureau of Meteorology says it holds the integrity of its weather observations and climate data to the highest possible standards. The Bureau rejects allegations aired in some media outlets that it has sought to tamper with temperature data. Contrary to claims, the Bureau has not deliberately set limits on the temperatures
Read MoreThe Turnbull Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $5 million to NOJA Power, a Brisbane-based energy technology company, to develop smart switchgear that will help maintain stability of the electricity grid. NOJA's new switchgear technology will be deployed at 100 locations across the distribution network to maintain
Read MoreFollowing a decision by the European Commission to implement a number of medical device reforms, including to up-classify all surgical mesh medical devices to Class III and to provide patient implant cards and consumer product information for all implantable medical devices, the TGA is looking at undertaking the same measures. Following
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The State Government has locked in $56 million for two irrigation projects to secure sustainable water supply for growers and support agricultural jobs in Western Australia's South-West. Regional Development and Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan and Water Minister Dave Kelly are now calling on the Federal Government to confirm if
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At Jef Boeke's lab, you can whiff an odour that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here. But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else altogether: yeast that works with chunks of man-made DNA. Scientists have long been able to make specific changes in the
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The Bureau of Meteorology has released its monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for July to September 2017. In the months ahead: Below average rainfall is likely in parts of the southeast and southwest of the country. Warmer-than-average days and nights are likely for much of Australia. Climate influences include higher-than-average pressure over southern
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The Bureau of Meteorology will continue to deliver timely forecasts and warnings during the period of protected industrial action that the Community and Public Sector Union has advised its members will apply from Thursday 20 July 2017 to Wednesday 9 August 2017. Forecasts and warnings are available at www.bom.gov.au and through
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In findings published Friday in Science, a multinational team of scientists led by Antoine Strugarek of the University of Montreal announced the Sun may not be the cosmic oddball amongst solar-type stars some astronomers had believed it to be. They found that, although the Sun's cycles appear to differ from those of other stars of its
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