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Australia to install SmartGates at major international airports
2015-04-23 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Australia has struck an $18m deal with Portuguese smart-gate manufacturer Vision-Box for the installation of 92 facial recognition terminals in international airports by July 2016.
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Australia approach to climate 'different', but 'fair, constructive'
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: MARK COLVIN: Two days of climate talks in Washington have wrapped up with the lead negotiator for the US acknowledging that Australia's government has a 'somewhat different perspective' on managing climate change. But special envoy Todd Stern says Australia continues to play a "fair and constructive" role on the international scene. The Industry and Science Minister Ian Macfarlane, who's in Washington for other meetings, has defended Australia's record. North America correspondent Lisa Millar...
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Australia Could Attain 100 Percent Renewables by 2050, Study Says
2015-04-21 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Australia could reduce its greenhouse emissions significantly and transition to an economy predominantly fueled by renewable energy for very little cost, according to an analysis by the Australian National University and WWF. The country could generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewables and have zero net emissions by 2050 because wind and solar technologies have fallen rapidly in price in recent years and Australia is the world's sunniest and windiest continent. Any progress, however,...
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Australia should cut emissions by 30% by 2025 to catch up, review says
2015-04-21 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia should aim to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2025, compared with 2000 levels, in order to catch up to other countries efforts and prove it is a good global citizen, according to a Climate Change Authority review. The CCA, an independent statutory agency that advises the government, also recommended that Australia ramp up its emissions cuts even further by 2030, within a target range of 40% and 60%, again based on 2000 levels. The report restates the authoritys position...
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Mine Bust Halves Home Prices in Australia Outback as Jobs Vanish
2015-04-21 04:29:01| Food - Topix.net
A Queensland Rail coal transport train takes coal from the BHP-Mitsubishi coal mine near Blackwater in central Queensland. Photographer: Glenn Campbell/Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax Media via Getty Images In Blackwater, a town of 5,000 amid the high-plains country of Australia's Queensland state, the shockwaves from China's slowdown are good business for Gerard Eising.
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