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Quickflix streaming up 40% year-on-year in Australia
2014-01-16 12:00:36| Digital TV News
Australia's Quickflix has announced that it added over 10,000 customers and experienced strong demand for its streaming service in the December quarter.
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Australia: Heatwave stretches services and brings bushfire warnings
2014-01-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Southern Australia is heading for the fourth day of an intense heatwave that's brought record-breaking temperatures. The scorching heat has put a strain on electricity supplies and stretched ambulance services. Tomorrow Victoria is potentially facing its worst bushfire threat since Black Saturday. Strong winds and temperatures over 40 degrees are forecast across the state and South Australia has also issued a severe bushfire warning for tomorrow. Lisa Whitehead...
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TransAlta to build gas pipeline in Western Australia
2014-01-16 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
TEC Pilbara, a subsidiary of TransAlta, has formed a joint venture (JV) with DBP Development Group, a wholly owned unit of DUET Group, to build a natural gas pipeline in Western Australia.
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TransAlta to build natural gas pipeline in Western Australia
2014-01-16 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Canadian firm TransAlta, through its wholly owned subsidiary TEC Pilbara, has announced a joint venture (JV) to build, own and operate a $178m natural gas pipeline.
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Australia dithers as another heatwave strikes
2014-01-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Australia is trying to cut deaths from heat stress by educating the public about the risks, says Liz Hanna of the Australian National University in Canberra. But this isn't enough. "With a warming planet, no longer are these rare events," says Hanna. "So it is time that Australia got serious about heat and how we are going to manage these events." In an as-yet-unpublished study, Hanna and her colleagues found that older suburbs in Canberra with more trees were up to 7 °C cooler than newer, less...
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