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AUSTRALIA: Uniqlo to debut first store next year
2013-09-30 14:49:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Japanese casual clothing brand Uniqlo is to open its first store in Australia next spring as part of its ongoing international expansion efforts.
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Climate change study finds Australia suffers more than most G20 countries
2013-09-30 09:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia's exposure to climate change has worsened more rapidly than in any other major economy in the past two years, with stresses on water supplies increasing and the cost of natural disasters running second only to China, a report has found. The study, compiled by HSBC, found that temperatures in Australia had risen faster than in any other G20 country over the past two years up by 0.39C to 18.9C on a decade average basis. Deterioration in water resources is also a major issue, with Australia,...
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Australia: Tony Abbott's rising tide of inconvenient truths
2013-09-30 02:35:47| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: As Tony Abbott said ad nauseam during the campaign, the 2013 federal election was about three things: the onerous level of public debt, stopping the boats and abolition of the carbon tax. Ignored until after the election was the question of whether the moderate level of debt was a major factor in Australia avoiding the recessionary consequences of the global financial crisis. Then the new government (and its media apologists) segued effortlessly and without explanation into arguing that the deficit...
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In Victoria, Australia, fracking a headache
2013-09-29 15:37:06| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: The Napthine government is headed for a pre-election showdown with farmers, miners and environmentalists as it decides whether to lift a moratorium on the controversial practice of fracking. The government is expected to receive high-level advice recommending expansion of coal seam gas (CSG) in some of its most politically sensitive areas, a move that could cause a split within Coalition ranks. Well-placed sources believe a review by former federal minister Peter Reith will strongly endorse...
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Australia: Government may be forced to increase emissions cut
2013-09-29 09:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The Coalition government may have to cut Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by twice as fast as has been planned. An analysis of international commitments following the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggests Australia will be obliged to cut emissions to 10 to 15 per cent below 2000 levels by 2020, rather than the 5 per cent the Coalition had been promising. The Coalition's policy document commits it to a 5 per reduction ''without the need for a great big new...
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