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Australia: Shares extend gains on Wall St rise, short-covering

2013-06-28 07:39:51| Automakers - Topix.net

Financials started the session stronger, with top lender the Commonwealth Bank of Australia adding 0.4 per cent and Westpac Banking Corp climbing 1.0 per cent.

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Australia aims to end Japan's whaling

2013-06-27 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Guardian: Australia is hoping to put a permanent end to Japan's annual slaughter of hundreds of whales in the Southern Ocean, in a landmark legal challenge that begins this week. Australia, a vocal opponent of Japan's annual "scientific" hunts in the Antarctic, says it is confident that the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague will outlaw the hunts at the end of a highly anticipated case that is due to start on Wednesday. The whaling fleet attempts to kill 935 minke whales and 50 fin whales...

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GE Partners with Downer EDI Limited to Deliver $350M Boco Rock Wind Farm in Australia

2013-06-27 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

67 Turbine Wind Farm for New South Wales Region<br /> 10-year, $50 Million Service Agreement in Place<br /> <br /> AUSTRALIA &mdash; GE (NYSE: GE) today announced it had been awarded a contract with its consortium partner, Downer EDI Limited, to supply 67 turbines, build and maintain the $350 million Boco Rock wind farm in New South Wales, Australia. In addition to supplying and commissioning the wind turbine generators, GE will also provide $50 million worth of maintenance services over 10 ...This story is related to the following:ServicesSearch for suppliers of: Manufacturing Services |

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Another day, another game banned in Australia

2013-06-26 17:38:06| CNET News.com

Yesterday, Saints Row IV became the first game hit by the R18+ laws, the Classification Board follows up by giving the same treatment to State of Decay. [Read more]    

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Australia censures Japan for 'scientific' whaling

2013-06-26 16:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Japan is using scientific research as an excuse to conduct commercial whaling in defiance of an international ban, Australia said on Wednesday at the start of a landmark legal bid to put a permanent end to the annual slaughter of almost 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean. Australia, with the support of New Zealand, has asked the International Court of Justice to withdraw all permits for future whale hunts from the Japanese fleet. The hearings in the Hague will last three weeks and a decision...

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