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Grim prospects: the shake-up of Australia's climate science

2016-03-11 02:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Age: The fate of the 'sentinel of the southern hemisphere' is a pointer to how Australia's climate research will fare in a funding world that has lately turned more hostile. Forty years ago next month Paul Fraser and three other CSIRO scientists towed a hardy NASA-built caravan chock with sensitive detecting equipment to Cape Grim on the pristine windswept tip of north-west Tasmania. The make-shift facility quickly made its mark, detecting ozone-depleting chemicals in the atmosphere as they blew...

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Australia's growth beats expectations

2016-03-02 03:17:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Australia's economy grows by 3% in the three months ending December 2015, beating expectations.

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Moody's downgrades Australia's Woolworths

2016-03-02 02:24:26| Grocery - Topix.net

Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday it has downgraded Australia's Woolworths Ltd as a result of increased competition to the country's largest supermarket chain. Moody's said it has assigned Woolworths a rating of Baa2 from Baa1, while its outlook for the grocery chain remains negative.

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Taking aim at climate change: Australia's military sees rising challenges

2016-02-27 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: When Cyclone Winston barrelled into Fiji last week, Australia's first response was to dispatch RAAF Globemaster cargo planes with urgent aid and defence personnel to help the battered Pacific populace. The amphibious vessel HMAS Canberra is also expected to make landfall on Tuesday, bringing more assistance to a nation hit by the strongest tempest with sustained winds of 287km/h ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. For years, Australia's military has regularly been called upon to assist...

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