Agriculture
Is The Agricultural Industry Really Growing?
According to a report from The National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Australia’s agriculture industry will have the second most......
Conservationists slam marine park changes
The Turnbull government has elected to make changes to Australia’s marine parks, slashing designated areas in the Coral Sea. Several conservation......
Queensland reintroduces land clearing laws
Environmentalists have backed the reintroduction of land clearing laws by the Queensland state parliament this week as progress in reducing......
Biosecurity Threat Alerts Slow to Surface
With a horrific outbreak of the listeria bacteria in rockmelons in New South Wales, Shadow Minister for Health, Walt Secord,......
Lack of Birds Reflects Present Danger to Australian Ecosystem
The Coorong national park, located in South Australia, provides a safe haven to multiple migratory bird species from across the......
Pattie in a Petri Dish: lab-grown meat could be on the market in under a decade
Would you eat beef grown in a lab? Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered a method of growing beef from......
Drones innovate aerial agriculture
Are drones the new shepherds in the sky? Farmers are starting to take advantage of quad-rotor drones to survey corp......
Deforestation increases in Queensland
Deforestation in Queensland has risen to an unsustainable level, according to the Statewide Landcover and Trees Study. In one year......
A farming revolution
When British settlers arrived in Australia they farmed the land as if it was Europe, unaware that they were destroying......
Sugar Tax Not So Sweet
The federal government is yet again facing calls to adopt a national approach to combat Australia’s growing health problem –......