Major wetland restoration underway in Victoria

The biggest wetland restoration in the Southern Hemisphere will soon get underway, with the Victorian Government handing over Lake Mokoan in the north of the state to the local Winton Wetlands Committee of Management.

GPs can help ‘close the gap’ in Indigenous health care

Better identification of Indigenous patients in general practices would improve their access to Medicare benefits such as health checks that could help ‘Close the Gap’. Yet, a study from the Australian National University says that many GPs don’t consider ethnicity to be relevant to quality of care.

Major new glass reprocessing plant opened in WA

Glass recycling will get a major boost in Western Australia with the recent launch of a new reprocessing plant – the first of its kind in the state.

Pilbara invertebrate project to help miners

A project investigating the habitat of creepy crawlies – such as trapdoor spiders, millipedes, land snails and pseudoscorpions – which are found only in small, confined areas of the Pilbara, will help mining companies determine suitable protocols for targeted fauna surveys.

Converting biomass into clean biofuel

Curtin University researchers have made a breakthrough in converting biomass, such as mallee, into “clean” combustible gaseous fuel that can be used to generate a continuous source of electricity, commonly referred to as baseload electricity.

Climate change hits SE Australia fish species

Scientists are reporting significant changes in the distribution of coastal fish species in south-east Australia, which they say are partly due to climate change.

Country´s largest commercially funded panel installation

SANYO has unveiled Australia´s largest commercially funded solar panel installation, a 200 kilowatt SANYO solar panel system on the roof of Johnson & Johnson Medical’s Sydney headquarters.

Biodegradable nappy outlets wrapped up

An Australian company has signed national retail distribution agreements its range of biodegradable disposable nappies. Perth-based EcoQuest Limited claims its environmentally friendly “Little Takas” nappies are more than 90 per cent biodegradable.

Innovative centre to reduce manufacturing´s impact

The Victorian Direct Manufacturing Centre has been established in Melbourne by a consortium led by CSIRO to help make the state’s manufacturing industries more environmentally friendly, productive and globally competitive.

New university hub for climate science research

Monash University, and its partner universities in the ARC Centre for Excellence for Climate System Science, have been awarded $21.4 million over seven years to form Australia´s largest university climate research centre.