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New man-made species could solve energy problems
| 18 Mar 2010
Craig Venter sure doesn't look like Dr Frankenstein. He's a genial looking bloke: bald and sun-damaged on top and whiskery, like the keen sailor he is, on the chin.
But like Mary Shelley's hero, he has created life from spare parts. He's re-thinking Darwin and he's trying to solve the world's environmental and health problems.
"I note that this exciting new development of sustainable energy is funded by the BIG OIL company Exxon Mobile." - Lewis of the Hills
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Geothermal energy trials begin near Geelong
| 18 Mar 10
The hamlet of Gherang,100 km west of Melbourne, has been chosen as a test site for geothermal energy trials - if successful, it could provide power for the growing region around Geelong.
The Agriculture Minister Terry Redman says WA has a chance to become a major supplier of wheat to Saudi Arabia.
The Agriculture Minister Terry Redman says WA has a chance to become a major supplier of wheat to Saudi Arabia.
| 21 Mar 10
The president of REIWA Alan Bourke says speculators are sitting on land in the expectation prices will rise
The president of REIWA Alan Bourke says speculators are sitting on land in the expectation prices will rise
| 10 Mar 10
The Urban Development Institute's Deborah Goostrey says more land should be released as the population jumps in Perth and demand increases
The Urban Development Institute's Deborah Goostrey says more land should be released as the population jumps in Perth and demand increases
| 10 Mar 10
Bligh tours St George flood zone
Premier Anna Bligh speaks about the St George floods in southern inland Qld to the ABCs Craig Zonca.
| 07 Mar 10
Balonne Shire Mayor Donna Stewart speaks about St George floods
Balonne Shire Mayor Donna Stewart speaks to the ABCs Craig Zonca about the St George floods in southern inland Qld
| 07 Mar 10
Toodyay fire survivor Laurie Biggs says there are still many unanswered questions about December's devastating blaze.
Toodyay fire survivor Laurie Biggs says there are still many unanswered questions about December's devastating blaze.
| 04 Mar 10
Volunteer fire fighter James Knapp tells reporters the investigation into December's devastating Toodyay fire should be re-opened
Volunteer fire fighter James Knapp tells reporters the investigation into December's devastating Toodyay fire should be re-opened
| 04 Mar 10
Adelaide Ladder project helps young
Andrew Crowell talks about the Adelaide Ladder project, which involves restoring the Black Diamond Hotel at Port Adelaide.
| 02 Mar 10
Flick goes the Shears
| 21 Mar 10
Australia's sheep flock is predicted to fall to its lowest level in more than a century this year as struggling wool growers bail out or focus on the more lucrative lamb market. Some of the big movers in the meat game are the once scorned shedding sheep. Kerry Staight reports fro ...
Flick goes the Shears
Australia's sheep flock is predicted to fall to its lowest level in more than a century this year as struggling wool growers bail out or focus on the more lucrative lamb market. Some of the big movers in the meat game are the once scorned shedding sheep. Kerry Staight reports fro ...
| 21 Mar 10
Carbon Copy
Australian grain growers need no reminding that the past decade or so has been one of the toughest on record nor that the biggest factor has been the weather. However as Chris Clark reports Australia continues to be one of the world's largest wheat exporters.
| 21 Mar 10
Electric cars an 'attractive proposition' for Australia
Former Victorian MP and chief executive of Better Place Australia, Evan Thornley, discusses his company's infrastructure plans for electric cars.
| 21 Mar 10
Clinton's nuclear talks hit snag
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is in Moscow for a series of diplomatic talks, but high hopes of progress in nuclear disarmament talks have failed to materialise.
| 19 Mar 10
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