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ACT urges Commonwealth to get deal done on CSIRO development land

The ACT is eager to open up the 701-hectare site for new housing.

The Canberra Times

Ocean floor littered with plastic pollution: CSIRO

The ocean floor is littered with up to 100 times more plastic than what is on the surface, a landmark new estimate by the CSIRO suggests.

AAP

Artist builds alternative worlds in MCA survey show

Nicholas Mangan: A World Undone at the Museum of Contemporary Art has everything from solar-powered installations to bioluminescent coral.

AAP

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Industrial pioneers get $20m to turn science into jobs

Founders of future industries will vie for a share of $20 million to take their ideas to the next level under funding certainty for CSIRO's flagship program.

AAP

Peter Dutton in standoff with state Liberal leaders over federal Coalition’s nuclear plan

The federal opposition leader’s calls to include nuclear power in Australia’s energy mix has so far failed to win support from his state colleagues

The Guardian - AU

Scientific body given just $100,000 a year to fight deadly fire ants, Senate inquiry told

The CSIRO says it only received $100,000 in funding a year to combat the highly invasive pests despite pioneering research into their management

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australia unfreezes UN agency funding; aged care workers celebrate pay rise; and the world’s heaviest blueberry

Foreign minister Penny Wong announces UNRWA funding to be reinstated amid worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza

The Guardian - AU

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CSIRO boss defends scientists after Dutton attack

CSIRO chief executive officer Douglas Hilton has issued a rare public statement to urge politicians to "resist the temptation to disparage science".

AAP

CSIRO chief warns against ‘disparaging science’ after Peter Dutton criticises nuclear energy costings

Douglas Hilton says he will ‘staunchly defend’ scientists as opposition leader repeats incorrect claim that CSIRO report does not accurately represent cost of renewables

The Guardian - AU

NSW government knocks back Inner West Council demerger proposal – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

CSIRO claims new record for energy efficiency in lightweight printed solar cells

Lead researcher says use of machine learning meant over 10,000 cells could be produced and tested in a day

The Guardian - AU

How many cattle are there in Australia? We may be out by 10 million

Official estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics put the national herd at 26 million but a University of Queensland study says there could be up to 35 million

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition wants nuclear power. Could it work – or would it be an economic and logistical disaster?

The prospect of Australia trying to build nuclear reactors at soon-to-be-closed coal plants raises many questions. Here’s what we know

The Guardian - AU

SpaceX launches Aussie satellite with printed solar

A huge satellite powered by flexible, printed solar cells developed by the CSIRO has launched in the US and may help keep others in space.

AAP

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Beekeepers to help keep track of invasive species

Beekeepers will play a role in tracking invasive species as part of a multi million dollar investment to protect Australia's biosecurity.

International Business Times UK

Ship That Went Missing Over 100 Years Ago Found Near Sydney

The authorities are now trying to locate the family members of the crew who died in the tragic accident.

The Guardian - AU

This is what happens when an uncosted Coalition thought-bubble on nuclear power is presented as a concrete proposal

Anyone reading the Australian’s Newspoll survey might think there was an actual proposal in place to build small modular nuclear reactors around Australia – except there isn’t

AAP

Screening research boosts disease resistance for crops

A gene-screening platform that can identify diseases within crops is set to boost agricultural productivity and security, the CSIRO says.

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The Guardian - AU

Accidental ocean floor discovery solves 120-year-old mystery of coal ship disappearance

SS Nemesis sank in rough seas with 32 crew off the coast of Wollongong in 1904

The Guardian - AU

Australian red meat industry’s net zero target based on land-clearing data that is ‘not reliable’

Meat and Livestock Australia says it has reduced emissions by 65% on 2005 levels but data analysis suggests figures underpinning claim are ‘erroneous’

AAP

Indian Ocean security threats on par with Pacific: Wong

Vast waters to Australia's west present security, climate and conflict threats as serious as those facing the Pacific, the foreign minister told a conference.

The Guardian - AU

Reckless or reasonable? Factchecking the claims of anti-renewable activists

A protest at Parliament House featured claims about higher bills and dystopian images of disused turbines. But is there any basis for this?

The Guardian - AU

Australian red meat industry says it doesn’t need to meet its self-imposed net zero target

Meat and Livestock Australia announced a 2030 net zero target in 2017, which experts say is ‘effectively not possible’

Newcastle Herald

What's on the menu for 2024? Bug burgers, trolley service and kindness

Open Pantry's Geoff Philcox shares his hospitality predictions

Newcastle Herald

'New extremes': Newcastle's heat ranking, as world temperature hits high

We won't see 'even warming', but cool and warm fluctuations.

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