Archived News for Green Sector Professionals

Biologists say an unlikely event from literary history could actually have happened.

Fashionable dogs have functional risks

Australian pedigree dog lovers are choosing dogs with severe genetic risks over healthier breeds, analysis shows.

Green risks to leave business in the red

Between $2.5 trillion and $24.2 trillion of global financial assets could be at risk due to climate change.

Tassie dams approach 12 per cent

The dams that power much of Tasmania have seen their storage levels drop even further.

Doctors want brown coal stopped

Hundreds of doctors and medical professionals are calling on the Victorian government to retire the Latrobe Valley's brown coal power plants because of the health concerns.

Asbestos response lagging in NSW

Residents say the New South Wales Government is failing in its response to the toxic legacy of Mr Fluffy asbestos.

Grass condoms key to new industry

Academics and aboriginal rangers have come together near the Queensland-Northern Territory border to farm native spinifex grass for the world's strongest, thinnest condoms.

Green groups burn gas expansion

The WA Conservation Council has launched Frack Free Future - new anti-fracking campaign to press the issue ahead of next year's state election.

Queensland clears way for coal giant

Queensland’s Palaszczuk government has granted the final major approval for the controversial Carmichael coal project in Central Queensland.

High-tech eyes on ancient art

Some of Australia’s most futuristic machines are being used to study some of the nation’s oldest artworks.

INPEX seeks to move green goals

Reports say INPEX is trying to renege on an agreement for $30 million worth of environmental projects.

Expert debunks mining myths

Academics have opened fire on myths spun by mining companies.

Farmers drag gas worries to court

A Queensland farming family is in a legal bid for compensation for damage from coal seam gas mining.

Fly-overs show size of Reef bleaching

About 95 per cent of the reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef have fallen victim to severe coral bleaching.

NSW water worries to be unpicked

New South Wales will have a statewide inquiry into water management and storage.

QLD says CSIRO should be kept strong

The Queensland Government has launched a surprising attack on job cuts at the CSIRO imposed by the Federal Government.

Vic. algal bloom to linger longer

A 700-kilometre stretch of the Murray River has been plagued by a large blue-green algae bloom.

Fly fears appear like our own

Anxiety disorders are some of the most common of all brain issues, and a new study on fruit flies may have shed some light on anxiety’s most basic mechanisms.

New uses sought in coal giant's wake

The Victorian town of Anglesea is being consulted about future uses for the site of Alcoa’s coal-fired power station and mine.

QLD Gov responds to new black lung claims

The Queensland CFMEU says two more workers have black lung, marking the eighth confirmed case of coal miners’ pneumoconiosis since December last year.