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Wild Weather Brings Floods, ‘Mini Tornadoes’
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New Town to Newtown: How ’96 Massacre Spurred Gun Laws in Australia — and No Mass Shootings Since
In the wake of the Newtown killings that left 27 people dead on Friday, we go to another New Town -- in Australia -- the home of a mass shooting that killed 35 people in 1996. Just 12 days after what became known as the Port Arthur massacre, Australia's government responded by announcing a bipartisan deal to enact gun control measures. There have been no mass killings since. We're joined by Rebecca Peters, an international arms control advocate who led the campaign to reform Australia's gun laws after the Port Arthur massacre. She also produced the landmark report, "Gun Control in the United States: A Comparative Survey of State Firearm Laws," with the Open Society Institute in New York. [includes rush transcript]
Kyoto Signing on Binding Emission Cuts by 2020 Good for Industry: Emerson
Australia has done the right thing by industry as well as the planet in recommitting to a second period of the Kyoto...
Australia Creates World’s Largest Marine Reserves
SYDNEY: Australia on Friday created the world's largest network of marine reserves, protecting a huge swathe of ocean environment despite claims it will devastate the fishing industry. The announcement, after years of planning and consultation, wi...
Historic Coral Collapse on Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 1,600 miles over an area of approximately 133,000 sq miles. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast ...
‘Deep Concern’ as Deal to Protect Antarctic Seas Fails
Governments meeting in Australia have failed to reach agreement on new marine protected areas for the Antarctic ocean. They have deferred a decision until July 2013 when all the relevant science will be considered. Environmental groups have expres...
Scientists Discover Bees Can Tell a Picasso From a Monet
Scientists in Australia have discovered bees have a remarkable ability to distinguish different types...
Taking Tasmania’s Wild Beauty to the World
MARTIN FERGUSON Minister for Resources and Energy Minister for Tourism TONY BURKE Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities The wild natural beauty of Tasmania's coastline, forests and mighty rivers will be promot...
Vanishing Great Barrier Reef Needs Action Now
The Australian Government should reduce coal exports and take urgent action on the Great Barrier Reef if we are to save it for future generations, the Australian Greens said today. A shocking new report released by the Australian Institute of Mari...
Fish With Skin Cancer? Melanoma-Like Lesions Seen In Australian Trout For First Time
The first case of skin cancer in a wild marine fish population looks eerily similar to the melanoma that plagues humans, researchers report Aug. 1. Coral trout living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef are directly beneath the Antarctic ozone hole, the ...
