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Bowel cancer cases rising in younger Aussies despite healthier lifestyles
Bowel cancer cases are rising in younger Australians according to new data and oncologists are not sure why. Bowel Cancer Australia (BCA) says new research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute predicts a doubling of early-onset (diagnosed […]
New data centres will derail switch to renewable energy, Greenpeace warns
New data centres rolling out across the country will derail the country’s switch to renewable energy, a new report says. And Greenpeace wants a national moratorium on centre approvals until safeguards can be put in place. The report from Greenpeace […]
Kiribati police divers learn to find drugs underwater with AFP, French help
Australian and French divers are helping train police from the remote, central Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati to detect illegal drugs. Australian Federal Police (AFP) divers joined their French military counterparts in Tahiti to train 12 Kiribati officers to combat […]
Douglas Shire Council is eyeing the marine industry after 2024 sugar mill closure
Douglas Shire officials are pinning new hopes on the marine industry boosted by new funding from the Queensland Government. The state is giving $300,000 to Douglas Shire Council to carry out a scoping study into a proposed marine precinct at […]
British two-wheel rarity draws six-figure bids at auction out of Melbourne
WHO WAS LAWRENCE OF ARABIA? T.E. Lawrence (1888–1935) was a British archaeologist, military officer and writer who became famous for his role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I when he helped unite the Arab tribes. […]
Gas fracking industry ‘has to’ modernise, academic says of SA move to lift ban
South Australia’s gas supply challenge will not be answered simply by lifting a fracking ban two years early, one Victorian academic warns. Professor Ranjith Gamage is Director of Monash University’s Deep Earth Energy Research Lab which studies sustainable resource extraction […]
RoBird takes to the skies to protect $100m strawberry crops from the real thing
RoBird is now flying around Moreton Bay skies to protect the city’s $100 million strawberry industry from the real deal. The drone is being tested by council in a deal with research and development corporation Hort Innovation and Canadian technology […]
Crypto UEX Bitget is flipping the script on bitcoin doomsayers with the help of pizza
Digital cryptocurrency exchange Bitget is turning to pizza to poke fun at, and reject, constant predictions of death for bitcoin. The universal exchange (UEX) platform launched its global Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026 brand campaign, Flip the Slice, centered around a music […]
CSIRO jobs cuts will leave Australia ‘in the dark at worst possible time’
A CSIRO decision to cut 92 climate science jobs is likely to keep Australians in the dark and be felt beyond these shores, critics say. The agency announced the cuts yesterday (May 21) despite a recent federal budget allocation of […]
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