Description Of South Australia: With Sketches Of New South Wales, Port Lincoln, Port Philip, And New Zealand (1839)
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sydney - More than 1,000 volunteer firefighters backed by 70 aircraft were tackling more than 100 forest blazes in Australia's parched south-east Sunday. Temperatures topped 40 degrees in Sydney and across New South Wales as emergency services warned...
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hundreds of homes in eastern Australia were under threat from massive wildfires on Sunday as soaring temperatures and windy conditions fanned the out-of-control flames, officials said. A bushfire emergency warning, the highest level of alert, has been issued for residents in the New South Wales towns of Rylstone, Kandos and Clandulla about 170 kilometres (105 miles) northwest of Sydney.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday. Unseasonably hot and dry weather combined with strong winds to fan scores of blazes in the country's southeastern states, many of which were sparked by overnight lightning strikes. "It has never been this hot,...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster. Some 25,000 lightning strikes set off about 100 blazes in South Australia state alone, most of which had since burned out. Meanwhile emergency crews were battling 34 fires in New South Wales,...
Eco Trees (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Capital Wind Farm was officially launched by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, NSW Premier Nathan Rees and Minister for Climate Change, Senator Penny Wong yesterday. The Capital Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in New South Wales, is situated in Bungendore and will boost Australia’s wind power capacity by more than 10 per cent. The wind farm consists [...]
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Phillip Hughes has reacted to his non-selection in Australia's Test squad by scoring a brilliant unbeaten 56 for New South Wales on day four of their Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania.
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A New South Wales police officer and a West Australian truck driver have put their names in the run for next year's Miss Universe Australia.
The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
So it looks like the Church of Scientology is going to be investigated by Australian authorities over claims from several former Scientologists regarding torture, embezzlement, and forcing members to have abortions. The Times Online has the story : Nick Xenophon, an independent senator, presented letters to the Australian Parliament from seven former Scientologists which he said showed that the secretive...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Suzlon has celebrated the official opening of Infigen Energy’s Capital Wind Farm in Bungendore in New South Wales by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The 67 turbine wind farm, located just outside Australia’s capital Canberra, was delivered by Suzlon through a client-friendly turnkey contract that covered Engineering, Procurement and Construction. Dan Hansen, CEO of Suzlon Energy [...]...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
New South Wales quick Doug Bollinger has won the pace race with state teammate Stuart Clark for a place in Australia's 12-man squad for the first Test against West Indies.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Australian prime minister considers inquiry after senator tables allegations including forced abortions, assault and blackmail The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has said he would consider an inquiry into the Church of Scientology after a senator tabled allegations against the organisation including forced abortions, assault, torture, imprisonment, covering up sexual abuse, embezzlement of...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
McDermott said young New South Wales pair Burt Cockley and Josh Hazlewood, and South Australia's Peter George and Tasmania's James Faulkner all have big futures.
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Photo by phocrastinating from the Torontoist Flickr Pool . What is the noise of two thousand angry TTC commuters? Silence, if Nicole Winchester gets her way. This Friday the thirteenth, she is organizing a commuters' strike in protest of planned fare hikes , and people—2,321 at last count—are flocking to a Facebook event , saying they will not board a subway, streetcar, or bus that day....
A Western Heart (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
SEA levels on Australia's eastern seaboard are rising at less than a third of the rate that the New South Wales Government is predicting as it overhauls the state's planning laws and bans thousands of landowners from developing coastal sites. The Rees Government this week warned that coastal waters would rise 40cm on 1990 levels by 2050, with potentially disastrous effects. Even yesterday Kevin Rudd...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Reports indicate that sea levels on Australia's eastern seaboard are rising at less than a third of the rate that the New South Wales Government is predicting.
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iplpulse | 01/13/2009
David Warner’s sensational debut for Australia has sent a wave of jubilation among his teammates at the Delhi Daredevils. The Delhi-based Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise pulled off a coup by signing the 22-year-old New South Wales star last month.
iplpulse | 12/17/2008
Australian cricketers in state side New South Wales continue to be hot property in the Indian Premier League and young opener David Warner has become the latest to take the IPL plunge, signing a two-year deal with Delhi Daredevils.
iplpulse | 12/11/2008
Worried about the ramifications of Kolkata Knight Riders’ whopping USD 300,000 signing of rookie player Moises Henriques the New South Wales management is afraid that the Indian Premier League is sowing seeds of jealousy which could eventually split the squad.
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