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      It is an underappreciated fact that government, campaigners, scientists and our brightest business minds do share a consensus on one issue; that Australia is ideally situated for a green energy future. Our treasure trove of wind, wave, sun and geo-thermal heat has the capacity to supply us […]

Population drift to the West is a common thing for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe as the opening of the labor market now offers people more job opportunities in the West. Different countries address this problem in their own ways. Western Europeans have developed a fear of new […]

Set to ‘transform’ Queensland’s electricity market and improve lives in southern Papua New Guinea (PNG), the recently announced plans for hydro-electricity project in remote PNG to power northern Australia have provoked as much praise as they have condemnation. On the one hand the project may represent a mutually beneficial and […]

During the last few decades Pakistan has undergone many climate changes due to global warming. Before the disastrous 2010 flood, Pakistan had suffered from higher than average temperatures which led to a lowering of the water level in rivers. The main reason for the rise in temperature and adverse climate […]

Kathy*, originally from Papua New Guinea, fled her home country and arrived in Australia late last year. Living as an asylum seeker in Australia is tough, despite what the media might report. Of the asylum seekers who are not locked away in detention centres few have work rights, access to […]