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  • Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-18/queensland-response-to-fracking-ban/2798526/?site=southqld

    Yes, it’s a big fracking deal!

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    Image: www.abc.net.au Australia has vast wealth in non-renewable resources. This has obvious potential for economic returns for the Australian people but it also poses some threats. Extractive industries are Australia’s primary industry and appear to have a very bright future, but what are the social and environmental repercussions of resource […]

  • Australia’s “Clean Energy” Future

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    Nothing in Australian politics has caused so much controversy since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2000. What is it? The recent announcement of a blueprint for carbon tax by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Although the tax will not become effective until July 2012, the opposition […]