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Australian Military Urged To Plan For Greater Antarctic Role As Nations Eye Its Natural Resources
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Australia claims 42% of Antarctica as its own, though the international community doesn't recognize that claim. Now, the Lowy Institute for International Policy has issued a policy brief urges the nation to stop thinking of Antarctic as a national security issue. As Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Society for Responsible Design, founded in 1989, may be one of the oldest professional associations committed to the pursuit of environmentally and socially aware design. Now, after eight years of dedicated volunteer hard yards showcasing state-based graduate works, they've finally been able to give the exhibit the national exposure that new ecodesign deserves.
32 talented graduates, representing eight design streams have lent 26 of their inspiring projects to the SRD Change 2011 exhibition. See the projects first hand, as they take over the complete upper ground floor of a 
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Australia has put a price on carbon dioxide. $23 AUD a tonne. The country's 500 biggest polluters will, as off 1 July 2012, be required to pay effectively a tax on the CO2 they create. They will, of course, pass on this encumbrance to their customers, which government modelling suggests will end up as $9.90 weekly impost on household budgets. To get the populace on side in the transition to a lower carbon economy the government will take 15 billion from the taxes collected and funnel that back to households as compensation equal to an average of about $10.10 a week. Unless, you earn more th...
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We Can Dream, Can't We?
The Australian Federal Government is about to release the results of a big study in the feasibility of building a national high-speed rail network. Design firm 
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Last month the results of a survey into nappy (diaper) use in Australia were released. Whilst the findings focused mostly on which brand of disposable nappy (diaper) was favoured and why, the research also turned up other gems of information.
"Although most Australia mums are most loyal to disposable nappies because of their convenience, a significant percentage of women are choosing cloth nappies instead because of their low impact on the environment," said Head of Research for 
