5% emissions reduction possible: expert

THE government can achieve its target five per cent emissions reduction through its direct action scheme at a cost of $7-10 billion, an economist says. Danny Price, managing director of Frontier Economics Australia, said on Tuesday the task...

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Drones may fly in to help SA farmers

UNMANNED aerial drones could soon be used in the early detection of pests and disease in South Australian crops. Drones are among a number of new technologies being considered as options to reduce losses and safeguard the biosecurity of the...

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Surprise as UK inflation falls to 2.2%

INFLATION in Britain has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year. The sharper-than-expected drop in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate from 2.7 per cent in September to 2.2 per cent in October is being seen as easing pressure on the...

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Industry calls for swift carbon tax repeal

AN alliance of industry groups is urging the Australian parliament not to stand in the way of the Abbott government quickly repealing the carbon tax. The federal government on Wednesday will introduce its carbon tax repeal legislation to the...

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Biometrics means world without passwords

YOU may never need to memorise another password. That's the goal of researchers at Purdue University's International Center for Biometrics Research. Stephen Elliott is the director of international biometric research at Purdue University in...

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UNESCO leader re-elected

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has been elected to a second four-year term as head of the UN's cultural agency. Speaking after her re-election on Tuesday by UNESCO's general conference, the native of Sofia, Bulgaria, said she was working...

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Abbott, Shorten face first question time

TONY Abbott is facing his first full day of parliament and his first question time as prime minister. In one of his first acts in the new parliament on Wednesday, Mr Abbott will introduce the coalition's legislation to repeal Labor's carbon...

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Hope for action on Vic abuse report

VICTORIA'S parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse should support the national work of the royal commission but must not wait for its findings to act, the state's child safety commissioner says. Bernie Geary, who used his inquiry submission...

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