The World Solar Challenge has proven to be a testing ground for technologies that drive today's clean 'green' cars. More
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South Australia's announced a Royal Commission to examine how the State can better profit from its uranium deposits, but anti-nuclear activists fear it's a fig leaf for a nuclear waste dump. More
South Australia's announced a Royal Commission to examine how the State can better profit from its uranium deposits, but anti-nuclear activists fear it's a fig leaf for a nuclear waste dump. More
The tiny US town of Green Bank, West Virginia is in the 'quiet zone' - free from wireless communications due to the sensitivity of a high powered telescope. That makes it attractive to so-called 'electrosensitives' like Diane… More
Longer lives and changing demographics mean we need to work out how to accommodate older and more Australians, such as 'reversing the life cycle' as Joe Hockey puts it. More
Australian faces the challenge of a growing and ageing population that's expected to reach nearly 40 million by 2055 with nearly a quarter of that over the age of 65, according to the latest Intergenerational Report. More
Jasper rings from onboard a tug, just off Barrow Island in WA; and Anna calls from the Newcastle area, after catching a performance b… More
Each year, hundreds of thousands of migratory shore birds flock to WA's Kimberley mudflats to fill their bellies, before taking off o… More
A severe weather warning has been issued for Perth today as tropical Cyclone Olwyn heads south after making landfall at Exmouth yeste… More
There are unconfirmed reports that 44 people have died in the north-east of Vanuatu, as a category five cyclone hit the island nation… More
People in Vanuatu are being urged to take shelter as a huge powerful category five cyclone bears down on the archipelago. The Vanuatu… More