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Tassie Logging Agreement Toppled?
By Ian Lowe
Logging is continuing in Tasmanian forests of high conservation value months after an agreed deadline to cease logging has passed.
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Scientific Evidence Faces Mediation
By Ian Lowe
Uncertainty in science enables misconceptions to perpetuate in courts and the media, but there is now a process for dealing with conflicting advice from scientific experts.
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It’s Time to Gazump Fuel Guzzlers
By Ian Lowe
Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world in setting fuel efficiency targets for new cars.
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Amber Light Given for Food Labels
By Ian Lowe
A review of food labelling is introducing a traffic-light warning system but left it voluntary for purveyors of junk food.
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Climate Action Cools
By Ian Lowe
United Nations talks in Mexico lacked the “hot air” required for meaningful government action on climate change.
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Barley Breed Brings Better Bowels
By Ian Lowe
A high-fibre barley variety developed by CSIRO is proving a winner with consumers of breakfast cereals.
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An Irrigation Channel Too Far
The confluence of the Murray and Darling rivers at Wentworth, NSW.
By Ian Lowe
How much will reduced water allocations in the Murray–Darling Basin really hurt regional communities?
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A Win for Science?
By Ian Lowe
The minority government may do more for science than either of the major parties would have done with a secure majority.
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Renewable Economics
It could be possible to shift the entire electricity system to a mix of renewables by 2020.
By Ian Lowe
Growth in GDP could pay for the entire electricity system to be converted to a mix of renewables by 2020.
Ian Lowe is Emeritus Professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University.
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A Better Deal for Meds
Australians are paying much more for medicines than they should.
By Ian Lowe
If you want cheaper medicines, get a prescription in New Zealand.
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