THE green tree frog, with the white lip, that I fed last night is currently asleep outside my kitchen window. Last night she - I call her Emily - ate four grasshoppers, two moths, one bush cockroach, one click-beetle, but refused the squirming … [Read more...] about How Much Should One Frog Eat?
Snowy Hydro Wants Changes to Licence Provisions to Avoid Exacerbating Flooding
TERRY Charlton, CEO and Managing Director of Snowy Hydro, confirmed with me this morning by telephone that Snowy Hydro has been making water releases that may have exacerbated current flood conditions in the Murray Darling Basin because of licence … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Wants Changes to Licence Provisions to Avoid Exacerbating Flooding
Snowy Hydro tops up floods with environmental flow
WHILE residents of Wagga Wagga scrambled to save their belongings from rising flood waters there was a rumour circulating that the crisis was exacerbated by bureaucratic incompetence, in particular that Snowy Hydro was releasing environmental flow … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro tops up floods with environmental flow
Snowy Hydro Not Contributing to Flooding
Communities along the Murray and Murrumbidgee face more rain and more flooding, and there have been accusations, particularly from Leeton farmer David J. Linsday, that the situation is being exacerbated by bureaucratic incompetence, in particular, … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Not Contributing to Flooding
Advertising GM Bread
INTERNATIONAL grains industry leaders are building-up their consideration of the market and trade requirements that will underpin the commercialisation of GM wheat. In parallel to the global R&D program to deliver valued GM wheat varieties – … [Read more...] about Advertising GM Bread
Can’t Do as Government Says: MDB Chief Quits
"MURRAY Darling Basin Authority Chairman Mike Taylor has announced his sudden intention to step down from the chairman’s role at the end of January. "It is understood Mr Taylor had a difference of opinion with the Federal Government over … [Read more...] about Can’t Do as Government Says: MDB Chief Quits
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
