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NEWS: 15 September 2011

Blue-tongue lizards banished from backyard to city outskirts 13th July 2010

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Blue-tongue lizards were once the lords of Sydney’s backyards, but high-density development is banishing them to the city’s fringe. Wildlife groups are reporting that blue-tongues and other natives, such as the tawny frogmouth, are being pushed to the edge of the city by more intense development and higher human population density. Article Link: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/bluetongue-lizards-banished-from-backyard-to-city-outksirts-20100712-107yy.html

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NEWS: 15 September 2011

Ten nations at ‘extreme risk’ because of water shortages, report says 13th July 2010

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Ten countries worldwide, including five African nations, are at “extreme risk” because of limited access to clean, fresh water, according to a new global water security index. And the effects of climate change and population growth will exacerbate the stress on these water supplies, potentially threatening stability in many regions, according to the analysis by

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NEWS: 15 September 2011

Water to get more scarce, more expensive 15th july, 2010

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A new study says Australia’s water supply problems are only going to get worse as the population soars towards 45 million by mid-century. The report by Australia’s major water utilities estimates demand for water will increase by almost 1 trillion litres by 2056 based on a population of 31 million people. The worst-case scenario indicates

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NEWS: 15 September 2011

Speech: ‘forward to a sustainable australia’, eidos institute, Brisbane 18th July 2010

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Julia Gillard – Eidos is one of the nation’s leading public policy think tanks and I’m delighted to be here at the start of our nation’s 43rd Federal election campaign, a campaign in which the Australian people have the opportunity to exercise their most precious right in our democracy, the right to vote. ….. Article

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NEWS: 15 September 2011

We need a real debate on how big we want to be 20th July 2010

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WHEN Kevin Rudd last October embraced a big Australia, Labor’s focus groups went ballistic as voters registered their fears. Nine months later, both political parties have so absorbed that message they are falling over themselves in the rush to close the door on immigration. Not that either side is offering a precise target or an

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