Archived Industry News for Water Professionals
Funding has been awarded to a number of projects aimed at creating a truly sustainable fisheries industry for Australia.
Santos owns up to spills and leaks in NSW forest
One of Australia’s largest oil and gas firms has been fined for the failed reporting of more than dozen environmental incidents.
Cheap fix for water split could yield new power
A new technique may bring a totally renewable reality a little bit closer, improving the ways electricity from wind and solar can be stored.
Shepherds guard flock as deadly season starts
Anti-whaling activists aboard the Sea Shepherd have found their Moby Dick, uncovering and interrupting a Japanese whaling fleet at the start of the new season.
Crocodile wake-up could be powerful swimming motivator
It takes a lot to shock residents of outback Queensland mining towns, but having an early-morning swim with crocodiles in the pool may just have done the trick.
Shark cull rolls ahead despite backlash from Greens, locals and science
Thousands have gathered to protest the Western Australian government's shark-culling plan, but authorities say the slaughter will go ahead regardless.
Budget brings grey future for green farmers
This week’s Federal Government Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) indicates changes on the way for several agricultural schemes and funds but not a lot of detail on what, if anything, will replace them.
Locals say good intentions doing damage
Farmers and residents on the banks of the Goulburn River have complained that environmental flows released under the Murray Darling Basin Plan may be damaging its banks.
Million dollar hosing after Newcastle spill
An oil spill in the Newcastle Harbour has cost one company over a million dollars.
More groundwater tests as Adelaide bores remain on hold
Residents in parts of Adelaide still cannot use their bore water after supplies were found to be contaminated in 2011.
More join call for court over Ipswich flooding
Hundreds have gathered to add their names to a list of thousands in a planned class action suit against the Queensland Government.
People want EPA back on their side, survey says
The New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority has to move away from industry-favouring and do more regulating if it is to gain more public trust, a recent survey found.
Pledge for more plans as Menindee Lakes diminish
Nearly a million dollars will be spent to work out how to save water in an important set of lakes.
Study puts cameras on Pilbara cave stars
Typically associated with arid, dry desert conditions, Western Australia’s Pilbara region is actually home to a unique set of aquatic life – the topic of a new study by Murdoch University.
Big dig confirmed; there will be mud
Dredging has been approved that many believe will condemn the Great Barrier Reef to silty strangulation.
Birmingham lets billions flow from Murray
Six hundred gigalitres of water from the River Murray system, the Goulburn and Murrumbidgee Rivers will be pushed where it is needed most, according to Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment, Senator Simon Birmingham.
Stone drips show monsoonal see-saw
Like counting age from tree-rings or calcium layers in teeth, scientists have used stalagmites to look into the history of the environment.
WA hooks in to shark cull for safety
In Western Australia, peoples’ right to swim in the ocean has trumped sharks’ right to live.
Broken record proves Port can handle more ore
One company has broken its old record for the biggest single shipment of iron ore, and said it is proof Port Hedland can handle large loads.
Watery model allows best practice to float
A new model has been created to show, with enhanced clarity, the best ways for mining companies to manage water resources and other environmental assets.
Weekend pile-driving approved to hurry port
Construction work at the Hay Point coal port expansion on the Queensland coast will occur on weekends and public holidays, with the extended times hoped to bring completion up to twenty days closer.