As Australia’s most trusted pet adoption platform marks one million adoptions, it warns housing insecurity and cost of living pressures are pushing the rescue sector to breaking point PetRescue, Australia’s first national pet adoption platform, today reveals monthly pet adoption rates have fallen to the lowest point since its records began – dropping more than […]
Image Credit: Chalmers University of Technology Wind and solar power have grown faster than almost anyone predicted but projecting their future expansion remains surprisingly difficult. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed what they call a computational “time machine” – a model that outperforms existing projection methods by using AI techniques to analyse historical […]
Uncle Bob Muir – Photo: Lior Cohen New research is calling for a fundamental shift in how Australian universities and scientists publish research that draws on Indigenous Knowledges (sum of the understandings, skills, and philosophies developed by Indigenous societies with long histories of interaction with and custodianship of their natural surroundings), warning that current academic practices […]
Incoming HESTA CEO Robbie Campo HESTA The HESTA Board today announced the appointment of Robbie Campo as CEO of the $100 billion profit-to-members industry fund, effective August 2026*. HESTA Chair Nicola Roxon congratulated Ms Campo on the appointment, saying her wide-ranging leadership experience across a 26-year career in the superannuation sector made her a standout […]
Yarra Trams cut water use at its New Preston Depot by almost 70 per cent, saving 6.6 million litres of water a year, enough to fill 20 E-class trams after joining the WaterSmart program. The savings come after Yarra Valley Water installed data loggers at the depot as part of the Victorian Government’s program. The […]
By Sylvain Borré, Managing Director, mycar Our journey towards a greener transport system is at an important crossroads. In 2024, Australia produced around 446 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, up almost seven million tonnes on the previous year. Transport accounted for roughly 20 percent of that total and remains one of the fastest-growing sources – projected to become the […]
Capral Aluminium has secured up to $3.45 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support a major upgrade at its Bremer Park extrusion facility in Queensland, advancing the company’s ongoing focus on lower-emissions manufacturing. The funding will be used to replace a 40-year-old gas-fired log furnace with a fully electric furnace […]
Kungaka. Credit: Tom Parkin Australian Museum A lizard known to Wiimpatja Aboriginal Owners as Kungaka “the Hidden One” has been formally described as a new species, acknowledged in research published today in Zootaxa. With fewer than 20 individuals of the species known to exist, the Kungaka is also now one of Australia’s most threatened reptiles. Through […]
By Shayne Commons, Director, Product Strategy & Driver Development, Volvo Group Australia Low carbon liquid fuels can help Australia cut freight emissions, reduce exposure to volatile diesel prices and improve energy security while electrification scales up. Recent events have made it clear how exposed Australia is to global oil shocks. Conflict in the Middle East […]
