20 December 2009
LOS ANGELES. Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, whose credits include Alien and Total Recall, has died at the age of 63... read full story
16 November 2009
The federal government's offer to exempt agricultural emissions from carbon trading means farmers will be spared the biggest penalty they faced under the scheme - although costs for inputs like fuel and electricity will still rise... read full story
23 October 2009
SYDNEY'S fringe farmlands can be saved from being swamped by suburbia if residents in already-populous areas accept taller high-rises, a food summit was told yesterday. The high-rises would be built by developers who pay farmers to stay on their land by buying "development credits"... read full story
4 September 2009
An Australian claims control of 90 rainforests in PNG. Ben Cubby and Marian Wilkinson report... read full story
31 July 2009
THE former Australian of the year Tim Flannery has proposed a single Australian Government trading desk – similar to the former wheat desk – to sell carbon credits to the United States... read full story
18 June 2009
SOLAR panel retailers are preparing to cut jobs and halt expansion plans because of uncertainty over the Government's solar credit program... read full story
6 January 2009
MARLEY AND ME Stars: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin Director: David Frankel **** Screening at Hoyts Warrawong, Greater Union Shellharbour, Roxy Cinema Nowra. This movie had won me over before the opening credits had even rolled, for a more adorable cast of a labrador pup, Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson would be hard to find... read full story
6 January 2009
Time to see the light Kevin Epps' letter (Mercury, January 2) must surely create debate, especially the questioning of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore's assumption that five tonnes of firecrackers will do no harm because they will buy carbon credits and use green energy to offset the effects... read full story
16 September 2008
Do you find yourself being turned down repeatedly for credit cards and loans? .. read full story
6 May 2008
If you're deep in credits debt, then you may benefit from balance transfer credit cards to help you put reduce your debits... read full story
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