WITH few clunky mechanical parts, the revolutionary all-electric ManGo may well be the car of the future.
But its creators will first have to get it out of the garage.
For five months, 35 of the University of Sydney’s brightest first-year engineering students have been labouring in a workshop, solving a maze of complex technical problems.
Scheduled to [...]

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LNG, the company set to produce the first liquefied natural gas out of Gladstone, is on the verge of signing a deal to supply gas from 2012.
LNG announced in February it had signed a heads of agreement with its biggest shareholder, Norwegian company Golar LNG, to supply all of its first production train, which has [...]

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The West Australian Government has given final environmental approval for Gindalbie’s multi-billion dollar iron ore project in the state’s mid-west.
Gindalbie is developing the Karara project, east of Geraldton, in a joint venture with Chinese steel producer Ansteel.
It is the final step in the State Government approvals process.
The project will now go to the Federal Environment [...]

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The Wimmera-Mallee pipeline project has won an environmental sustainability award.
Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water is one of 67 organisations to win an Australian Business Award, from a field of almost 1,000 entrants from various industries.
Manager director Jeff Rigby says the award acknowledges the company’s commitment to preserving and protecting the environment.
He says this has been achieved [...]

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Doctors in the Blue Mountains town of Lithgow have signed a letter to the local council raising concern about the safety of its water.
Doctor John Dearin, says the GPs’ fears were sparked by an article in the New South Wales Public Health Journal last year, which raised concerns about elevated nickel levels in the water [...]

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The State Government has called on the Opposition Leader Colin Barnett to name the ports it would ship uranium from if it wins Government.
Yesterday Mr Barnett said there was no need for nuclear power in Western Australia for at least 50 years and yet indicated his support for uranium mining.
Meanwhile, the Premier Alan Carpenter has [...]

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The Australian Olympic Committee says it is business as usual in Beijing today despite the city being shrouded in smog.
The Olympics opening ceremony is only a day away and Chinese authorities will be nervous about how their capital will look on its big day.
As athletes have steadily arrived over the past week, Chinese officials have [...]

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AAAI’s new website
The AAAI Group has launched its new website at www.aaai.com.au. They have made their website easier to navigate, more user friendly and have added a range of new features. The new site features a streamlined navigation system which now only contains four main sections, helping candidates get to what you want faster. They [...]

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With a trip to the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns in far north Queensland,  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd continues  to inspect the effects of climate change.
Mr Rudd and Federal Climate Change Minister Senator Penny Wong arrive in Port Douglas this morning for a boat cruise of the Great Barrier Reef to assess the impact of coral [...]

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Transport will be included in the Federal Government’s emissions trading scheme when Climate Change Minister Penny Wong unveils the plan later today, but that motorists will be shielded for at least three years.
In an effort to soften the impact on motorists and prevent petrol price hikes, the Government is to go against the strong views [...]

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