Australian Government Media Releases

Small Block Irrigators Exit Grant package expanded - media release 24 April 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
URL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/mr20090424.html
SNIPPET: Under these revisions, the Small Block Irrigators Exit Grant Package has been extended to irrigators with farms between 15 and 40 hectares, Senator Wong said. This expansion of the Small Block Irrigators Exit Grant Package provides increased opportunities for irrigators to exit the industry while remaining in their own homes and communities, Senator Wong said

Greenland's 'good news' methane finding (Media Release)
PORTFOLIO: Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
URL: http://www.csiro.au/news/Methane-clathrates-findings.html
SNIPPET: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. CSIRO expertise is organised into 16 research areas. The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research is a partnership between CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology.