Published on November 23, 2010 by Technology Slice
Australian Robot Sent To NZ Mine – The West Australian government is sending a robot to New Zealand to assist in the rescue operation for 29 miners, including two Australians, trapped underground at the Pike River coal mine. An aircraft from New Zealand was expected to pick up the WA Water Corporation robot from Perth [...]
Tags: Australian Government, australians, Coal Mine, Fibre Optic Cable, Jacobs, Kilometres, Larsson, Miners, Mines Rescue, Perth, Pike River, Pipes, Rescue Officials, Robot, Services Australia, Spokesman, Technical Experts, Technical Staff, Wa Government, Wa Water Corporation
Posted in General
Published on June 4, 2010 by Technology Slice
Lennox Head Is Disaster Zone – Premier Kristina Keneally travelled to Lennox Head yesterday to survey the damage from a tornado which tore through the town, causing extensive damage to about 30 houses. Today she made the declaration from the town’s tornado-damaged caravan park.
Tags: Australian Government, Caravan Park, Devastation, Disaster Declaration, Disaster Zone, kevin rudd, Kristina, Lennox Head, Local Councils, Local Governments, Natural Disaster, Nsw Government, Prime Minister, State Government, Survey, Tornado
Posted in General
Published on April 27, 2010 by Technology Slice
Emissions Trading Scheme Delayed Until 2012 – Kevin Rudd has delayed the Government’s carbon pollution reduction scheme until the end of 2012, backing away from his biggest election promise. The Prime Minister said that by 2012, when the current Kyoto deal expires, governments around the world would need to make clear their new carbon reduction [...]
Tags: Australian Government, Carbon Pollution, Carbon Reduction, Change Response, Climate Change, Economic Challenge, Election Promise, Emission Reductions, Emissions Trading Scheme, Global Action, Global Agreement, Global Issue, Global Progress, Greenhouse Gas Emission, kevin rudd, Key Reasons, Kyoto Deal, obama, Pollution Reduction, Reduction Commitments
Posted in Politics
Published on March 17, 2010 by Technology Slice
Search For Aussies After Fiji Storm – The Australian Government is trying to contact 17 citizens missing in Fiji’s north after a devastating cyclone ravaged the Pacific Island nation. Category-four Cyclone Tomas – the second strongest on a five-point scale – devastated areas in the north and east of Fiji but has weakened and is [...]
Tags: Aussies, Australian Government, australians, Citizens, Cyclone, Department Of Foreign Affairs, Department Of Foreign Affairs And Trade, Emergency Operations Centre, Fiji Government, Foreign Affairs And Trade, Herald Sun, Huge Waves, National Emergency, Neoc, Operations Director, Pacific Island Nation, Spokesman, Storm Search, Storm Surges, Wellbeing
Posted in General
Published on March 9, 2010 by Technology Slice
7 Million Health Care Gift To Tonga – The Australian government has injected $7 million into improving the health of people in Tonga. Australian High Commissioner in Tonga Bruce Hunt said funding would be provided to the South Pacific island’s Ministry of Health over three years, the Matangi Tonga newspaper reported. Target areas of the [...]
Tags: Australian Government, Australian High Commissioner, Bruce Hunt, Communicable Disease, Community Health Care, Gratitude, Health Minister, Health Support Systems, Health Systems, Improving Community Health, Initiative, Matangi Tonga, Ministry Of Health, New Health, Prevalence, Preventative Health, Tangi, Target Areas, Tongan Government, Villami
Posted in Health
No Comments