Published on July 14, 2010 by Technology Slice
Bunnings Fined $15,000 For Selling Weeds – Bunnings and four horticulture suppliers – Ball Australia, Oasis Horticulture, Summerhill Nurseries and Regal Blooms – all pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to charges of buying and selling the weed, Mexican feather grass. The offences took place between January and May 2008. The grass is a [...]
Tags: 10 Million, Agriculture Department, Blooms, Bunnings, Catchment, Court Settlement, Environmental Impact, Horticultural Plants, Horticulture, Importation, Invasive Plants, Melbourne Magistrates Court, Noxious Weed, Noxious Weeds, Nurseries, Nursery Industry, outbreak, Prosecution, Protection Act, Timely Reminder
Posted in Money
Published on March 22, 2010 by Technology Slice
Fiji Cyclone – In Fiji, the extent of damage from Cyclone Tomas is becoming clearer, nearly two weeks after the huge storm tore through the Pacific. Disaster Management officials in Suva have revealed almost 800 homes or buildings have either been partly damaged or destroyed in the northern and eastern districts. Operations officer Anthony Blake [...]
Tags: Anthony Blake, Australia And New Zealand, Clean Water, Cyclone, Deputy Representative, Disaster Management, Extent, Fiji, Hygiene, Management Officials, Nasty Disease, Operations Officer, outbreak, Sanitation Facilities, Suva, Tim Sutton, Typhoid, Unicef, Water And Sanitation, Worry
Posted in General
Published on August 10, 2009 by Technology Slice
A horse stud at Cawarral, east of Rockhampton, was placed in quarantine after the death of a horse on Saturday. A neighbouring property has also been quarantined as a precaution. The deaths of three horses are being investigated. Stud manager Deb Brown says she is not surprised by the positive hendra virus test result, but [...]
Tags: hendra, outbreak, virus
Posted in Health
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