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Mercury from the northern hemisphere reaches Australia

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Mercury likely originated in small-scale gold mining operations and coal-burning power plants in the northern hemisphere is reaching the Australian tropics, new research has found. According to scientists from a variety of institutions in New South Wales, polluted northern hemisphere air travels thousands of kilometres from north to south.

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New program in Queensland aims to attract 3,000 new mining jobs

By analyst By Andrew Topf The Queensland Government is getting behind a pilot program that, together with an industry group, is hoping to bring thousands of mining equipment and services positions to the Bowen Basin within the next decade. The METS Ignited Bowen Basin Cluster Program is a joint initiative between the state government and

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Australians protest Carmichael coal mine in ‘national day of action’

By analyst By Andrew Topf Australians opposed to the Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin of Queensland expressed their displeasure at the project on Saturday. Declaring it a “national day of action”, anti-coal mine organizers held rallies in several locations across the country including Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Port

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Andy Snyder on the Pros and Cons of Universal Basic Income

By Andrew Snyder #article_featured_image { display: none; } Transcript: Samuel Taube: Joining us again today is Andy Snyder, the former editorial director of The Oxford Club and, more recently, the founder of Manward Press. And today we are talking about the pros and cons of the controversial policy idea known as universal basic income. Andy,

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