Opinion: we should treat data as a natural resource Communications & Technology We are generating unprecedented and ever-increasing amounts of data. As well as its benefits, this trend is consuming energy and generating waste at unsustainable levels.
Our ability to manufacture minerals could transform the gem market, medical industries and even help suck carbon from the air Tuesday October 22, 2019 By Anita Parbhakar-Fox Economy & Industry Climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face. While governments debate the future of coal-burning power stations, carbon dioxide continues to be released…
How the Productivity Commission undermines scientific literacy in policy Tuesday February 12, 2019 By Geoffrey Edwards Economy & Industry The absence of a scientific foundation in the PC reports explains why the Australian government itself seems impervious to scientific warnings about the impending collapse…
Qld public service faces new oversight after black lung inquest Tuesday June 6, 2017 By Stephen Easton Case studies Queensland's public servants have been put on notice after the recent inquest into the scourge of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, AKA black lung, which recommended more…
Watch: three Commonwealth secretaries discuss natural resource management Wednesday April 12, 2017 By The Mandarin Energy & Environment Video: three Commonwealth secretaries discuss the economic, environmental and social implications of interlocking federal policies that relate to natural resource management.
