The centre builds on Australia s existing trade ties with the region, built over the last 50 years. Four of Australia s top five trading partners are Asian economies. More than a third of the country ...s foreign-born population is from Asia and more than 2.1 million Australians, or nearly 10 per cent of the population, speak an Asian language at home.
It is a joint effort with the Australian and Victorian Governments and a consortium comprising Monash, Swinburne, Deakin and La Trobe universities, RMIT, CSIRO and MiniFab Australia all contributing ...funds.
"Today it remains the world's most productive four-metre telescope and has made major contributions to the way we think about the universe, including helping to discover that it is expanding at an ...accelerating rate," Richard Marles said.
"People who are donor conceived are the only ones in society who don't have the right to information about their identity at the moment," Dr Liz Marles says.
National energy advisory organisation Energy Efficient Building Australia has announced the first business precinct in Australia to declare its intention to become carbon neutral by 2020.The Grote ...Business Precinct, in Adelaide South Australia, which consists of approximately 400 businesses in the Grote Street area, is undertaking the Carbon Neutral Communities program to measure its carbon footprint, become energy efficient and reduce emissions.Businesses in the area, including CMI Toyota, Eynesbury College,...
Small manufacturing businesses now have access to an online tool to help them manage their patents, trademarks and other intellectual property (IP) assets.
"This is a truly monumental scientific first and I am proud of the contribution made by Australia's science community," Mr Richard Marles said. "The spacecraft has been located after landing safely ...in the WPA and recovery operations are under way. Under the control of JAXA, Hayabusa successfully landed twice on the asteroid Itokawa in 2005 to collect samples. Australian authorities have been closely working with their Japanese counterparts since 2003 to ensure a successful re-entry and recovery of the spacecraft in the WPA." "Woomera is a unique national asset which has an important role in Australia's security and our international relationships. Hayabusa's landing reflects the versatility of WPA, which regularly hosts military and space-related activities and tests," Dr Mike Kelly said.
