Reported by Chris, Ez and Jemma.
Blogged by Jemma.
Today as part of World Wetlands Day 2009, Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced $500,000 in funding for wetlands along the Great Barrier Reef.
“Wetlands in coastal catchments are vital to the health of the Great Barrier Reef”, says Mr Garrett.
The funding is part of the Rudd Government’s Reef Rescue initiative, under Caring for our Country
A new survey shows that many people are unaware of the risks of Cort-ti-co steroids, which can cause osteoporosis and are commonly used to treat such conditions as arthritis and asthma.
The Australian government has begun subsidising a new treatment for people with osteoporosis caused by using these steroids. Over two million Australians are living with the condition.
Professor Phillip Sambrook, Director of the Institute of Bone and Joint Research, talks about the dangers of using these steroids.
An eighteen year old Sydney girl with no prior criminal history has been sentenced to three months jail for a fifty centimetre graffiti tag.
Magistrate Ian McRae justified the sentence with claims graffiti cost the community millions in clean up bills and a clear message taggers needed to be sent a clear message.
Randal, a facilitator of graffiti art at Jugglers Art Space in the Valley says the ruling is not consistent with sentences of more harmful crimes.
Her sentence comes two days after the New South Wales government launched a new campaign to combat graffiti.
Aboriginal people from the town camps of Alice Springs and nearby communities are preparing to take their fight against the federal intervention to the united Nations.
Human Rights Lawyer George Newhouse says the intervention laws are racially discriminatory and they breach Australia's international obligations.
Mr Newhouse conceded that the UN could not force the Rudd Government to change its policy but it could make a number of recommendations.
During the Chinese Premier's tour of Europe, Mr Wen gave a speech at Britain's Cambridge University in which a young protester threw a shoe at him.
Mr Wen did not appear frightened, though a security guard moved across and kicked the shoe offstage.
A spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said the man was arrested on suspicion of committing a public order offense, but gave no further details.
An Iranian woman activist has started a three-year jail term for taking part in a protest in 2006 to demand more women's rights.
Activists say women in Iran are subject to institutionalised discrimination that makes them second-class citizens in divorce, inheritance, child custody and other aspects of life, although they are legally entitled to hold most jobs and can vote.
However, the Iranian state dismisses such accusations and states that the rally was illegal as the protesters did not have a permit.
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