The recent floods in New South Wales and Queensland prove Carbon Dioxide is not responsible for climate change, according to The Climate Sceptics of Australia.
Earlier we spoke with spokesperson Leon Ashby who said climate change is best explained by fluctuating distances between the Earth and Sun.
The Climate Sceptics of Australia believe the correlation between global temperature and length of sunspot cycles suggest we are due for a cooling. They predict future floods in the Murray-Darling system.
Plans for a gas hub in the Kimberely region have stalled as government, business and traditional owners fail to reach an agreement on the James Price Point site.
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett said the agreement needs to be secured in next few days.
However, traditional Aboriginal owners will not meet to discuss the hub until the 14th and 15th of this month.
Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has accused Premier Barnett for laying the groundwork so Aboriginals will be blamed if the project does not go ahead.
Premier Barnett has made repeated threats of acquiring the land himself if no agreement is made.
The Wilderness Society have expressed their concerns about the impact of the proposed gas hub, which they say will pollute the air and could harm native wildlife.
Migrant workers will earn the same wage as local workers, under new changes to the 457 visa program.
Immigration Minister Chris Evans said the measures are aimed at protecting overseas workers and ensuring local wages and conditions are not undercut.
Senator Evans also said the changes will lift the standard of English required for 457 visa holders.
Employers seeking to bring in foreign workers will have to meet tougher benchmarks to prove they are committed to training and recruiting local workers.
Under the current 457 visa scheme, all temporary skilled migrants are entitled to a minimum wage of $43,440, regardless of their profession. That salary will be increased by 4.1 per cent to $45,221 from July 1st.
Nurses around Australia have called for the Rudd government to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act in the Northern Territory on today’s national Close the Gap Day.
The Howard government suspended the Racial Discrimination Act which allowed the Commonwealth to roll out the more controversial aspects of the intervention into remote Aboriginal communities.
The Australian Nursing Federation said it should be reinstated immediately.
“There is no apparent benefit to the health of Indigenous communities in maintaining the suspension of the RDA,” their website says.
The Rudd government is facing increased pressure over how they deal with Indigenous affairs after criticism from the United Nations.
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