SYDNEY – Australia’s opposition Labor Party, riding high in opinion polls ahead of a general election this year, was beset by an internal rift on Sunday over uranium mining.
The Western Australia state Labor government defied an about-turn on uranium mines by the centre-left party at a federal level, saying it would continue to ban such mining in the vast minerAl rich state.
The federal Labor Party on Saturday scrapped its 25-year ban on new uranium mines in a move miners said would encourage new investment and which could propel Australia to become the world’s leading uranium supplier ahead of Canada.
But Western Australia’s ruling Labor Premier Alan Carpenter said he would not be bound by his Read more
Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon maintains the state’s forestry industry has nothing to fear from federal Labor’s forest policy.
The party’s policy has been accepted at the party’s national conference, without any details of the deal being revealed.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says a deal has been struck with the Labor Party Leader, Kevin Rudd. Read more
The Associated Press
Sunday, April 29, 2007; 8:37 AM
WAYCROSS, Ga. — Several rural homes were evacuated after spot fires ignited across a highway from a massive wildfire, and firefighters fought the smaller blazes before they could spread to the tinder-dry forest beyond, authorities said.
About 30 miles from Waycross, another fire broke out late Saturday in Atkinson County and burned at least 700 acres, said Buzz Weiss, spokesman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. It posed no immediate threat to people living in the area. Read more
Help your garden grow — visit the 2007 Oceanside Garden Show.
Exhibits include garden art, décor, furniture, tools, supplies and all things with a garden, flower or food theme. The event hosts a variety of garden related businesses, educational organizations and clubs.
There are two days of speakers as well. On Saturday Barb Ebell, who with her husband owns Nanoose Edibles Organic Farm, speaks on sustainable local food production.
Maria Jeffries, a plant disease and pest specialist, talks on non-native crop pests. She worked for the research branch of Agriculture Canada, operated a raspberry farm for 17 years and works for the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands as a plant health coordinator.
On Sunday Kay Burgoyne, a gardener who has had as many as 300 rhodos in her garden, represents the Mount Arrowsmith Rhododendron Society and shares her tips for growing healthy rhododendrons. Read more
Some 200 people took part in the Shahaniya Aaqool desert camp yesterday.
The trip which was the 10th this year, is part of “A Flower Each Spring†annual campaign, held under the auspices of HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad, wife of HH the Emir.
Nearly 150 students from al-Khor Primary Independent School, Duhail Primary Independent School and al-Noor Institute for the Blind. Family members of the students and volunteers also Dr Farouk al-Baz, research professor and director of the Centre for Remote Sensing, at the Boston University, USA accompanied volunteers to the Shahaniya Aaqool desert camp yesterday.
The Egyptian geologist, was in Qatar to attend a conference.The annual campaign has made eight indigenous plants popular among nationals and expatriates during the last eight years.
The team is spearheaded by the Friends of Environment Centre. They planted Aaqool, the plant Read more
Help your garden grow — visit the 2007 Oceanside Garden Show.
Exhibits include garden art, décor, furniture, tools, supplies and all things with a garden, flower or food theme. The event hosts a variety of garden related businesses, educational organizations and clubs.
There are two days of speakers as well. On Saturday Barb Ebell, who with her husband owns Nanoose Edibles Organic Farm, speaks on sustainable local food production.
Maria Jeffries, a plant disease and pest specialist, talks on non-native crop pests. She worked for the research branch of Agriculture Canada, operated a raspberry farm for 17 years and works for the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands as a plant health coordinator.
On Sunday Kay Burgoyne, a gardener who has had as many as 300 rhodos in her garden, represents the Mount Arrowsmith Rhododendron Society and shares her tips for growing healthy rhododendrons.
Koreen Matheson, a landscape designer talks on designing with colorful foliage.
The show opens at 10 a.m. on April 28. Garden columnist Helen Chesnut will be available for approximately an hour to answer gardening questions. There are raffle tickets at the show too.
The garden show is April 28 and 29 at the Coombs fairgrounds.
All proceeds from the 2007 Oceanside Garden Show go to operate the Coombs Fair and the fairground source:Help your garden grow — visit the 2007 Oceanside Garden Show.
Exhibits include garden art, décor, furniture, tools, supplies and all things with a garden, flower or food theme. The event hosts a variety of garden related businesses, educational organizations and clubs.
There are two days of speakers as well. On Saturday Barb Ebell, who with her husband owns Nanoose Edibles Organic Farm, speaks on sustainable local food production.
Maria Jeffries, a plant disease and pest specialist, talks on non-native crop pests. She worked for the research branch of Agriculture Canada, operated a raspberry farm for 17 years and works for the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands as a plant health coordinator.
On Sunday Kay Burgoyne, a gardener who has had as many as 300 rhodos in her garden, represents the Mount Arrowsmith Rhododendron Society and shares her tips for growing healthy rhododendrons.
Koreen Matheson, a landscape designer talks on designing with colorful foliage.
The show opens at 10 a.m. on April 28. Garden columnist Helen Chesnut will be available for approximately an hour to answer gardening questions. There are raffle tickets at the show too.
The garden show is April 28 and 29 at the Coombs fairgrounds.
All proceeds from the 2007 Oceanside Garden Show go to operate the Coombs Fair and the fairground Read more
The Thoroughbreds, who found themselves in seventh place after 18 holes Thursday, battled back Friday afternoon to post a third-place team finish, 12 strokes behind the winners and six strokes behind second-place Dutch Fork High School.
“It’s a great honor to come out here, and everywhere we go, people ask us (what it’s like) to play out here,” South Aiken coach Mike Mercer said. “This is one of the premier courses.”
Local individuals would stalk the top five spots on the final leaderboard, with North Augusta High School’s Ben Lown, Strom Thurmond High School’s Garland Smith and South Aiken’s Chandler Brazeal posting a 3-4-5 finish. Read more