Abbott takes tax campaign on the road
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been visiting Christmas Island, Whyalla and Alice Springs while Julia Gillard is overseas.
View ArticleCarbon tax: the impact on NT consumers
Territory consumers could be hit with an extra $450 per annum in electricity bills, as well as increases in grocery prices above those across the rest of the nation, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
View ArticleResearcher plays down soil carbon study
A controversial study on soil carbon in the science journal Nature has been misunderstood, according to a University of Sydney researcher.
View Article'Nature' paper misunderstood for carbon projects
A controversial study on soil carbon in the science journal 'Nature' has been misunderstood, according to a University of Sydney researcher.
View ArticleTony Abbott answers tough questions on 105.7
While polls are increasingly leaning in Tony Abbott's favour as preferred Prime Minister, 105.7 Darwin took the chance to speak to the Opposition Leader about some of the most controversial issues...
View ArticleCentral Australia to host world's largest carbon farm
The Federal Government has unveiled its biggest gamble yet on climate change mitigation. It's put up two thirds of the purchase price of Henbury Station in Central Australia, which its new owners RM...
View ArticleCattle off and carbon credit in
RM Williams Agricultural holdings are giving cattle the boot from one of its Central Australian properties, all in the name of carbon.
View ArticleTropical Top End enjoys record dry season chill
The weather bureau says Darwin has had its coolest dry season on record.
View ArticleNT to face worst of climate change
A government climate advisory body is warning the Northern Territory will be come far less liveable due to climate change.
View ArticleOpposition says Henbury Station carbon farming is a 'joke'
The Federal Opposition has slammed a report which suggests a Northern Territory cattle station will make upwards of $78 million a year from carbon sequestration.
View ArticleCarbon Farming Initiative workshops
If you're wondering how you might make some money under the Federal Government's Carbon Farming Initiative, there are a number of workshops coming up around the Territory you might be interested in.
View ArticleGovernment stands by carbon station purchase
The Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has defended his decision to provide $9 million dollars to help a large agricultural company buy a Central Australian cattle station for carbon sequestration.
View ArticleFarming what you can't see
The next in the NT Cattlemen's Association's series of Carbon Farming Initiative workshops was held in Alice Springs yesterday.
View ArticleHenbury purchase applauded
The head of the Northern Territory Environment Department has told an audience at the Top End Sustainable Living Festival that the purchase of Henbury station, south of Alice Springs, is a win for the...
View ArticleCarbon Sunk
Kristy O'Brien has been back to Henbury Station to check on progress of an ambitious scheme to convert a working cattle station into Australia's first arid-zone carbon farm.
View ArticleSimpson Desert so hot right now
Research indicates the Simpson Desert is about two degrees warmer and has experienced more flooding rains over the last 100 years.
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