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Mining in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Uploaded 131225]
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ColumbiaEdu |
New Zealand Hydropower Loss Due to Drought
- In terms of impacts on hydro-electricity, the drought
of 2001 was the worst in 71 years
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CNN |
Bush Fires
- Bush fires are continuing to force thousands
of people to evacuate their homes to the west and south of Sydney as dry
weather and erratic winds prolong the crisis.
- More than half a million hectares (1.2 million acres) of bushland
has been destroyed by a firefront estimated at 2,000 kilometers (1,400 miles),
despite the efforts of 20,000 fire fighting volunteers and 60 water-bombing
aircraft.
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NYT |
Asian Floods Australia Drought Food Losses
- In South Korea the death toll has hit 14 after a week of deluges
dumped two-fifths of the average annual rainfall on the country, triggering
flash floods and landslides.
- Europe has also been hit with unseasonal weather.
- The 2002/03 wheat crop forecast in Australia -- bread-basket
for Asia and much of the Middle East -- has shrunk to 17 million tons from
March estimates of 24 million tons.
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CFS warns of impending fire danger
- It is claimed in South Australia that the first days of spring have
brought with them seasonal conditions frighteningly similar to those that
led to the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983
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AuBC |
Vic Farmers declare drought areas
- The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has declared a quarter of
the state is in drought, even though the State Government will not yet make
a similar call.
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AuBC |
Public urged to be ready for fire season
- Meanwhile, the south-east region has suffered one of its driest Augusts
in the past 10 years.
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AuBC |
Worsening drought pushes NSW farmers to sell
- "Only 2 per cent of the state is now satisfactory for agricultural
production," he said.
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Water price skyrockets as drought hits hard
- A water trader in New South Wales's south-west has expressed concern
about the skyrocketing prices of water, which yesterday hit $200 a
megalitre
- Finley trader Gil Silbey says at this time last year, prices averaged
$40 a megalitre for temporary transfer water.
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AuBC |
Incomes to slide as dry continues
- farmers
will earn 60 per cent less than they did last year.
- ABARE is also forecasting the drought will have a serious impact
on the wider economy, reducing growth by .5 per cent, or almost $4
billion
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Govt warns drought may force supermarket food price hike
- The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics' (ABARE)
quarterly commodity report predicts farm production will fall by 16 per cent
this financial year because of the drought.
- Farm exports are also expected to decline by 7.4 per cent to $28.7
billion.
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AuBC |
Mallee farms set to lose one third of their crops with no rain
- Mallee farms set to lose one third of their crops with no rain
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Dish Washers Gone Australia021114 Au B C
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AuBC |
Dust Storms Australia021114 Au B C
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dust Australia P O T W021115 Times
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dust Australia P O T W021115 Times
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AuBC |
Drought's impact on dairy industry raises concerns
- The state and federal governments are being warned the drought could
wipe out the valuable dairy industry in parts of NSW.
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NYT |
Century Worst Drought Au
- Local cotton growers are even worse off than ranchers. With no river
water for irrigation, they did not plant this year.
- The government's agricultural economics agency estimates that grain
and oil-seed harvests, which begin next month, will be about 20 million tons
below last year's record 34 million
tons
- The beach resort of Byron Bay, bracing for a million visitors in
December and January, midsummer here, is advising vacationers to bring their
own drinking wate
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Freak hail hits horticulture hard
- A freak hail storm has caused millions of dollars damage to horticulture
crops in north-east Victoria
- It only lasted 12 minutes. We had 40 mm in the
rain gauge but it was coming in parallel to the ground, so whether the rain
gauge caught it all I don't know.
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Murray water storage at unprecedented lows
- e some dams
empty by next year
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- British inventor to develop rainmaking machine:
report
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AuBC |
Drought could push global dairy prices up - ADC
- There could be a silver lining in the drought for dairy farmers,
with lower milk production in Australia and New Zealand tipped to push up
global milk prices.
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AuBC |
Women to Bare It All for Rain
- Hundreds of women from drought-ravaged southern
Australia plan to bare it all to the heavens in a bid to make it rain
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AuBC |
Call for Australians to pay more for water use
- Mr McRae says if the price of water goes up, the extra money could
be used to pay for subsidies on rainwater tanks and water efficient
appliances.
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AuBC |
Bread rises as drought drags on
- Flour mills are being forced to bid against feedlots for scarce wheat
crops, sending flour prices soarin
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AuBC |
Drought-racked Australia sees hottest year ever
- With Australia in the grip of a fierce drought, experts say the year
2002 will turn out to be its hottest ever in terms of maximum daytime
temperatures.
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Firefighters predict another tough day
- The blaze has now burned 120,000 hectares, making it the biggest
in the state in 20 years
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Three homes lost in blaze near Perth
- Fires have destroyed three houses and burnt through over 1,200 hectares
of bushland near the town of Gingin, north of Perth.
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Fires Out Of Control
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Tourist H20 Go Slo
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AuBC |
Water limits worsen in NSW -
- She said inland, 15 communities were now totally reliant on carted
water. But the lack of water was also effecting coastal, tourism focused
communities.
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Capital Emergency Australia
- Australia's capital is under a state of emergency
as firefighters struggle with ferocious bushfires that have already killed
one person, burned dozens of homes and forced thousands of
evacuations.
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Drought costs one-in-four farm jobs
- the
drought has cost 100,000 jobs in the agricultural sector over the past two
years, the biggest downturn in 40 years
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AuABC |
NSW prays for rain. 15/08/2004. ABC News Online
- People from across New South Wales will gather in churches today
to pray for rain.
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CNN |
Outof Water Aussie City
- Goulburn is perilously close to becoming Australia's first major
settlement to see its reservoirs run completely out of water as a Big Dry
grips much of the nation
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WSJ |
Australia Leaders Are Likely to Boost Aid for Farmers
- While Australian miners continue to ride
a China-led resources boom, parts of another key export sector are fighting
to stay in business. Chunks of Australia's farming districts remain in the
vice-like grip of the nation's worst drought in a century that took hold
three years ago.
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2 Houses Destroyed In Australia Wild Fires
- 550,000 acres of alpine forest and farmland in Victoria
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- Victoria is enduring its worst drought on record
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