A Nobel laureate has quit the American Physical Society (APS), one of the world’s leading organisations of physicists, in protest at its assertion that the evidence of damaging global warming is “incontrovertible”. Norwegian-born Professor Ivar Giaever, who lives in the United States, emailed the Society to say: “Thank you for your letter inquiring about…
The decision by one of Australia’s largest retailers, Target, to unilaterally cut the price it pays its suppliers by 5 per cent has prompted one of Australia’s best-known businessmen, Dick Smith, to denounce the action as “thuggery”, and has challenged Target’s parent company, Coles, over its treatment of suppliers, including farmers and food manufacturers. …
The announcement by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, that she has appointed the former Treasury Secretary, Dr Ken Henry, to produce a White Paper titled, Australia in the Asian Century, is unusual, from a number of perspectives. A White Paper in Australia is an official statement of policy by the national government. However, Dr…
The shadow minister for manufacturing and innovation, Sophie Mirabella, has highlighted the need for new government initiatives to help Australian manufacturing industry to survive and flourish. Speaking to the National Press Club recently, she warned of “a deep, widespread and prolonged pessimism about the state of Australian manufacturing”. She said: “There is mounting awareness in…