RAPID REACTION: Chemical hazard found at the University of Technology Sydney...
The discovery of crystallised picric acid (which is normally stored safely in liquid form) at the University of Technology Sydney has reportedly forced the evacuation of students and staff from...
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BRIEFING: Getting your head around – Numbers and stats
BACKGROUND BRIEFING – Thu 31 Oct at 10.30 AEDT Online Numbers and statistics are in almost every news story. Whether you are a specialist health reporter, or writing a story on the latest crime rates,...
View ArticleRAPID REACTION: Typhoon Haiyan – experts respond
Australian experts comment on the recovery process following the devastating Typhoon Haiyan. Feel free to use these quotes in your stories. If you would like to speak to an expert, please don’t...
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NEWS BRIEFING: Launch of the Global Diabetes Atlas
EMBARGO LIFTED 10:01 AEDT Thu 14 Nov 2013 NEWS BRIEFING – Tue 12 Nov at 10am AEDT online One in ten of the world’s population will have diabetes by 2035 according to the latest edition of the Diabetes...
View ArticleUK Expert reaction to news of the death of Fred Sanger
UK experts comment on the death of biochemist Fred Sanger, who sequenced insulin and pioneered DNA and nucleic acid sequencing, winning two Nobel prizes in the process. Dr. Sarah Main, Director of The...
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Top 10 science stories 2013
From leaving the solar system to resurrecting a frog, our top 10 science stories from 2013 highlight some of the best that science in Australia and around the world has to offer. Compiled by the...
View ArticleBRIEFING ALERT: Drunk and disorderly – The harms of alcohol
BACKGROUND BRIEFING – Wed Dec 18th at 11:00 AEDT Booze…we’re all likely to overindulge this festive season, and probably without giving it too much thought, but with alcohol fuelled violence causing...
View ArticleRAPID REACTION: South-east Australia smoulders – experts respond
It’s shaping up to be a very hot week in Victoria and South Australia. Below, experts respond on various aspects of extreme heat. Feel free to use these quotes in your stories. Any further comments...
View ArticleRAPID REACTION: NOAA releases annual temperature data – 2013 equal fourth...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US has released its global temperature analysis for 2013. Details here: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2013/13. It has found that...
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NEWS BRIEFING: Let’s talk about sex – getting the message out to teen girls
NEWS BRIEFING – Thursday January 23rd at 11:00 AEDT Online Recently released stats revealed that many sexually transmitted diseases are making a comeback in Australia, particularly among the young, but...
View ArticleRAPID REACTION: Abbot Point dumping of dredge spoil approved – an expert...
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has approved the dumping of up to three million tonnes of dredge spoil inside the Great Barrier Reef’s park boundary. More information on the project is...
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NEWS BRIEFING: Launch of the World Cancer Report
EMBARGO LIFTED at 22.00 AEDT Monday Feb 3 2014 NEWS BRIEFING – Monday Feb 3 at 10:00 AEDT In the run-up to World Cancer Day on Tuesday 4th Feb 2014, the World Health Organization’s specialised cancer...
View ArticleRAPID REACTION: Scombroid fish poisoning – experts respond
Following reports linking scombroid fish poisoning to the deaths of Noelene Bischoff, 54, and her 14-year-old daughter Yvana in Bali, the following information has been provided by Australian experts....
View ArticleROUND-UP: Recent slowdown in warming explained (Nature Climate Change*) –...
EMBARGO LIFTED on Monday 10 February at 05:00 AEDT A dramatic increase in the strength of the Pacific trade winds (a pattern of easterly winds spanning the tropics) over the past two decades has caused...
View ArticleRAPID REACTION: Bushfires – experts respond
With high temperatures forecast to continue for much of south east Australia, experts respond to the latest bushfire threat. AusSMC also held a recent briefing titled “Bushfires – are we getting...
View ArticleBACKGROUND BRIEFING: Climate extremes – here comes ‘global weirding’
BACKGROUND BRIEFING – Friday February 14th at 11:00 AEDT online The hottest day, the hottest year, the longest run of days above 40°C…extreme weather records seem to be dropping like flies in a...
View ArticleRAPID REACTION: Health impacts of wind farms – experts respond
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released its draft Information Paper: Evidence onWind Farms and Human Health. The Information Paper, developed under the guidance of the...
View ArticleRAPID REACTION: Hazelwood coal fire health impacts – experts respond
Emergency officials are advising vulnerable people in Morwell South to leave their homes amid growing concern about the health effects of smoke and ash from a fire burning at the Hazelwood coal mine....
View ArticleROUND-UP: State of the Climate 2014 – experts respond
EMBARGO LIFTED at 00.01 AEDT Tuesday 4 March, 2014 CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology have released their latest “State of the Climate” report on observed changes in long term trends in Australia’s...
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NEWS BRIEFING: Why is there more ice in Antarctica? – Launch of Antarctic sea...
NEWS BRIEFING – TODAY 11 March 2014 at 10am AEDT Online If the world is warming, as scientist continue to tell us, how can reports of increased Antarctic sea ice make any sense at all? Shouldn’t it be...
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