Turtle swimming in waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Sam Harris/flickr BY CHARLOTTE MUTORO The coal terminal at Abbot Point is one of five ports along the Queensland coast to be given the go ahead for expansion. Abbot Point, which is close to the Great Barrier Reef has been designated a port development […]
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Morrison: First world status not for all
Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. Photo: DIBP Images/Flickr By Charlotte Mutoro Asylum seekers from Manus Island who are not granted a refugee visa to stay at the equivalent of a ‘three star hotel facility’ on Nauru may now end up in Cambodia. Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison met Cambodia’s Interior Minister Sar Kheng on […]
Ancient virus found, Siberia
By Charlotte Mutoro A 30,000 year old giant virus buried deep in the permafrost of Siberia has been discovered after the thawing of the frozen soil. A team of scientists led by Jean-Michel Claverie and Chantal Abergel of Aix-Marseille University in Marseille, France, isolated the virus which has a huge capsule and carries 500 genes. […]