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Protests don't represent Bendigo: Andrews

"Nasty types" who travel into Bendigo to protest against mosques don't represent the local community, Premier Daniel Andrews says. Far right-wing group the United Patriots Front beheaded a dummy outside the Bendigo council offices on the weekend. >> view original

Victoria wins $1.3b defence contract for 1000 new armoured Hawkei patrol ...

The contract will see 170 jobs created in Bendigo, and a further 60 jobs further along the Victorian supply chain. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull inspected the hi-tech vehicles at the Australian Defence Force proving ground at Monegeeta, north-west of ... >> view original

Anti-Islam protesters BEHEAD mannequin over Bendigo mosque and Sydney police ...

The development of the mosque has become a focal point for anti-Islam protest groups which have launched street protests. Authorities, including police, have urged the Australian people to come together in response to the police shooting, which ... >> view original

Tensions over anti-mosque rally force closures in Bendigo

Both sides in the year-long controversy over the planned mosque have stepped up their activities ahead of a planned rally next Saturday, with up to 2000 people yesterday attending a community picnic opposite the Bendigo Town Hall for pro-mosque group ... >> view original

Project Apollo Archive: Man behind online cache of thousands of astronauts ...

The man behind a cache of more than 8,000 high resolution images taken by astronauts during the Apollo missions to the Moon says he has over 1,000 more to add, in the first online gallery of its kind. Kipp Teague was a volunteer with the NASA History ... >> view original

Frogs face mass extinction: Macquarie University report

Frogs face mass extinction with new research showing hundreds of species have been lost over three decades due to factors such as pollution and habitat destruction. If extinction rates continue unabated, hundreds more frog species could be lost within ... >> view original

These Aussie-Made Microflowers Bloom From Organic Chemicals In 3 Hours

It looks like a vivid red carnation, but this flower is actually the result of mixing simple organic chemicals — and it measures just 10 microns across. Created by Sheshanath Bhosale from RMIT University in Melbourne, the flower blooms when phosphonic ... >> view original

UNSW team clears hurdles to superfast quantum computer

SPECIAL REPORT: Cracking the Code — how Australia is embracing the digital economy · VIDEO: What is the 'industrial internet'? GRAPHIC: How does Australia compare with the rest of the world? QUIZ: How much do you know about Australian inventions? >> view original

Lab tests predict growth of microscopic Antarctic phytoplankton 'will double ...

Growth of microscopic phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean could double in size in the next 80 years because of climate change, according to scientists. The microscopic organisms form the basis of the entire food web, feeding everything from small fish ... >> view original

WA SKA eyes on space from Boolardy Station - The West Australian

WA eyes on space from the middle of nowhere Dr Lewis Ball and WA Premier Colin Barnett at the SKA, in front of an ASKAP antenna, Murchison, Western Australia. Picture: Simon Santi The West Australian. With scorched red dirt, no wind to speak of and ... >> view original