Brace yourself for reporters swigging beers on Seven Sharp then breath-testing themselves and arguments at work drinks over how much booze is too much before driving home. Thoroughly thrashed in the media a few years ago, the blood alcohol limit for drivers is again in the spotlight with Labour MP Iain Lees Galloway’s private members bill […]
MoreI’ve dived at the beautiful Mokohinau Islands, but wasn’t lucky enough to come across a sight like this. The eels were photographed by Auckland-based scientist James Williams near an underwater cliff at the Mokohinau Islands, off the northeast coast of the North Island. The National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) holds a photo […]
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MoreAustralia’s new Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has announced his maiden cabinet line-up which has drawn flack on many fronts including for its lack of a science minister. Abbott said yesterday that the science portfolio will be shared between the Industry and Education ministeries, the first time there hasn’t been a science portfolio since the creation of […]
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MoreYou have to give Sue Nicholson credit. The self-proclaimed “international psychic medium” may be greeted with legions of fans interested in getting “answers from the other side” when she kicks off her national tour at $58 a ticket this weekend. But when she entered a lecture theatre at Victoria University last weekend to close day […]
MoreIt’s highly likely Tony Abbott and his coalition will cruise to victory on Saturday night as Labour faces the crushing defeat the polls are predicting. By Monday morning, a much harder nosed bunch of would-be ministers will be looking over the Government’s books, looking to shave the A$40 billion in savings they’ve promised and realigning […]
MoreThe Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, says there is “little consistency” in the use and respect for research-derived evidence in government and has called for a more systematic use of it in policy formation and implementation. Sir Peter today released the report The Role of Evidence in Policy Formation and Implementation, which […]
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