Flinders, Australia News

A fitting enough title - argues the NSW Chief Justice, James Spigelman - but Lachlan Macquarie's contribution could have been even greater had his London masters not resisted him.

I see grief and loss and how it relates to ecopsychology as the emotional reaction a person may feel when confronted with environmental loss, damage, or destruction regardless of whether that change is brought about by human or natural causes.

Catastrophic fire danger ratings have been issued for eight South Australian districts on Wednesday, with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius and strong winds forecast around much of the state.

AN "extremely dangerous" fire has destroyed homes on the outskirts of Port Lincoln in South Australia, while another blaze is burning out of control in the southeast.

Eight districts across South Australia will face catastrophic fire danger ratings on Wednesday after a forecast of extremely hot conditions and strong winds.

TROPICAL Cyclone Laurence is forecast to strike the state's north on Wednesday and bring torrential rains of up to 100mm.

Flinders Mines Ltd plans to spin off its diamond and phosphate exploration assets through a new company to be floated on the Australian stock exchange early next year.

THE FAMILY of an Adelaide construction worker who faces prison for failing to attend an industrial commission have called on the Federal Government to abolish the ``unjust'' laws.

On the streets for a blitz on alcohol-related violence and crime, police see it all.

The Wilderness Society has begun a new campaign against mining in the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, in South Australia's northern Flinders Ranges.

Melbourne is known as Australia's city of arts, food and culture; and with good reason.

THE wreck of a British cargo ship that sank while sailing in convoy with Matthew Flinders 200 years ago has been discovered off the Australian coast.

Phytohaemagglutinin response and bill-hue wavelength increase with carotenoid supplementation in Diamond Firetails Ingrid Stirnemann A , Greg Johnston A , B , Brian Rich B , Jeremy Robertson A and Sonia Kleindorfer A , C A School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

Breastfeeding is safe and even good for babies during flights, say experts in the wake of a suffocation tragedy.

Picture this: a workplace with 360 degree views and no boss within cooee. It sounds idyllic, and Greg Porter is literally on top of the world with his main summer job.

The operator of Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia say the area is now under greater threat than before the Government released a plan aimed at balancing conservation and mining.

The State Government will provide $350,000 to help residents of King and Flinders Islands to reduce their overall energy costs.

Residents in parts of South Australia have been asked to evacuate their homes as a heat wave forced authorities to issue its first 'catastrophic' fire warning on Tuesday, CNN reported .

DID American whalers discover the east coast of Australia before Captain Cook? That is the intriguing question a crack team of maritime archaeologists, divers and marine scientists hope to answer when they sail tomorrow for a remote reef 450 kilometres off the coast of Queensland.

SIR DAVID Attenborough is in the Flinders Ranges with the South Australian Museum for a film he always wanted to make about "the first animals". Yesterday he said he was "very glad to be going back" after more than 30 years to a site that briefly appeared in his 13-part series, Life on Earth .