|
A CSIRO report has warned climate change will threaten the region's economy and security unless governments and aid agencies start preparing for its impacts.
The two-part CSIRO report was commissioned by a new coalition of aid, church and development groups.
It warns that a two degrees Celsius increase in temperature by 2030 will have a devastating impact in northern Pakistan, India and western China.
The former chairman of Cricket Australia, Bob Merriman, says he knew nothing of a plot to attack the Australian and English teams during last year's Ashes tour.
Nationals leader Mark Vaile has called a meeting with a number of his party colleagues who are concerned about the Government's planned shake-up of media laws.
The Federal Government will today launch the prospectus for the third sell-off of its Telstra shares.
Smoking will be banned in all public places in France from next February.
Japan and China have hailed the first leadership summit in five years as a turning point in their relationship.
The Picasso: Love and War exhibition, which closed yesterday, attracted 224,000 people to the National Gallery of Victoria during its 101 days.
| 