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The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. CSIRO expertise is organised into 16 research areas. ' Contested Country is based on research from all States and the Northern Territory,' CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems' researcher and lead author Marcus Lane said.

Special Minister of State, Senator Joe Ludwig, today called on the community to get their submissions in for the second Electoral Reform Green Paper before the 27 November deadline. 'The Rudd Government is embarking on the biggest overhaul of the electoral system in 25 years,' Senator Ludwig said. 'With just four more weeks of public consultation on the second Green Paper, I encourage people from all over the country to have their say on the future of Australia's electoral environment.'.

QLD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO RESIDE WITH THE ABC. ABC Chairman Maurice Newman AC today welcomed the announcement by the Federal and Queensland Governments to fund the co-location of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra with the ABC at its new Brisbane headquarters in South Bank. Both the ABC and the Orchestra will fit comfortably on the South Bank site, with accommodation for the wide range of ABC services together with accommodation and rehearsal facilities for upwards of 100 Orchestra staff and musicians.

$m Net operating balance -12,364 -12,215 -47,601 Net capital investment -304 136 5,545. The Australian Government monthly financial statements for 2009-10 have been prepared on a basis consistent with 2009-10 Budget as required under section 54 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 The statements are based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Government Finance Statistics (GFS) except where Australian Accounting Standards (AAS) provide a better conceptual treatment for specific items. (b) Net financial worth equals total financial assets minus total liabilities.

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. » Submissions to inform sport on television review. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today published more than 300 public submissions on the future of the sports anti-siphoning scheme.

The Fifth Regional Interfaith Dialogue concludes in Perth today, Friday 30 October. The Fifth Regional Interfaith Dialogue is co-sponsored by Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and the Philippines. The Perth Dialogue follows on from a positive history of regional Dialogues: Phnom Penh Dialogue in Cambodia in 2008, the Waitangi Dialogue in New Zealand in 2007, the Cebu Dialogue in the Philippines in 2006, and the Yogyakarta Dialogue in Indonesia in 2004.

An independent marine scientists' report into the environmental effects of the Montara oil spill says a systematic, long-term monitoring effort is the only way to ascertain the true impacts of the spill on the region's biodiversity. Water sampling and other environmental monitoring also continues in the region of the oil spill but as I have said repeatedly I remain very concerned about this spill and the long term impacts on the environment. However I am determined that the environmental impacts of this spill are properly assessed and the long term monitoring plan I have commissioned will help ensure that happens.

Friday 30 October 2009. Darwin has recorded the hottest ever month of daytime temperatures at the official observing site at Darwin Airport. The highest maximum temperature ever recorded at Darwin Airport occurred on the 18th October 1982 when the mercury reached 38.9&degC.