Poultry industry hails potential to avoid male chick cull
Poultry industry hails potential to avoid male chick cull CATHERINE HARRIS Last updated 12:40, June 12 2016 FAITH SUTHERLAND/FAIRFAX NZ A hatchery at Feilding's A & P at work. Fewer male chicks may have to be destroyed if new technology prevails. New Zealand's poultry industry is keeping a close eye on emerging technology which could stop male chickens in the egg industry having to b..>> view originalElectric vehicle uptake in Australia held back by price, infrastructure
Video will begin in 5 seconds. The electric school run The Sundaraj children are dropped off at school in their $125,000 electric car. PT2M31S 620 349 There was a time Belinda Sundaraj and her husband spent $100 a fortnight on petrol for the family car.Now, the couple spends just $245 a year to charge their electric car, giving them enough juice for 15,000 kilometres. Pia Peterson's company has four electric cars. Photo: Louise Kennerley Th..>> view originalCopper's bearish turn bodes ill
Molten copper flows from a furnace into a ladle at the Aurubis metals plant in Hamburg, Germany Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg Photo: Martin Leissl Dr. Copper's health has taken a turn for the worse.After a brief rally this year, evidence is piling up that prices are going to head lower. This week, warehouses tracked by the London Metal Exchange saw the biggest increase in metal than than any time in the past decade. Copper prices on the LME have dropp..>> view originalSydney storm aftermath: Homes at risk in 15 coastal erosion hotspots
Collaroy residents property damage0:41Inside Collaroy residents property and the damage to her house and neighbouring properties. Courtesy: Zaza Silk THEY are the honey-pot neighbourhoods that come with a nasty sting.Fifteen areas containing at least 75 homes have been red-flagged along the NSW coast as “erosion hot-spots” at risk during a major storm.The list of zones containing “five houses or more” or a public road was first drafted by the state government in 2010.Seaweed piled up on Manly B..>> view originalWorker co-ops may be the solution to pitfalls of the sharing economy
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Uberfication of the workforce Joellen Riley, the Dean of Law at Sydney University talks about her concerns of the workers conditions in the sharing economy. PT3M3S 620 349 Workers are being urged to form co-operatives they collectively own to protect their entitlements and to out-do Uber and Airtasker at their own game.US lawyer Janelle Orsi, who was in Sydney at Vivid Ideas last week, said the business model used by Uber, Airtasker and Airbnb ..>> view originalOpposition challenges government on fare review funding
The state opposition has warned of more taxes and cuts to south-east Queensland's public transport network following the Palaszczuk government's long-awaited release of it fare review. Train travel in south-east Queensland will be cheaper from next January. Photo: Michelle Smith The measures adopted as a result of the review would see fares cut across the network, which would be reduced from 23 to eight zones, from January next year.Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said, based on "..>> view originalMonash Freeway: Trucks slowed to 90kph on stretch of Melbourne road in trial to prevent accidents
Monash Freeway: Trucks slowed to 90kph on stretch of Melbourne road in trial to prevent accidents Updated June 12, 2016 10:50:17 Trucks travelling on sections of Melbourne's Monash Freeway will be restricted to 90 kilometre per hour (kph) speed limits under an 18-month trial to make the road safer. Key points:Trucks to be slowed between Jacksons and Huntingdale roadsSix-month trial will allow speeds up to 100kph for cars between Ashburton and ToorakChanges may be rolle..>> view original
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