Skills boost for rural schools
Source: Victoria. Minister for Education Services. Media Release
"“The Rural Retraining Program is just one of the initiatives the Bracks Government has put in place to ensure that schools in rural areas can continue to offer the full range of high-quality programs to students.”

Major leap forward for WA wave-energy technology
Source: Western Australia. Minister for Energy. Media Release
"Energy Minister Francis Logan today unveiled the first of nine pre-commercialisation wave-energy units that will be installed in the ocean off North Fremantle and thoroughly tested over the next year. The company has advised that one unit can produce about one million litres of fresh water every day and has the capacity to generate 180kW of clean electricity. An array of 100 units could supply 45 gigalitres of fresh water or enough electricity to supply 20,000 households."

State Government acts to protect the health of NSW groundwater systems
Source: New South Wales. Minister for Resources. Media Release
"The NSW Government is taking pro-active steps to protect the health of the state’s groundwater systems by placing embargoes on new groundwater licences for a further 12 groundwater systems."