With only two days left before the big event, a Cairns supplier of solar eclipse glasses is stocking up on his wares as he sees business to go pleasantly haywire on Wednesday.
People who wish to see the amazing two-minute solar eclipse have started gathering on the far north of Queensland. On November 14, shortly after dawn at 6:30am, the Australian sky will grow darker as the moon passes in front of the sun. Without any weather disturbance, the sky-gazers will witness a black disk in the sky with the sun’s shining halo surrounding it.
The Coalition’s defense spokesman dismissed the suggestions of his colleagues that Australia should think about acquiring nuclear submarines in replacement of the Collins-class subs. Senator David Johnston responded to reports about the senior coalition MPs claim that buying or leasing Virginia-class attack submarines, armed with conventional weapons including cruise missiles, would be backed-up by the Obama administration.
Are you a solar eclipse watcher fanatic who wants to see this year's celestial phenomenon in Australia but unfortunately can't fly to Down Under because of varied seasons? There's still good news for you because Slooh Space Camera will broadcast a free, real-time feed of the stunning total solar eclipse live from Cairns, Australia.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is trading close to the 1.0400 level after a fairly tight trading range on Friday night as markets evaluate the likelihood there will be some agreement before the "fiscal cliff" in the US is reached in January 2013.
Blue-chip stocks ended flat after a seesaw trading day Friday but were lower for the week, as investors hit the brakes on the selloff that followed the presidential election and turned their attention to the outlook for fiscal negotiations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 4.07 points higher, less than 0.1%, to 12815.39, but posted its biggest weekly loss since the week ended Oct. 12.
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet declared that Australia’s pledge to the second period of the Kyoto Protocol is not a blank check. Australia is set to sign on the second Kyoto Protocol commitment period with the order that developed and still developing countries exert effort towards a new global climate change agreement by 2015.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains keen on stepping down from her post despite efforts by re-elected President Barack Obama to keep the high-profile cabinet official as a member of his second-term team.
Young Pakistani Malala Yousufzai could soon be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize if the British government heeded calls for the fearless education advocate to be elevated among laureates of the prestigious award.
A total solar eclipse is expected to briefly envelope Cairns in darkness on Wednesday. Total eclipse chasers around the world will be gathering in this Far North Queensland city in Australia for the grand astronomical event.
A day after it was finally cleared to move forward its Malaysian rare earths processing plant, Australian miner Lynas Corp. is now rushing to gather at least $200 million to jumpstart the facility.
Fishermen folk have denounced Federal Government's zone map and details of the South Australia Marine Park bill, which specifies areas off-limits to fishing, claiming their livelihood and lives are at stake.
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has confirmed Australia will join the Kyoto 2, the second commitment period of the global Kyoto protocol agreement.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has languished just over the 1.0400 level as Australia's employment data was slightly better than expected
yesterday but financial markets continue to be more concerned about the "fiscal cliff" issue in the US.
If 18-year-old Kristen Neel of Georgia were a quiz bee contestant, she probably would easily lose if the questions were on current events.
Australians going to NT this weekend ought to brace for potential gridlocks as well as changes to their time travel itineraries as uranium miner Energy Resources Australia (ERA) prepares to transfer heavy equipment for three Saturdays starting this coming weekend from Darwin to Jabiru, at speeds of only 30kmph.
Australian miner Lynas Corp. can finally proceed in finishing the construction of its rare earths processing plant facility in Malaysia after a High Court ruled out the complaint filed by Malaysian activists against the plant.
The Australian economy pulled a pleasant surprise as government data showed the nation’s jobless rate in October steady at 5.4 per cent, veering off from economists’ projections of 5.5 per cent for the month.
Australian Queensland-based resource company Linc Energy, which has successfully formulated an underground coal gasification (UCG) technology to produce diesel and jet fuel, has pricked the interest of no less than Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
In Victoria, a two-and-a-half-year-old toddler had gone missing, but his pet dog kept him company and eventually led police to where he's gone. On the humour site 9GAG.com, photos of dogs and children are often uploaded albeit with funny captions. The cute images show a special bond between pets and kids.
U.S. President Barack Obama has extended his stay at the White House for another four years but his top diplomat, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has opted out for another tour in the Obama Cabinet come the fresh term that starts January 2013.
The Wednesday U.S. presidential election proved that a face-off looms between social media networking sites Facebook or Twitter similar to the tight battle between Democrat candidates Barack Obama and Republican bet Mitt Romney.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is almost half a US cent lower after US Obama's historic victory for a second term, as concerns about the US economy overshadowed the euphoria over the result.
Australian politicians lost no time on Wednesday in congratulating U.S. President Barack Obama for his successful reelection just hours after media reports confirmed the poll results in the U.S.
Astronomers were left shocked after witnessing a meteor flash up the California sky. The meteor was reportedly noticeable over the San Francisco Bay area as well as the other parts of Northern California.
It is a classic case of the Gillard government playing politics over exclusive economic matters, the Coalition said on Thursday, criticising a costing analysis of the opposition tax policies that made its way to media firms.
Latest findings from a study conducted by scientists at the University of Queensland in Brisbane showed slurry from farms in Australia had been contributing to the collapse of the corals in the Great Barrier Reef.
Not only had she generated millions of hits in YouTube, Prime Minister Julia Gillard acknowledged on Wednesday that she also elicited praises from key world leaders who attended the Asia-Europe Summit held in Laos.
Four Australians, two from Victoria and one each from Queensland and New South Wales, capped their respective Tuesday nights in what seemed to be a page plucked from a fairytale book. Each knew their dreams had somehow been realized with a call informing them of their lottery winnings.
The British national, whose death in 2011 caused the downfall of popular Chinese politician Bo Xilai, was tagged as a willing informant of the UK government and appeared to have played the role two years before his demise, reports said.
