Gas tax protest Lyon

Posted November 18, 2018 00:45:05 People block a road in a protest against fuel taxes in the centre of Lyon, central France, on Saturday, November 17, 2018. French interior ministry officials say that one protester has been killed and and more than 40 injured as demonstrators block roads around France to protest gas price increases.

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Great Australian Bight deep sea survey discovers other-worldly marine life

Posted November 26, 2018 06:19:35 Photo: The survey’s data is the deepest systematic sampling of Australian waters. (Supplied: Marine Biodiversity Records) With oil exploration looming on the horizon for the Great Australian Bight, stakeholders felt it was an important time to learn more about the species that call the rough waters off Australia’s southern coastline

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Hendrick 'Jacko' Scheltens

Posted November 20, 2018 08:52:18 Resident Hendrick ‘Jacko’ Scheltens says the news of having to leave his home of 15 years felt like a ‘kick in the guts’ ABC North West: Kendall O’Connor Topics: older-people, human-interest, people, community-and-society, regional, occupational-health-and-safety, weather, building-and-construction, local-government, port-hedland-6721, south-hedland-6722 Source link

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'A kick in the guts': Elderly residents told to leave their unsafe homes

Posted November 20, 2018 08:52:18 Photo: Resident Hendrick ‘Jacko’ Scheltens says the news of having to leave his home of 15 years felt like a ‘kick in the guts’. (ABC North West: Kendall O’Connor) Related Story: Population cap introduced at world’s largest bulk-handling port amid dust concerns Related Story: Population cap introduced at world’s largest

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