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...also throughout Asia, North America and New Zealand. "Although a glossary of Australian idiom is provided in the program," noted the New York Times in 1988, "the pain and burdens Mr. Gow's characters carry with them really need no translation." And as a 20th anniversary staging by the Queensland Theatre Company and Griffin (which returned the play to its stage birthplace in Sydney last week) makes clear, the magic still carries. Under Gow's own direction, his characters effortlessly take on the weight of the world?and spirit audiences away...
...technologies will soon make it possible to burn coal-of which Australia has a 300-year supply-with a minimal release of carbon dioxide. Victoria, Queensland and the federal government have pledged almost $A1 billion to develop these technologies, which could make coal-fired plants as greenhouse-friendly as nuclear ones...
...Unlike its uranium, Australia's fossil fuel reserves underpin huge domestic industries. Opponents say nuclear power would put thousands of jobs at risk. It's largely for economic reasons that the premiers of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland have vowed not to lift their states' nuclear bans. Queensland Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce agreed: "I can't see the logic of promoting competition to my state's major export...
Rosemary morley doesn't deny that Toowoomba's water problem is grim. Like everyone else in this parched southeast Queensland city, she's been living with tough water restrictions for nearly three years. But the 60-year-old former president of the local chamber of commerce is sure she's being duped by Toowoomba authorities when it comes to a solution-and she's not alone. More than 10,000 people have signed a petition rejecting the local council's proposal to make the 95,000-strong community the first in Australia to supplement its drinking water supply by adding...
...Elsewhere, Australians are embracing water recycling as never before. Better public awareness and water restrictions in many communities have cut usage rates. The reuse of water for irrigation and industry is increasing. And a raft of recycling projects, such as Queensland's Western Corridor Recycled Water scheme-which, as the Southern Hemisphere's largest such pipeline, will supply power stations with about 110 million liters of recycled water a day from 2008-promise huge water savings. But while spraying such water on cotton crops or golf courses has widespread support, the notion of pouring it into a glass still makes...