Issue 2005 June 18
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QUARANTINE: Pork industry wins major court victory
A Federal Judge has warned that allowing pork meat imports into Australia would virtually guarantee, within 10 years, the outbreak among Australian pig herds of the devastating Post-Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS).Imported pork, which has been flooding the Australian market, looks set to be banned on quarantine grounds after a landmark ruling in the Federal Court.Imports have been coming from countries where a…
Debunking myths about the Great Barrier Reef
Claims of human-induced threats to the Great Barrier Reef have been grossly exaggerated, argues Prof. Walter Starck, one of the world’s pioneering investigators of coral reefs. For over 50 years, Professor Walter Starck has done extensive research world-wide on over-fished reefs, sustainably-fished reefs and unfished reefs. His work has involved the discovery of much of what scientists now know about reef biology. In…
