Telstra, Salinity & Online Voting
The Federal Opposition has forced Telstra into disclosing an embarrassing cover up, revealing a backlog of 20,000 faults on its telephone network Australia-wide.
Two six tonne 'flower pots' at Wagga Wagga are being used by CSIRO researchers working towards a solution for the problem of dryland salinity. The huge pots, or lysimeters, are used to measure the consumption of water by crops.
The $6.2 million Pentagon program designed to let Americans living overseas vote online received only 84 ballots last year. An estimated six million Americans are currently living overseas. That means the experiment — which the Pentagon describes as a success — spent $74,000 per voter.
Two six tonne 'flower pots' at Wagga Wagga are being used by CSIRO researchers working towards a solution for the problem of dryland salinity. The huge pots, or lysimeters, are used to measure the consumption of water by crops.
The $6.2 million Pentagon program designed to let Americans living overseas vote online received only 84 ballots last year. An estimated six million Americans are currently living overseas. That means the experiment — which the Pentagon describes as a success — spent $74,000 per voter.
