Australia

Australia allows migrant workers for mining projects

25 May 2012

AUSTRALIA will open its booming natural resources sector to short-term foreign workers for the first time under a new immigration scheme aimed at easing a chronic labour shortage that has sent wages and companies' costs soaring.

New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia

25 May 2012

Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday.

Australia and South Africa to share world’s biggest telescope

25 May 2012

Australia and South Africa are to share the world’s biggest telescope – the Square Kilometre Array.