Sharks not overlooked in WA budget and other top stories.

• Sharks not overlooked in WA budget

  

  Sharks not overlooked in WA budgetAAPMay 9, 2016 4:30PMSavePrint More than $1.5 million will be spent on shark detection and mitigation by the West Australian government in its budget.Fisheries minister Joe Francis said on Monday $495,000 would be spent on replacing up to 18 shark receivers off the WA coast, while $400,000 would be allocated for two new beach enclosures in Perth's north."People want to feel safe when they swim, it's a massive coastline in WA, we can't protect everyone everywher..

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• Cutting to the core: CSIRO to end long-standing Antarctic ice, air research

  

  EXCLUSIVE Australia's Aurora Australis at work in the Antarctic. Photo: Mike Zupanc, Australian Antarctic Division CSIRO plans to close its ice lab and cease key Antarctic science activities, moves that scientists warn will damage Australia's international partnerships and run counter to a new $2 billion-plus government plan for the region.Staff in CSIRO's key climate science units within its Oceans & Atmosphere division will be told as early as Monday where ..

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• Vodafone offers govt $594m for 700 MHz

  

  Vodafone has offered the Australian government more than half a billion dollars for a slice of the 700 MHz spectrum it declined to bid for in the Commonwealth's 2013 spectrum auction. The telco's decision not to participate in the 2013 auction left Telstra, Optus and TPG to snap up almost $2 billion of the 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands on sale. However, 30 MHz of the 700 MHz on offer was passed in, leaving the government holding around $1 billion worth of spectrum in the band. At the time it said i..

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• Samsung Has Australia's First 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Player, And It's On Sale Now

  

  Here’s the first 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player that you can actually go out and buy. Along with the discs that are already on sale, the Samsung UBD-K8500 is your first — and only — option to watch the new 4K Blu-rays that are by far the most detailed, lifelike and colourful movies you’ve ever seen. AU Editor’s Note: We’re going to be using the terms ‘4K’, ‘Ultra HD’ and ‘4K Ultra HD Blu-ray’ pretty interchangeably in the future, but rest assured you’ll always find our coverage of the new 4K Blu-ra..

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