National Science Week is wrapping up, showing why science is so important in our daily lives. 

More than 2000 researchers took science and technology to the streets, but it reached the sky and space.

An astrophysicist says space is giving lots of information applicable to Earth.

National Science Week is wrapping up, showing why science is so important in our daily lives.&nbsp;
More than 2000 researchers took science and technology to the streets, but it reached the sky and space.
An astrophysicist says space is giving lots of information applicable to Earth.

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From Earth to space: National Science Week 2026

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Six councils, community members, health, wine and business representatives, joined forces on the steps of SA's Parliament calling for a permanent ban on fracking in south Australia's Limestone Coast. 

The collective, presented an open letter urging politicians to reject state government plans to overturn a 10-year moratorium to end a ban on conventional gas fracking in the region two years early.  

The SA Labor government have maintained the move wouldn't approve fracking in the South-East with proposals still subject regulatory processes.  

Six councils, community members, health, wine and business representatives, joined forces on the steps of SA's Parliament calling for a permanent ban on fracking in south Australia's Limestone Coast.&nbsp;
The collective, presented an open letter urging politicians to reject state government plans to overturn a 10-year moratorium to end a ban on conventional gas fracking in the region two years early.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The SA Labor government have maintained the move wouldn't approve fracking in the South-East with proposals still subject regulatory processes.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Community pushes for permanent fracking ban in Limestone Coast 

This week, The Wire covered the Central Australian Heat Resilience Summit, a forum where communities, researchers, and organisations discussed how heat is affecting the region. 

One of the topics discussed  at the summit is how homelessness is affected by extreme heat, presented by Director of Climate and Homelessness at Byabarra Jon Swain.

This week, The Wire covered the Central Australian Heat Resilience Summit, a forum where communities, researchers, and organisations discussed how heat is affecting the region. One of the topics discussed&nbsp; at the summit is how homelessness is affected by extreme heat, presented by Director of Climate and Homelessness at Byabarra Jon Swain.

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