Receiving you loud & clear …: Not so long ago, the best way to get a phone line in the outback was by stripping some iron wire from the nearest fence. Now even remote sheep stations have entered the information age Features
Mystery of the missing mammals: Why has the arid outback of central Australia lost more mammals in modern times than any other place on Earth? Features
Arguing till the cows come home: The controversial milk hormone BST has been declared safe for cows and humans throughout Europe and the US. but research has raised new doubts News
Receiving you loud & clear …: Not so long ago, the best way to get a phone line in the outback was by stripping some iron wire from the nearest fence. Now even remote sheep stations have entered the information age Features
Mystery of the missing mammals: Why has the arid outback of central Australia lost more mammals in modern times than any other place on Earth? Features
The thalidomide hero – in his own write: Killing the Messenger by William McBride, Eldorado, Cremona, New South Wales, pp 287, A$34.95 Books & Arts
Home of the cow car wash: Tomorrow’s World by Michael Soker. Associated Publishing Corporation, pp 224, A$39.95 Books & Arts
Arnhem Land’s Aboriginal art galleries: Journey in Time by George Chaloupka, Reed, pp 256, A$85 Books & Arts
Lessons from the red continent: The future eaters by Tim Flannery, Reed Books Australia, pp 423, A$39.95 Books & Arts