South Australia

Australia is sweltering under record-breaking temperatures as an extreme heat wave continues to sweep across the country, causing wildlife to die and fruit to cook from the inside out.

The past four days are in Australia's top ten warmest days on record, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said in a tweet on Wednesday, with all of the country's eight states and territories affected.

Australians are suffering a brutal post-Christmas heatwave, with temperatures in most parts of the country's southeast up to 14 degrees Celsius (24 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the average for this time of year, reported CNN. 

Some 50,000 homes in South Australia will receive solar panels and Tesla batteries, the state government announced on Feb. 4, in a landmark plan to turn houses into a giant, interconnected power plant.

Tesla has completed construction of the world's largest lithium ion battery in Australia, putting it on track to meet a 100-day deadline for switching the battery packs on, the South Australian government said on Thursday, quoted by Reuters.

Born and raised in South Australia, musician and bouzouki player Con Dalagiorgos has officially opened the first bouzouki school in Australia, hoping to share his knowledge, experience and passion for Greek music.

Dominant Dutch team “Nuon” Thursday won an epic 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across Australia’s outback for the third-straight year in an innovative contest showcasing new vehicle technology.

An interesting article from Australia about mining activities there and the similarities with our case:

An Australian court dealt on Sept. 20 a blow to a planned Aus$8.6 billion ($6.9 billion) merger of gambling giants Tabcorp and Tatts, ordering a review of the deal following competition concerns.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised back in March that his electric car company, which also owns solar energy provider SolarCity, could help the state of South Australia with its routine weather-caused blackout issues.

He is lecturing in Slovenia on November 11 on the occasion of Annual Presidents' Forum at IEDC-Bled School of Management. Joe Peppard is a Professor at ESMT, Germany, where he designs, directs and teaches on customized executive development and intervention programs for customers such as ThyssenKrupp, Bosch, E.ON, and Munich-Re.