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'Argumentative' Bob Brown guilty after logging protest

'Argumentative' Bob Brown guilty after logging protest

Veteran environmentalist and former Greens leader Bob Brown has been found guilty of trespassing over an anti-forestry protest in Tasmania.

SOS for Queen Mary's help after famed activist arrested

SOS for Queen Mary's help after famed activist arrested

SOS for Queen Mary's help after famed activist arrested

SOS for Queen Mary's help after famed activist arrested

Tasmanian-born Queen Mary of Denmark must intervene after the arrest of anti-whaling campaigner Captain Paul Watson, former Greens leader Bob Brown says.

Land clearing taking a deadly toll on wildlife: report

Land clearing taking a deadly toll on wildlife: report

Land clearing taking a deadly toll on wildlife: report

Land clearing taking a deadly toll on wildlife: report

A report by Greenpeace and the RSPCA has found 100 million native animals are displaced, hurt or killed in Queensland and NSW each year due to land clearing.

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Invasive weed found to be rare rodent's top menu choice

Invasive weed found to be rare rodent's top menu choice

A threatened rodent that only survives on offshore islands has a preference for one of Australia’s most invasive weeds for its food and shelter, research shows.

'Huge win' as Jabiluka uranium mine lease rejected

'Huge win' as Jabiluka uranium mine lease rejected

The rejection of a 10-year lease renewal bid on the Jabiluka uranium mine is being heralded by traditional owners as the end of a decades-long fight.

Nature repair cheap at $7.3 billion a year: scientists

Nature repair cheap at $7.3 billion a year: scientists

Australia's ailing environment needs $7.3 billion a year to claw its way back to health but scientists say that's cheap and doing nothing will cost much more.

Australia to simulate arrival of deadly bird flu

Australia to simulate arrival of deadly bird flu

Agriculture ministers have agreed to hold a national planning drill to make sure Australia is ready for the possible arrival of the deadly H5 bird flu strain.

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Illegal firewood thieves prosper as living costs bite

Illegal firewood thieves prosper as living costs bite

Illegal firewood thieves prosper as living costs bite

Illegal firewood thieves prosper as living costs bite

Victorians buying firewood are being urged to ask where it comes from amid evidence native trees are being illegally logged by poachers from parks and forests.

NSW government reveals plans to fix broken nature laws

NSW government reveals plans to fix broken nature laws

NSW government reveals plans to fix broken nature laws

NSW government reveals plans to fix broken nature laws

Two key recommendations of the Henry review have been pushed aside but the NSW government says it's plan to fix the nature crisis will still work.

Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Australia is allowing a foreign super trawler to harvest a threatened fish species off Tasmania, amid serious concerns about a population crash.

Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia's environment ministers are accused of being missing in action and doing little to get ready for the impacts of bird flu on native wildlife.

Pristine islands off Antarctic get wider protected zone

Pristine islands off Antarctic get wider protected zone

Pristine islands off Antarctic get wider protected zone

Pristine islands off Antarctic get wider protected zone

Expansion of protected seas around pristine subantarctic islands has been welcomed by conservationists, but fears remain over the impact of commercial fishing.

Smallest ever baby blue whale captured on camera

Smallest ever baby blue whale captured on camera

Smallest ever baby blue whale captured on camera

Smallest ever baby blue whale captured on camera

A pygmy blue whale calf spotted with its mother off Australia's west coast is the smallest of the marine mammal species ever observed.

Zoo centre helping frogs, lizards survive climate peril

Zoo centre helping frogs, lizards survive climate peril

Zoo centre helping frogs, lizards survive climate peril

Zoo centre helping frogs, lizards survive climate peril

Critically endangered frogs and lizards are among dozens of species being looked after in a new three-storey conservation centre launched at Sydney's major zoo.

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Maggot-munching goannas can help sheep with flystrike

Australia's giant lizards can reduce flystrike in sheep by clearing maggot-ridden animal carcasses from the landscape, according to Australian and UK research.

MONA queen's forest foray has aura of ambiguity

It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.

Feral cats pose persistent problem for island 'rewild'

Indigenous managers of lungtalanana, an island in Bass Strait, want extra funding to help tackle feral cats as part of a project to return native species.

Mining puts enormous koala habitat area at risk: study

Koalas face losing an area of habitat 17,000 times the size of the Gabba if proposed coal mines in central Queensland go ahead, a study says.

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Calls for federal carbon capture ban after Qld decision

Queensland's decision to ban carbon capture and storage projects in the Great Artesian Basin has sparked calls for the federal government to follow suit.

Barrier Reef waters still loaded with farm pollutants

Australia won't make key water quality targets meant to protect the health of the Great Barrier Reef, a new report shows.

Remote island's 'miraculous' pest-free transformation

Macquarie Island is flourishing after a world-leading eradication program resulted in the sub-Antarctic outpost being declared free of pests in 2014.

Court action launched over endangered glider's death

The death of an endangered greater glider near firebreak work in a Victorian national park has sparked court action to protect their habitat trees.

Logging changes leave glider in hot water

Rules designed to protect endangered greater gliders have been changed after the Forestry Corporation raised concerns about NSW's wood supplies.

Threatened species get $24 million funding boost

The environment minister has announced $24 million for projects that will help 73 of the more than 2000 species that are threatened in Australia.

Wombat burrows help other critters survive after fires

Camera traps have shown wombat burrows are hot property after bushfires, with animals using them for shelter and as drinking stations after rain.

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