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Rabbit plague looms amid calls for new biocontrols

Rabbit plague looms amid calls for new biocontrols

Australia's rabbit population is on the rise, with conservation groups warning urgent funding is needed to develop new biological control measures.

Backyard orchard bearing fruit for remote residents

Backyard orchard bearing fruit for remote residents

Backyard orchard bearing fruit for remote residents

Backyard orchard bearing fruit for remote residents

A backyard orchard is proving wrong the myth that remote regions are barren, sparking a mission to bring productive gardens to communities across Australia.

Towering presence, missing minister as PM visits reef

Towering presence, missing minister as PM visits reef

Towering presence, missing minister as PM visits reef

Towering presence, missing minister as PM visits reef

One of Labor's tallest candidates has made a splash at the prime minister's Great Barrier Reef stop, while the spectre of a missing minister haunted the event.

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Hidden water study raises Antarctic melting alarm

Hidden water study raises Antarctic melting alarm

The rate of ice melting in Antarctica could be underestimated by current scientific models, according to research examining the role of subglacial water flows.

Doggy delight: wildlife detectors sniff out rare dragon

Doggy delight: wildlife detectors sniff out rare dragon

A team of wildlife detection dogs have been trained to sniff out a rare species of lizard, which was long thought to be extinct until its rediscovery.

Aussies embrace once 'nerdy' hobby as top bird revealed

Aussies embrace once 'nerdy' hobby as top bird revealed

Australia’s largest citizen science event has revealed a prismatic parrot as the country's most frequent flier and a message to shed birdwatching's stigma.

Marine climate projects might do more harm than good

Marine climate projects might do more harm than good

Potential environmental damage from a growing number of marine climate projects should be scrutinised more carefully before approval, a study says.

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Battle over salmon farming law change spills into court

Battle over salmon farming law change spills into court

Battle over salmon farming law change spills into court

Battle over salmon farming law change spills into court

Bob Brown's environmental group has lodged a legal challenge against federal law changes to protect salmon farming in a remote harbour.

'Wake up': farmers face more pressure on deforestation

'Wake up': farmers face more pressure on deforestation

'Wake up': farmers face more pressure on deforestation

'Wake up': farmers face more pressure on deforestation

Glenn Morris, a farmer and an environmentalist, says crackdowns on deforestation can't come soon enough as the cattle industry faces increased scrutiny.

Fears of reduction in promised koala park coming 'soon'

Fears of reduction in promised koala park coming 'soon'

Fears of reduction in promised koala park coming 'soon'

Fears of reduction in promised koala park coming 'soon'

Conservation groups have expressed concerns over the eventual size of a promised Great Koala National Park, with a decision expected "soon enough".

More birds and more shooting in duck hunting season

More birds and more shooting in duck hunting season

More birds and more shooting in duck hunting season

More birds and more shooting in duck hunting season

The Victorian government is pushing ahead with a longer duck hunting season which also allows shooters to bag more birds.

Industry shoots down calls to axe native logging

Industry shoots down calls to axe native logging

Industry shoots down calls to axe native logging

Industry shoots down calls to axe native logging

Native loggers have rejected claims Australia can rid itself of the practice by replacing it with plantations, arguing it would result in irresponsible imports.

Mining state moves to become 'conservation superpower'

Mining state moves to become 'conservation superpower'

Mining state moves to become 'conservation superpower'

Mining state moves to become 'conservation superpower'

Endangered species are being given hope as a state better known for mining adds an area equivalent to the size of Tasmania to its conservation estate.

'Summer from hell' sparks reef coral bleaching fears

'Summer from hell' sparks reef coral bleaching fears

'Summer from hell' sparks reef coral bleaching fears

'Summer from hell' sparks reef coral bleaching fears

Experts are bracing for the impact of another hot summer on the Great Barrier Reef after it suffered its worst coral bleaching of 2024.

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Woodside gas project given WA environmental approval

After six years of assessment and hundreds of appeals against it, a massive Woodside gas project has been given WA environmental approval to operate until 2070.

Coral spawning program hailed a great success for reef

Scientists have used an Australian-made coral restoration technique called Coral IVF to boost the outcome of the Great Barrier Reef's annual coral spawning.

Logging protest charges against Bob Brown get the chop

Prosecutors have dropped an anti-logging protest charge levelled at former Greens leader Bob Brown, citing legal deficiencies in the case.

Vast seagrass nursery to rejuvenate wild Reef meadows

A huge seagrass nursery has been built in central Queensland to supply food to endangered animals and remove pollutants from the Great Barrier Reef.

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Brumbies cull wins tick of approval, but rift remains

A major culling operation of feral horses in the Australian Alps has won cross-party backing but an unlikely coalition of MPs say it is not ethically justified.

Harbour cash splash turns into political fish fight

Conservation groups say the federal government's plan to save an endangered fish doesn't address the issues while the opposition says workers face uncertainty.

Turtle shell shock as chemicals pose population risk

Scientists are warning about the impacts of forever chemicals on animals after a CSIRO study showed alarming health affects on freshwater turtles.

Momentum building to protect Great Australian Bight

The SA government and a senior Mirning Elder have joined calls for the Great Australian Bight and its marine life to be protected from oil and gas drilling.

Victoria blows past federal rejection of renewables hub

A terminal to support Victoria's offshore wind ambitions is still under consideration, flying in the face of a 2023 federal rejection.

'Armageddon': the cultural cost of disturbing Gunlom

A precedent in sacred site law could have other jurisdictions looking to the NT after the Jawoyn people won the long-running Gunlom Falls court battle.

Free as a bird: orphaned cassowary returns to the wild

An orphaned baby southern cassowary has been successfully rehabilitated and released into the wild in north Queensland.

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