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Some green shoots ahead for agricultural production

Some green shoots ahead for agricultural production

Agricultural production is expected to rebound slightly for 2024/25 following predicted falls of 15 per cent to $80 billion for 2023/24.

East Timor confident of settling years-long gas dispute

East Timor confident of settling years-long gas dispute

East Timor confident of settling years-long gas dispute

East Timor confident of settling years-long gas dispute

East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão says Australia is more "open-minded" under Anthony Albanese about the future of the Greater Sunrise gas project.

Beekeepers to help keep track of invasive species

Beekeepers to help keep track of invasive species

Beekeepers to help keep track of invasive species

Beekeepers to help keep track of invasive species

Beekeepers will play a role in tracking invasive species as part of a multi million dollar investment to protect Australia's biosecurity.

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Fire ants could cost 'half a COVID' every year

Fire ants could cost 'half a COVID' every year

Analysts have offered a staggering new assessment of what Australia could lose to fire ants.

Three charged after protest chaos on busy city bridge

Three charged after protest chaos on busy city bridge

Protesters have been charged after climate group Extinction Rebellion used a hire truck to block traffic on a major Melbourne bridge.

New images show extent of Barrier Reef coral bleaching

New images show extent of Barrier Reef coral bleaching

New footage has been released showing widespread coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, spanning 1100km from Lizard Island to the Keppel Islands.

Big end of town ready but push back on climate regime

Big end of town ready but push back on climate regime

Most directors are worried about climate change risks but could get extra time to prepare for more thorough financial disclosure and transition planning.

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Electric cars crash Aussie records but utes top charts

Electric cars crash Aussie records but utes top charts

Electric cars crash Aussie records but utes top charts

Electric cars crash Aussie records but utes top charts

Australians snapped up more electric cars during February than ever before, new figures show, but diesel utes dominated the ranks of most popular models.

Doctors, nurses make emergency call on federal budget

Doctors, nurses make emergency call on federal budget

Doctors, nurses make emergency call on federal budget

Doctors, nurses make emergency call on federal budget

More than 40 health groups have called on the government to make climate and health funding a priority after services were challenged by extreme weather.

Fire ants inquiry shines light on decades of failure

Fire ants inquiry shines light on decades of failure

Fire ants inquiry shines light on decades of failure

Fire ants inquiry shines light on decades of failure

Australia's efforts to eradicate deadly fire ants have been savaged by former insiders and the woman who led a review that was buried.

Energy firm drives heavy duty electric vehicle plans

Energy firm drives heavy duty electric vehicle plans

Energy firm drives heavy duty electric vehicle plans

Energy firm drives heavy duty electric vehicle plans

One of the nation's biggest power distributors has started adopting electric trucks as part of a plan to drive change in other firms.

'Energy from waste' licence milestone for cleaner paper

'Energy from waste' licence milestone for cleaner paper

'Energy from waste' licence milestone for cleaner paper

'Energy from waste' licence milestone for cleaner paper

Energy-rich waste from a paper mill will be turned into power instead of landfill as regional economies and heavy industries look for new ways to survive.

What a load of rubbish: Clean Up Australia going strong

What a load of rubbish: Clean Up Australia going strong

What a load of rubbish: Clean Up Australia going strong

What a load of rubbish: Clean Up Australia going strong

As one state bans harmful coffee cups, people across the country have mucked in and picked up plastic waste and cigarette butts for Clean Up Australia Day.

Electric wreck picked to bits in pursuit of fire safety

Electric wreck picked to bits in pursuit of fire safety

Electric wreck picked to bits in pursuit of fire safety

Electric wreck picked to bits in pursuit of fire safety

Firefighters have dismantled a burnt-out electric car to confirm how it caught fire, but experts say incidents are far less frequent than people might expect.

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Plastic coffee cups tamped out in nation-first ban

Caffeine addicts will have to get used to compostable cups or bring their own after Australia's first ban on plastic-lined takeaway coffee cups took effect.

'Smug' energy attitudes holding Australia back: pioneer

An Australian offshore wind pioneer urges less politics and more investment in a nation that's been "smug" about energy for far too long.

Major victory claimed over yellow crazy ant threat

In a big win over the acid-spitting threat, Queensland is celebrating the world's largest single eradication of yellow crazy ants.

No further asbestos detected in Qld mulch supplies

Only one positive asbestos result has been returned from 23 waste facilities and landscape businesses after concerns of an outbreak in Queensland's southeast.

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Energy consumers to plug power gap, get fairer share

Ministers have agreed on steps to fill the nation's energy gap but a former deputy central bank governor says $625 billion in clean energy investment is needed.

Step-in threat as state on notice over feral horse cull

A zero-tolerance approach to feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park has been flagged by the federal government if culling fails to stop environmental harm.

Net free fishing ban areas extended in Gulf

Fishing with gillnets will be prohibited in more areas of the Gulf of Carpentaria under reforms by the Queensland government that are set to be enforced.

Invasive bees defy evolution to cover Sydney-sized area

Invasive Asian honey bees have defied evolutionary expectations to grow from a single swarm into more than 10,000 colonies in Queensland, researchers say.

Deadline blows out to clean up asbestos ground zero

The closure of a park less than a month after it opened because of contaminated mulch kicked off an asbestos scandal that has spread outside NSW.

Conservationists round on premier over logging bid

A plan by Tasmania's Liberal government to go big on native forest logging when other states are bugging out has dismayed conservationists.

Forest wars flare after pledge to grow native logging

Native forestry in Tasmania will be expanded if the Liberal government is re-elected at the upcoming state election on March 23.

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