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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.

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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

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.

Plastic coffee cups tamped out in nation-first ban

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

'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.

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Major victory claimed over yellow crazy ant threat

Major victory claimed over yellow crazy ant threat

Major victory claimed over yellow crazy ant threat

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

No further asbestos detected in Qld mulch supplies

No further asbestos detected in Qld mulch supplies

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.

Energy consumers to plug power gap, get fairer share

Energy consumers to plug power gap, get fairer share

Energy consumers to plug power gap, get fairer share

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

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

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

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

Net free fishing ban areas extended in Gulf

Net free fishing ban areas extended in Gulf

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 bees defy evolution to cover Sydney-sized area

Invasive bees defy evolution to cover Sydney-sized area

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

Deadline blows out to clean up asbestos ground zero

Deadline blows out to clean up asbestos ground zero

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.

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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.

'People forget': experts chart year of extreme weather

Scientists have released a snapshot of the extreme weather events that hit Australia and hope it will get people to focus on preparing for what's ahead.

Training rolled out to improve state emergency response

Training exercises on mass fish kills, dam failures and mass casualty events will be rolled out to NSW emergency crews in a bid to improve disaster responses.

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Green mining could be dynamite for new hydrogen sector

Australia could usher in the next boom by switching ammonia production plants from gas to renewable hydrogen to supply the mining sector with green explosives.

Asbestos tainted mulch might have been sent to school

More than 20 Queensland sites have been supplied mulch that might contain asbestos after the hazardous material was detected at a site west of Brisbane.

Australia needs more time for electric car move: Toyota

Car makers need more time to adapt to the federal government’s proposed rules for vehicle emissions, Toyota says, as it launches an Australian EV.

Focus on agriculture and conservation for field days

Farmers will be encouraged to take advantage of their natural capital and learn about the role agriculture has to play in conservation during the two-day event.

Apple steers away from electric car project, towards AI

Apple has reportedly put the brakes on plans to create a self-driving car in a move experts say is recognition of the tricky tech challenge.

More evidence of extensive summer bleaching on reef

Helicopter surveys have revealed extensive coral bleaching at almost 50 sites on the southern Great Barrier Reef.

Mite species harmful to bee industry detected at port

An invasive species that can wipe out honey bees has been detected at a Queensland port, sparking anxiety among keepers after hives were infected across NSW.

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