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February

Labor is assessing 176,000 hectares of state forest for possible protection.

Union warning on koala park a dilemma for Labor

Frontier Economics says the timber industry can adjust and end native forest logging, but the Australian Workers Union is fighting to keep it.

June 2024

The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are located in the United States, along the coast of northern California.

Why we should embrace tall-tree tourism

Only 34 per cent of the world’s surviving forests are old-growth ones, and many are under threat. If California’s Redwood National Park is anything to go by, there is hope, however.

February 2024

Dennis Barnes

Inside Snowy 2.0: getting a $12b mega-project back on track

The Florence tunnel boring machine will need to pick up the pace to 12-15 metres a day to stay on target as the scheme pursues Australia’s renewables dream.

September 2023

Inside the Florence tunnel boring machine that has been essentially stuck in soft ground at the Snowy 2.0 construction project for almost a year.

‘Bugger all’: Florence the machine’s progress at $12b Snowy 2.0

The 2000-tonne tunnel boring machine has been almost at a standstill for about a year, contributing to the cost blowouts and delays at the Snowy 2.0 project.

August 2023

Exploration geologist John Holliday inspects the rock core drilled at Trundle in NSW.

A shake-up is coming for this crucial mining code

More disclosures about native title are also being considered as part of a review of the rules, which underpin the credibility of pre-revenue resource plays.

July 2022

Sydney Parklands Trust chairman Michael Rose at Callan Park.

Can this lawyer save a decaying park from its lovers?

Former Allens chief executive Michael Rose has two years to convince the inner west that business will not spoil a large, decaying park.

February 2022

Former Telstra chief executive David Thodey (right) and former senior public servant Martin Parkinson are the new co-chairs of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

Thodey to pursue sustainable funding model for Great Barrier Reef

Former Telstra boss David Thodey, a new chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, said there needs to be new long-term sustainable funding model to save the natural wonder.

December 2020

The Smoky Cape Lighthouse

The perfect 2021 getaway is a lighthouse. Here are six of the best

Long revered as places of great solitude and intense reflection, the nation's many lighthouse cottage stays have never been more on trend.

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