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Tracy cared for hundreds of injured kangaroos. One case led to a criminal conviction
A former WIRES volunteer convicted of aggravated animal cruelty over her care of an injured kangaroo has vowed to appeal, saying the decision puts all wildlife carers at risk.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Everything you need to know about Labor’s home battery promise
One in three households have solar panels but only one in 40 have a home battery. That could be about to change.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The beauty and the terror of the inland sea flooding the outback
Floodwaters from “exceptional” monsoonal rains in western Queensland were devastating for many graziers but are already breathing new life into the normally dry landscapes of the interior.
- by Nick O'Malley and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Wildlife
From nuisance to mascot, the true history of Sydney’s bin chicken
The much-derided white ibis wasn’t always a city-slicker. But now it calls Sydney home, a rare case of a metropolis being the saviour of a threatened species.
- by Antone Martinho-Truswell
Source of ‘disgusting’ grime balls that closed Sydney beaches revealed
The state’s environmental watchdog has blamed Sydney Water’s ageing sewerage network as the likely source of thousands of the greasy black spheres.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Dingoes to be collared in contentious bid to protect sheep
The Victorian Farmers Federation has argued dingoes should be fitted with collars that can deliver an electric shock when they approach private property.
- by Bianca Hall
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