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Above: Jubilee Street, Lake Douglas and the riverfront. Below: view of the trees from the footpath in front of Jubilee Street, looking towards the lake.

South Perth tiny trees to be ripped up after residents win fight to protect ‘million-dollar views’

The trees will be relocated at a cost of $30,000 after the council voted in favour of preserving the views of residents along one street.

  • Holly Thompson

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A photo of the orange-coloured pollution.

Sydney’s ‘green and clean council’ sends orange pollution into national park

A north shore council is under fire after causing pollution to leak into a national park watercourse.

  • David Barwell
The Baudin’s black cockatoo in flight.

‘Death knell’ for Baudin’s black cockatoo as conservation bid rejected

The scientific community says there could be as few as 2500 of the birds left in the wild and asks whether the government is “waiting for zero” to act.

  • Emma Young
The beloved Lancelin Lookout is collapsing as the beachfront erodes.

Coastal WA tourism town’s erosion emergency deepens as landmark washes away

Extreme coastal erosion at a much-loved coastal holiday town enters the next phase as plans for the area’s future remain mired in deep controversy.

  • Emma Young
Because nature is so vast, when we assess the negative environmental impact of one project at a time, it will often seem tiny and irrelevant.

Like ChatGPT, we need clear goals and rules. Otherwise, we could make bad decisions

We’re remarkably similar to the chatbot. But there’s one big thing we can – and need – to do differently.

  • Millie Muroi
A creek has turned bright blue.

Workers clean up Banyule Creek after chemical from North East Link works turns it bright blue

The creek’s fluorescent hue has alarmed locals, who have been urged to steer clear.

  • Hannah Hammoud and Alexander Darling
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Former Treasury head Ken Henry.

If Albanese can’t pass this test, ‘we should stop dreaming’: former Treasury boss

Ken Henry says overdue environmental reforms must happen before any thought is given to challenges facing the economy.

  • Mike Foley
Perth’s urban foxes.

Foxes without borders: How far one fox roamed across Perth in just one night

Foxes are moving startling distances across Perth suburbs, sometimes in just one night. Now after 150 turtle deaths, an unprecedented response is being launched.

  • Emma Young
Wama Foundation CEO Pippa Mott

How this former tobacco farm was transformed into art wonderland

The creative arts are flourishing in regional Victoria, and this weekend a new arts precinct opens in the shadows of the Grampians National Park.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Employment Minister Murray Watt.

Environment minister accused of breaking transparency promise on North West Shelf conditions

This masthead understands the conditions imposed on Woodside’s North West Shelf extension will likely not be made public until after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Paris later this month.

  • Hamish Hastie

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/environmental-protection-1m42