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Gulliver’s gas wells on the shores of King Sound.

They came, they drilled, they left: Fears over Kimberley gas wells as explorer bows out

Dangerous and damaged oil and gas infrastructure has been left in WA’s north. Now it’s for sale – cheap, with free double pluggers thrown in.

  • Emma Young

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Bush Users’ Group founder Bill Schulz has launched the most successful Victorian petition ever, campaigning against new national parks.

How our national parks got dragged into the culture wars

The bitter fight against national parks has attracted a motley crew of prospectors, 4WD enthusiasts, shooters, horse riders, unionists and micro-parties.

  • Bianca Hall

Snipers, recorders – and secrets: Saving the Aussie parrot called ‘birdwatching’s Holy Grail’

For almost 80 years, the night parrot was believed to be extinct. Now: the race to protect a tiny population.

  • Nick O'Malley
Phillip Dong Fang Lee and the property once touted to be national park, which is now being soldd off in lots.

This waterfront property was once offered as national park. Now it’s set to be carved up and sold off

Billionaire high-roller Phillip Dong Fang Lee’s family bushland retreat is best known for a slew of environmental protection breaches, but he’s now plotting a sell-off of the property.

  • Lucy Macken
Wattle Grove is facing rezoning from rural to urban.

Rural rebellion at plan to populate Perth’s urban fringe

Paving Perth’s paddocks is one way the state’s planning to accommodate the projected 2050 population. But will the city’s most biodiverse wetland suffer?

  • Emma Young
Black balls washed ashore at Gordons Bay in Sydney in October 2024.

Sydney’s ‘unusual’ sewage system and the beach grime ball invasion

Sydney’s pumping of primary-treated effluent into the ocean makes us out of step with the rest of the world, a water engineering expert said.

  • Angus Dalton
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Nine Beaches from Manly to North Narrabeen have been closed due to potentially hazardous ball-shaped debris found washed up along shores.

Two Sydney beaches remain closed after discovery of mystery debris balls

A number of northern beaches were closed after ball-shaped debris was found in the sand, following similar balls being discovered on eastern suburbs beaches last year.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Josefine Ganko
A concept image rendering of the proposed whitewater facility in Redland City, earmarked for the Olympic canoe slalom events, from March 2021.

‘Ugly stepsister’: SEQ community backs Sydney whitewater venue over local Games build

A Redlands community alliance has opposed the venue’s sustainability and financial viability, echoing Senate findings that Australia cannot support two whitewater rafting facilities.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Fisherman Jack Martin at Tower Beach.

Fresh tests ordered for cancer-causing chemicals at popular Sydney beach

The Botany Bay waters where young families swim and fishermen cast their lines have not been tested since 2018. That’s about to change.

  • Alexandra Smith and Cindy Yin
Santos supplies about one-fifth of WA’s gas needs through Varanus Island.

‘Deep regret’: Santos hit with $10k fine over Pilbara oil spill

Energy giant Santos has been hit with a $10,000 fine over an oil spill at its processing facility off WA’s north-west after being dragged to court by the state’s workplace regulator.

  • Jesinta Burton

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