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Photos from coral bleaching along the Ningaloo coast in February.

Unprecedented heatwave causes mass bleaching of Ningaloo, Kimberley reefs

Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn raised the issue in parliament, stating the scale and duration of a marine heatwave had led to mass bleaching.

  • Holly Thompson

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A humpback whale breaching in Sydney Harbour in a previous year.

Why the whale watching season started early this year

The beginning of May also marked the official start of the humpback whale migration from Antarctica to warmer waters off NSW and Queensland. But the first sightings were six weeks ago.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The Basin campground in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in January this year.

‘Winners and losers’: Hefty (price) hikes to camp in some national parks

The prices would double or even triple for summer camping in popular campgrounds near Sydney, including Cattai in the Hawkesbury and Bonnie Vale in the Royal National Park.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Visitors to K’gari are reminded to never approach or feed dingoes, avoid walking alone and keep children close at all times. Food and waste should also be secured at all times.

Woman bitten on hand by dingo before Easter long weekend

Rangers are urging people to take dingo safety advice seriously and understand the risks as K’gari prepares for an influx of visitors over the holiday period.

  • Courtney Kruk
Government loggers fell koala feed trees inside the proposed Great Koala National Park earlier this month. Credit: Paul Hilton/Calumn Hockey for Earth Tree Images
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Logging in Great Koala National Park

Government loggers fell koala feed trees inside the proposed Great Koala National Park earlier this month. Credit: Paul Hilton/Calumn Hockey for Earth Tree Images

A native forest logging site in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, part of the assessment area for the Great Koala National Park.

Koala park delay prompts fear Labor has folded to logging industry

After nearly two years in government, state Labor has still not created the koala national park it promised in 2015, prompting criticism from one of its own.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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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
A native forest logging site in Wild Cattle Creek state forest in December, part of the assessment area for the Great Koala National Park.

‘Fiasco’: State government loggers caught out exaggerating wood harvest

Forestry Corporation of NSW has blamed a “data extraction error” for the massive discrepancies in the biomaterial reports.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Tidal River, one of the state’s most popular campgrounds, seen here in 2022

‘Should have seen it coming’: How Victoria’s free camping policy came unstuck

Many campers report seeing dozens of vacant sites at fully booked campgrounds.

  • Liam Mannix
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We’re becoming a nation of prudes, our nude beaches shut by the nanny state

Recent closures of long-time nudist beaches indicate attitudes are changing. Europe has much to teach us.

  • James Norman

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