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David MillsNational environment reporter

David Mills is a senior reporter with the News Corp Australia Network, covering a wide range of areas including the environment, science, politics, health and lifestyle.

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Aged care shame: Left to sit in their own faeces

Elderly Australians are starving, dying in pain and suffering assaults in nursing homes, a harrowing report has revealed. WARNING: Distressing content

EXCLUSIVESustainability

Why you’ll pay for plastics ban

Bans on single-use plastics kick off in SA today with other states and territories set to follow – but food retailers warn there will be a cost.

Animals

New bee discovery in Qld has scientists buzzing

A species of native bee not seen in nearly 100 years has been rediscovered after extensive searches along Australia’s east coast.

ANALYSIS Climate Change

US President Joe Biden signs an Executive Order reversing Trump era ban on Transgender serving in the military while in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2021. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)

Carbon tariffs coming for Aussie businesses

America’s return to the Paris Climate Agreement kickstarts a new era – with carbon tariffs on Australian exports increasingly likely.

UpdatedMedia

News Corp hits back at Rudd’s claims

News Corp’s executive chairman has hit back at claims made by Kevin Rudd that the company has too much of a media monopoly.

Your SaySocial

Kitchener Street intersection during the flash flooding in Toowoomba on Monday January 10, 2011. The boy in the blue cap is Blake Rice.Photo Adam Davies / The Chronicle

Wiped off Facebook: ‘Outrageous’ ban upsets Aussies at risk

Facebook has been accused of putting communities at risk after essential health and emergency services were swept up in the news ban.

Your SayOnline

‘Facebook will pay dearly’: News ban set to spark exodus

Facebook has produced an “own goal” with its Aussie news ban, tech sector experts say, which will drive users to other platforms.

Royals

EPSOM, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 04: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Andrew, Duke of York watch the racing from the balcony of the Royal Box as they attend Derby Day during the Investec Derby Festival at Epsom Racecourse on June 4, 2016 in Epsom, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Prince Philip’s most outrageous comments

Some caused diplomatic incidents. Others were just plain funny – Prince Philip had no concept of a filter and people either loved or loathed him for it.

Business

Dr Angela Pattison, Research Scientist Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, University of Sydney at Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, Dr Angela Pattison from the Narrabri campus at The University of Sydney is leading the Indigenous Grasslands for Grains Project, which aims to regenerate the Australian native system for the modern food environment., , Picture: Supplied

Massive changes coming to Aussie farming

A forum on Australia’s food security has heard why some regions are set to lose their key crop – and the surprising areas it will be grown in future.

EXCLUSIVEEnvironment

Fast fashion’s massive waste problem

Australians discard an astonishing number of clothes every year – with school uniforms at the top of the list. But moves are afoot to stop the problem.

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