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Biodiversity
‘On extinction path’: Land clearing laws failing native species
An area of high-biodiversity land in NSW equivalent to four Sydney Harbours was cleared between 2016 and 2023, new research says.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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The Sydney suburbs where developers are killing the most wildlife
The NSW licensing system for harming wildlife is causing “inexcusable harm” as one native animal is legally killed every minute, a parliamentary inquiry heard.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
In the Trump era of America first, scientists fear for the future of Antarctica
There are growing concerns the treaty that has protected the last great wilderness for nearly 70 years may not hold as the old rules-based world order disintegrates along with the sea ice.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
When the mercury soars, these local pools prove the place to stay cool
Just as Sydney flocks to beaches and ocean baths, public swimming pools sit at the heart of the regional towns. Chief photographer Kate Geraghty has spent the summer visiting.
- by Angus Thomson and Kate Geraghty
This beach was crowned Australia’s best. Is it being ‘loved to death’?
An increasing number of Australian natural wonders have become so popular, so rapidly, authorities are being forced to consider limiting public access to them.
- by Bianca Hall
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Murray-Darling Basin
‘Smells pretty bad’: 100,000 dead fish litter lakeshore near Menindee homes
Hundreds of thousands of native fish have died in Lake Menindee amid a heatwave and blue-green algae bloom.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Wildlife
NSW launched a review of wildlife care in 2024. Now the results are in
A $9 million package aims to fix systemic problems including volunteer burnout and poor organisational culture in the struggling sector.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Drinks delivered for dingoes in bushfire-ravaged national park
Authorities have installed temporary water stations amid concerns that fires that tore through the Mallee are driving parched dingoes onto private farms.
- by Bianca Hall