Environmental protection
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 playground for jetskis’: Fears glamping resort will shatter the serenity of this riverside spot
Locals are pushing back against a large tourism development on the quiet backwaters of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria.
- Benjamin Preiss
- Exclusive
- City life
Sydney’s tree police ready to flex muscle on vandals
Sydney councils have long called for stricter penalties after a spate of tree destruction in waterfront suburbs – now fines are going to rise.
- Jessica McSweeney
- Opinion
- Marine life
Our love of the ocean runs deep, but yet, we’re in troubled waters
Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.
- Julia Baird
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Nationals’ WA hopeful backs Labor’s ‘billions for billionaires’ mining policy
The Nationals candidate for one of the most-watched seats in the country in the upcoming federal election is making a move that may raise eyebrows.
- Hamish Hastie
- Analysis
- Australia votes
Labor vowed to take on miners over Indigenous heritage. Now Albanese is their guest
The prime minister’s tour of northern Australia came with no moves to rekindle memories of the Indigenous Voice referendum.
- Mike Foley
- Analysis
- Australia votes
‘Bit of a shadow campaign’: The curious case of the missing environment minister
Tanya Plibersek is everywhere and nowhere this campaign, showing her own popularity within Labor … and a schism with Anthony Albanese.
- Mike Foley
The stately tree that was saved because people gave a fig
The stately old fig tree in Clovelly looked set to be razed. But a community campaign reversed a decision to send in the chainsaws.
- Michaela Whitbourn
A beetle is killing some of Perth’s grandest trees. The eastern states could be next
In the WA capital, century-old Moreton Bay figs are among the trees falling victim to an alarming pest – and the city is taking extreme measures to counter it.
- Victoria Laurie
This is the heartbeat of efforts to save a global icon. Is it too late?
A new generation of scientists are refusing to give up on the Great Barrier Reef.
- Angus Dalton and Janie Barrett
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