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State loggers admit to ‘very serious offence’ in felling a hectare of national park forest

State loggers admit to ‘very serious offence’ in felling a hectare of national park forest

The state forestry body also reported a $29 million loss in its hardwood division for 2023–24, and a productivity report has found the industry is economically unviable.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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A national park would be good for koalas. What about the humans?

A national park would be good for koalas. What about the humans?

In the stretch of coast and hinterland from Kempsey to Grafton, the fates of thousands of people hinge for better or worse on the NSW government’s imminent decision about the Great Koala National Park.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Gosh they’re savvy’: It’s no porky, feral pigs are wreaking havoc across Victoria

‘Gosh they’re savvy’: It’s no porky, feral pigs are wreaking havoc across Victoria

Feral pigs are on the march in Victoria. The damage they leave in their wake is immense.

  • by Benjamin Preiss
‘Chaos’: Parks Victoria under review as national parks promises broken

‘Chaos’: Parks Victoria under review as national parks promises broken

Speculation is rife within the sector that, at the end of the review process, Parks Victoria could be folded into the environment department.

  • by Bianca Hall and Benjamin Preiss
‘This activity is a real threat’: MPs piling on pressure over state’s koala park promise
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‘This activity is a real threat’: MPs piling on pressure over state’s koala park promise

Premier Chris Minns is being urged to immediately end logging inside the boundaries of the proposed Great Koala National Park.

  • by Nick O'Malley
Total removal of feral horses planned for some national parks
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Total removal of feral horses planned for some national parks

In Kosciuszko National Park, the government must by law retain 3000 brumbies. But in other national parks in NSW and Victoria, the goal is zero feral horses.

  • by Bianca Hall and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in
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The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in

Forests on the North Coast are earmarked for a national park to protect “the best patch of koala habitat in the world”, but the area is still being logged in epic proportions.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Licence to kill: Millions of Australian native animals legally slaughtered
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Licence to kill: Millions of Australian native animals legally slaughtered

Australians took out licences to kill more than 1.2 million native animals and birds last year alone, with kangaroos and wallabies comprising almost half the animals killed.

  • by Bianca Hall
‘Nobody wants to do this’: the tough calls to mitigate climate change

‘Nobody wants to do this’: the tough calls to mitigate climate change

Is business as usual possible in a climate crisis? No, but not all is lost, says Parks Victoria’s chief scientist.

  • by Bianca Hall
Race on to stop feral animal encroaching on Australian cities, trashing bushland

Race on to stop feral animal encroaching on Australian cities, trashing bushland

Tina Venables was keeping an eye out for kangaroos as she drove home from work last week. What she came across instead at the top of a hill left her shocked and shaken.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Catherine Naylor
Man found after ‘walking through the night’ in freezing conditions near Thredbo
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Man found after ‘walking through the night’ in freezing conditions near Thredbo

Police say a member of the public came upon 61-year-old Bing Wei on The Alpine Way at Thredbo just before 9am, and alerted searchers.

  • by Catherine Naylor

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