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Wombat joey Hope survived more than three weeks without her mother, who was killed by unknown offenders.

Miracle survival: How wildlife rescuers found Hope after the cruelest act

Locals went to extraordinary lengths to save a wombat joey.

  • Bianca Hall

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Developer Paul Hameister, a self-described “tree hugger”, wants the industry to go green.

Want to live in a truly green home? This ‘tree hugger’ has a plan

In Australia, it’s possible to live in a five-green-star-rated building that’s entirely made of concrete and glass.

  • Bianca Hall
Toni and Nick Sayers on the tree-lined street outside their Euroa home.

‘Greeted by concrete’: Town fights for trees as rail project steamrolls historic avenue

Residents of Euroa in northern Victoria say Anderson Street is their Champs-Elysees. Now they’re concerned a rail project will leave them with “kerb-to-kerb concrete”.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Logging site at Mt Horsfall.

Inside the fight to save the last Victorian Highlands forest fairies

Faced with ‘government inaction’ on protecting Australia’s most critically endangered animals, these campaigners are taking matters into their own hands.

  • Bianca Hall
Retired chief investigator for Victorian Fisheries Murray Donaldson.

Fears of poaching and fraud as state fisheries officers are sacked

Industry experts warn criminals will quickly move back into illegal fishing and poaching once fisheries officer stocks are slashed.

  • Bianca Hall and Benjamin Preiss
Environmentalists are not happy with the government failing to legislate for new national parks as promised.

‘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.

  • Bianca Hall and Benjamin Preiss
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An artist’s impression of the proposed Prospect Hill International waste to energy plant in Lara.

Rubbish rebels: Labor MPs, ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats

The minister who first introduced Victoria’s waste-to-energy policy is opposing an incinerator, as the Allan government takes friendly fire from Labor MPs.

  • Bianca Hall and Kieran Rooney
The CFA has warned dry conditions in much of the state could pose a nasty bushfire risk this season.

‘Summer of grass fires’: Authorities warn of increased fire risk

A drier-than-average winter has left a build-up of vegetation fuel across Victoria.

  • Bianca Hall
Professor Trevor Lithgow at Merri Creek.

Virus lurking in Merri Creek is a slick superbug killer that could save millions

The virus – given an Indigenous name that translates to “dangerous Merri lurker” in English – has the potential to save patients who develop pneumonia and infections in hospitals.

  • Bianca Hall
Parks Victoria chief scientist Dr Mark Norman says adapting to climate change might give some species the best chance of survival.

‘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.

  • Bianca Hall

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