Environment
Heatwaves, fires, torrential rain, fish kills: Australia’s summer of climate extremes
The weather bureau is forecasting a hot autumn across most of Australia, after an unusually hot summer marked by natural disasters.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Forestry
Back to basics – and familiar faces – as Greens eye balance of power
The minor party will issue a list of key demands of minority government ahead of the federal election. This is one of them.
- by Bianca Hall
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Fishing
Fishing ban extended to protect blue gropers in NSW
The decision comes after research showing the population of the beloved fish has plummeted in Greater Sydney.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Victorian environment
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.
- by Bianca Hall
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Climate policy
Why the Coalition should stop trying to silence nuclear power critics
Attacking the Climate Change Authority, as the Coalition did this week, will not change the price of nuclear nor the cost of coal.
- by Nick O'Malley
National weather forecast for Thursday, February 27
National weather forecast for Thursday, February 27.
Thousands of dead fish, a $37m federal promise and an animal close to extinction: Australia’s ‘salmon war’ gets ugly
A major fish kill in the waters of south-east Tasmania has raised tensions just as the prime minister has backed the industry.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
National weather forecast for Wednesday February 26
National weather forecast for Wednesday February 26.
Cause of mysterious peacock deaths revealed in environmental Cluedo
The environmental watchdog has found six peacocks from a wild population on the Central Coast died from eating pesticide pellets, in what may have been a deliberate poisoning.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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