Environment
Conservation
Young entangled humpback whale leads rescuers on multi-state rescue mission
Authorities are in a race against time to find a juvenile humpback whale spotted multiple times along the NSW and Victorian coasts, which is entangled in ropes.
- by Bianca Hall
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Dozens more plants and animals added to Australia’s endangered lists
The list now includes a charismatic possum, a flightless fly and a glossy skink.
- by Bianca Hall
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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
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
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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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
‘Great big holes’ undermine Minns government’s key park promise
A decision to exclude plantations from the future Great Koala National Park could threaten the long-term survival of koalas and a possible World Heritage listing, a new report warns.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australia’s bid to persuade the UN the Great Barrier Reef is doing better
The federal government is fighting against the Great Barrier Reef being listed as “in danger”. Such a listing could threaten 77,000 jobs and a $9 billion industry.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Colossal’ pollution spikes in Sydney’s drinking water catchment
The environmental watchdog has issued a clean-up notice to the operator of a coal mine near Lithgow over pollution in a river which flows into Warragamba Dam.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
All those summer drinks lead to record recycling rates
Since the container deposit scheme’s inception in November 2023, can and bottle recycling rates have more than doubled in Victoria.
- by Bianca Hall