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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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Whales
‘Tough decision’ to euthanise 90 surviving stranded whales
Challenging surf conditions forced rescuers to abandon their efforts to save a pod of 157 stranded false killer whales.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Marine life
Sydney’s beloved blue gropers are disappearing. Can we slow their demise?
It’s the state fish of NSW, yet its population has been halved in Greater Sydney and the Mid North Coast over the past 12 years.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Slimy, wet and rough’: What it’s like inside a whale’s mouth
A prominent whale expert explains why the kayaker who wound up inside the mouth of a humpback whale was in no danger of being swallowed.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Fiasco’: State government loggers caught out exaggerating wood harvest
Forestry Corporation of NSW has blamed a “data extraction error” for the massive discrepancies in the biomaterial reports.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Tiny penguin rescued in Victoria after gruelling trans-Tasman journey
The penguin came shore 1800 kilometres from home, only to survive encounters with a shark and fox.
- by Bianca Hall
Sabrina and Alana love their harbour pool. They just want cleaner water
Beachwatch said pollution was unlikely on the public holiday afternoon when the friends had their swim. Yet, Herald testing earlier this month revealed dangerous levels of bacteria on an equally busy hot day.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Kayla Olaya
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Pollution
Revealed: Sydney’s cleanest and dirtiest places to swim
How dog poo on the streets is thwarting efforts to clean up Sydney’s harbour and rivers for swimming.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Nick O'Malley and Alyssa Talakovski
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City life
Sydney’s long-awaited, foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ is finally blooming
Visitors are invited to come to smell the corpse flower’s rotten perfume during extended opening hours at the botanic garden before the flower withers and dies.
- by Frances Howe and Angus Dalton
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