Farming
Define ‘tree’: The fight over Woolworths’ eco-beef pledge
Woolworths wants to sell beef that hasn’t been produced on farms that take part in “deforestation” – but no one can agree on the definition.
- by Mike Foley
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Forestry
‘Lost more than half our forest’: Why NSW is a global hotspot for deforestation
NSW landowners cleared land equivalent to almost twice the size of the Australian Capital Territory over the five years to 2023.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Renewables
‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’: The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms
Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income, but can also offer agricultural benefits.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Bandicoot bandits taking a bite out of a multimillion-dollar business
The unlikely gourmands are pilfering thousands of dollars of farmed black truffles a night, but a PhD student has been working to get them to change their ways.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Unpick the damage that’s been done’: Inside NSW plan to rein in rampant land-clearing
The Minns government will tighten land-clearing laws loosened by the Coalition in 2016 and strengthen the contentious biodiversity offsets scheme.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Daylight saving
‘There’s no benefit’: Call to cut back daylight saving in NSW
NSW should knock two months off daylight saving and let it run from November to March because post-pandemic work habits have largely made it redundant, critics say.
- by Catherine Naylor
Bone found at Balmoral Beach reveals origins of Australia’s apex predator
When Sally Wasef sent a bone found in an exclusive Sydney enclave off for carbon testing, she thought it would be a couple of hundred years old. She was wrong.
- by Catherine Naylor
How a flock of 12 sheep helped one man heal his ‘soul tiredness’
One burnt-out writer, 12 sheep, numerous lambs – and a renewed sense of the sheer wonder of life.
- by John Connell
‘I thought it was a horse’: Rogue pigs run amok across NSW
Oscar Pearse was sitting on his tractor planting a crop of chickpeas when he looked over his shoulder and saw his nemeses approaching.
- by Catherine Naylor
Gas made from cow manure could be new front in energy fight
Advocates want to increase our production of biomethane to shore up supply, but environment groups say it’s not needed except for industrial uses.
- by Kieran Rooney
Consumers urged not to stockpile eggs as Coles imposes limits
Hundreds of thousands of birds have been killed after bird flu was found at five Victorian poultry farms, raising concerns about egg supply and prices.
- by Madeleine Heffernan, Jessica Yun and Broede Carmody
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