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Mother-of-three Jessica Marsh worries about the effects of truck pollution from the Port of Melbourne.

Melbourne roads to cop tripling of trucks as rail freight plans flounder

Australia’s busiest container port is pumping shipping containers onto Melbourne’s roads. And it’s about to get worse.

  • Adam Carey and Sophie Aubrey

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Oyster farmer and Shoalhaven Quality Assurance program coordinator Anthony Munn at his oyster shed at Greenwell Point.

It should be the busiest time of year for Shoalhaven oyster farmers. A sewage spill forced them to close

Some businesses were able to remain open this week selling oysters harvested a few weeks ago or reselling oysters from other estuaries.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Barrow Island inhabitants include small kangaroos, big perentie lizards, turtles and many native fauna species eradicated from the mainland.

State must crack down on Chevron’s toxic soil use in WA, say advocates

The US oil and gas giant is “privileged” to operate its export plant in a biodiversity haven off the WA coast. But the pollution of the site has become a concern.

  • Emma Young
Maribyrnong Truck Action Group president Martin Wurt says the failure of the trade-in scheme felt like a broken promise.

Truck trade-in scheme fails to spend a cent, receives just two failed applications

A $15 million truck trade-in scheme that promised to reduce pollution in Melbourne’s inner-west has not paid a single grant 18 months after it first opened.

  • Kieran Rooney
Black balls washed ashore at Gordons Bay in Sydney in October 2024.

Source of ‘disgusting’ grime balls that closed Sydney beaches revealed

The state’s environmental watchdog has blamed Sydney Water’s ageing sewerage network as the likely source of thousands of the greasy black spheres.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australian salmon should be avoided according to the experts.

Want to avoid farmed Atlantic salmon? Get hooked on these alternatives instead

Experts advise avoiding the Tasmanian-farmed fish variety following recent catastrophic events. Here are some alternative – and more sustainable – catches to try instead.

  • Ardyn Bernoth
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Beach erosion at Park Beach, Coffs Harbour, on Saturday.

From Coffs Harbour to Noosa, some of our most famous beaches have been lost

Authorities will bring sand to tourist hotspots, but the affected stretches will take months to recover. Environmental experts are more worried about damage to dunes.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Marina Suzuki, who is the lead author of the study and a PhD candidate at UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences.

Australia-first study finds ‘forever chemicals’ in human brain tissue

The study is the first to “definitively demonstrate” the chemicals’ presence in the brain, raising questions about how they got there and the potential health risks.

  • Fleur Connick
Sally Gibson (centre in blue) and the Elwood Canal Action Team want more action to tackle pollutants running off into Port Phillip.

The cleanest and dirtiest beaches in Melbourne

The water quality of urban beaches improved this summer, but some locals worry there’s still too much pollution. See how the beaches near you rate.

  • Lachlan Abbott
George Khouzame and Chaza Khouzame.

Where’s George? The missing builder, the dumped waste and the $200,000 fine

George Khouzame came to the spotlight when a home he built suddenly collapsed. But that was only the start of it.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Anthony Segaert

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