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Environmentalists are not happy with the government failing to legislate for new national parks as promised.

‘Chaos’: Parks Victoria under review as national parks promises broken

Speculation is rife within the sector that, at the end of the review process, Parks Victoria could be folded into the environment department.

  • Bianca Hall and Benjamin Preiss

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We are all the solution in saving canopy

Readers are concerned at the declining level of tree canopy in Melbourne.

An artist’s impression of the proposed Prospect Hill International waste to energy plant in Lara.

Rubbish rebels: Labor MPs, ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats

The minister who first introduced Victoria’s waste-to-energy policy is opposing an incinerator, as the Allan government takes friendly fire from Labor MPs.

  • Bianca Hall and Kieran Rooney
The CFA has warned dry conditions in much of the state could pose a nasty bushfire risk this season.

‘Summer of grass fires’: Authorities warn of increased fire risk

A drier-than-average winter has left a build-up of vegetation fuel across Victoria.

  • Bianca Hall
Professor Trevor Lithgow at Merri Creek.

Virus lurking in Merri Creek is a slick superbug killer that could save millions

The virus – given an Indigenous name that translates to “dangerous Merri lurker” in English – has the potential to save patients who develop pneumonia and infections in hospitals.

  • Bianca Hall
Parks Victoria chief scientist Dr Mark Norman says adapting to climate change might give some species the best chance of survival.

‘Nobody wants to do this’: the tough calls to mitigate climate change

Is business as usual possible in a climate crisis? No, but not all is lost, says Parks Victoria’s chief scientist.

  • Bianca Hall
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Critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum colonies have been established near the logging coup in Mt Horsfall.

Why native forest harvesting is the ‘zombie’ industry that won’t die

Commercial logging in native forests is the industry that refuses to end, with foresters extending into private land logging and selling firewood from national parks.

  • Bianca Hall

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