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The March 9 Edition

Welcome to our annual Trailblazers issue, one of the most exciting editions of the year.

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Black cockatoos are in dire straits across WA.

People ‘just picking up’ starving WA cockatoos as burglars target nests

At what point does a pet become a pest? Meanwhile, here’s why one of Perth’s foremost black cockatoo rehab figures is saying he’s ‘never seen anything like it’.

  • Emma Young
Jim Killen said many trees, including this Queensland Kauri, were dramatically undersized in the original arborist report.

Big trees, bold development plans and a community pushing back

A plan put before Brisbane City Council to subdivide an old research site into 27 lots initially misrepresented the mature tree cover. Locals are concerned.

  • Courtney Kruk
Bush Users’ Group founder Bill Schulz has launched the most successful Victorian petition ever, campaigning against new national parks.

How our national parks got dragged into the culture wars

The bitter fight against national parks has attracted a motley crew of prospectors, 4WD enthusiasts, shooters, horse riders, unionists and micro-parties.

  • Bianca Hall
Matilda Lane-Rose, Jesse Noakes, Gerard Mazza and Emil Davey outside court on Tuesday.

‘Where is the line?’: Magistrate mulls ethics of climate protest outside home of Woodside boss

A court hearing for the climate activists arrested outside the home of Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has descended into an ethical debate about the limits of the right to protest.

  • Jesinta Burton
Wattle Grove is facing rezoning from rural to urban.

Rural rebellion at plan to populate Perth’s urban fringe

Paving Perth’s paddocks is one way the state’s planning to accommodate the projected 2050 population. But will the city’s most biodiverse wetland suffer?

  • Emma Young
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Marie and Brian Long have suffered the effects of pollution in Brooklyn for decades.

‘It’s beautiful, but we’d like fresh air’: Life inside Melbourne’s most polluted suburb

The Age explores why the western suburbs are Australia’s fastest-growing region, and what’s holding them back from realising their full potential.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Protesters outside the Federal Court in Melbourne during a Santos appeal hearing over the Barossa gas project.

The map, songline and pipeline. How legal experts misused Indigenous culture

“OMG, we win again!!!” wrote one campaigner about the fight with oil and gas giant Santos. But then the court changed its mind.

  • Nick Toscano
Pennings celebrates the win with other activists in Brisbane.

Activist happy as claims struck out of Adani legal saga

A multinational mining company expects proceedings against an activist to go to trial even after he claimed a courtroom “win” in Brisbane.

  • Fraser Barton
General manager of Patagonia Australia, Dane O’Shanassy.

‘Loved and hated in equal measure’: The problem with Patagonia

The outdoor gear brand sits somewhere between an environmental activist group and a sportswear retailer – and commercial success is often not at the top of its priority list.

  • Jessica Yun

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