by bpckle | May 25, 2023 | Media
Exclusive: ‘Ready-to-be-activated’ roadmap adds pressure to Minns government to follow lead of other states in ending controversial practiceFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...
by bpckle | May 24, 2023 | Media
Hundreds of opal miners in western New South Wales have had their “livelihoods cut off” after the discovery of a government administrative error rendered their licences invalid.
by bpckle | May 24, 2023 | Media
A national flood management conference has been told governments need to look at where houses are being as well as how they are being constructed.
by bpckle | May 24, 2023 | Media
A new pact between Australia and the United States highlights the pivotal role our nation’s mineral wealth will play in the clean energy transition. But it also underscores the massive effort now required from Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US...
by bpckle | May 24, 2023 | Media
Tech firm founded by Australians Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar says net zero must be achieved by cutting emissions by 90% and only offsetting the remainderFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails,...
by bpckle | May 24, 2023 | Media
The industry never made economic sense. In nearly 40 years of monitoring we have seen the damage first-handBy the end of the year, Victoria’s trouble-plagued native forest industry will end – six years ahead of schedule. The state’s mountain ash forests and endangered...
by bpckle | May 24, 2023 | Media
Getty ImagesIt isn’t often people get a free ride, but last week’s budget offered just that: free public transport fares for children aged five to 12 and permanent half-price fares for people under 25. The free public transport, along with other initiatives outlined...
by bpckle | May 24, 2023 | Media
ShutterstockBees are crucial for producing many of our beloved foods and beverages. Coffee is one crop that benefits from bee pollination. Unfortunately, pollinator numbers are falling worldwide. Many are facing extinction. This decline is due in part to...
by bpckle | May 23, 2023 | Media
An agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada will cut water consumption by 13% – but the river is still in serious perilA hard-fought agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada to slash the states’ use of the shrinking Colorado River is only a temporary...
by bpckle | May 23, 2023 | Media
More than 40 concerned people have attended an information session in the NSW Central West a day after learning the EPA is investigating a nearby gold mine.
by bpckle | May 23, 2023 | Media
Irrigators and environmental experts say the state government commitment to use River Murray water to power a $593 million hydrogen power plant project in South Australia raises questions about how the natural resource is used.
by bpckle | May 23, 2023 | Media
Phillip Mallis/Flickr, CC BY-SABy the end of the year, Victoria’s trouble-plagued native forest industry will end – six years ahead of schedule. The state’s iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at last be safe from chainsaws. And there will be no...
by bpckle | May 23, 2023 | Media
pxfuelNurturing a forest ecosystem back to life after it’s been logged is not always easy. It can take a lot of hard work and careful monitoring to ensure biodiversity thrives again. But monitoring biodiversity can be costly, intrusive and resource-intensive. That’s...
by bpckle | May 22, 2023 | Media
Typhoon projected to affect US territory of Guam as early as Tuesday. Elsewhere, Europe is heating upOver the weekend, a rapidly intensifying region of thunderstorms in the western Pacific culminated in the formation of Typhoon Mawar.The movement of this storm is...
by bpckle | May 22, 2023 | Media
Lawyers lodging the appeal on behalf of traditional owners and environment groups say the recent Supreme Court decision is serious, and if left unchallenged “could set a dangerous precedent”.
by bpckle | May 22, 2023 | Media
Elodie Camprasse, Author providedImagine coming across an injured kangaroo on the side of the road. Or a bat entangled in fruit tree netting. Would you know who to call to get help? After a quick search, you find the number of your local wildlife rescue service and...
by bpckle | May 22, 2023 | Media
Up to 50,000 whales expected to pass Australia’s east coast during annual migration from Antartica to Great Barrier ReefFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCarrie Davis...
by bpckle | May 22, 2023 | Media
Rome’s mayor condemns climate activists who poured charcoal into the famous Trevi fountain to protest against subsidies for fossil fuel companies.
by bpckle | May 22, 2023 | Media
John K. Scott, CSIRO, Author providedThe scrubby harbour-side hills of a South African city recently revealed details of an historical event that transformed Australian coastlines. That event led to the arrival in Australia of a native South African shrub, bitou bush....
by bpckle | May 22, 2023 | Media
The credo of Watergate is still relevant: find the best obtainable version of the truth. But doing so is only getting more complicatedWe all have moments in life when we know something big is happening, that we are stepping into a new and consequential experience, and...
