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WA mega-marine park proposed to rival Ningaloo needs work: scientists
This vast and ambitious plan has weaknesses – particularly around the popular tourism area of Esperance – that could hobble it from the start, say scientists.
- by Holly Thompson
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Islands of hope: The fight to eradicate feral pests and save native wildlife
Australia’s wildlife is under threat from feral invaders on land and at sea, but some of the greatest gains are being made away from the mainland.
- by Mike Foley
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Marine life
The ex-PM, the treasure hunters and the deep sea
Scott Morrison has taken a new role at a deep-sea mining fund linked to AUKUS tech and treasure hunters, as pressure grows on Australia to oppose the controversial new mining frontier.
- by Sherryn Groch
The property boasted space for an ‘extraordinary home’. Its owner has copped a record fine
A Sydney woman illegally cleared hectares of native vegetation and destroyed critical koala habitat to make a site for a house and space for her family to drive their cars.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Marine life
‘This is a really dark day’: Report reveals perilous state of WA’s little penguin population
A damning population report conducted by scientists in November was finally handed to Rockingham councillors on Wednesday night.
- by Holly Thompson
‘Just bad luck’: Separate strains of bird flu found at Victorian egg farms
More than 560,000 chickens have been destroyed at two farms in Victoria’s west as officials confirmed two different strains of avian influenza were detected at the properties.
- by Bianca Hall
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‘Completely unacceptable’: Environmental offsets scheme riddled with breaches
The federal government’s first national audit of the environmental offsets scheme has found many projects are not fulfilling their commitments.
- by Ben Cubby
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Housing crisis
How an owl and a flying fox may stop the government’s housing reforms
Ku-ring-gai Council is claiming the Minns government has broken the law with its plan for development in special transport hubs.
- by Andrew Taylor
Demand for steak fuelling deforestation and extinction in NSW
The NSW biodiversity outlook suggests the state is set lose nearly a quarter of all known plant and animal species in the next 100 years, and habitat loss from land clearing especially in the agricultural industry is the biggest cause.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Marine life
Major WA tourism drawcard still in the lurch as businesses consider closing shop
There is still no plan for a new Penguin Island discovery centre more than a year on from a decision to stop an on-island build.
- by Holly Thompson
The gold-flecked American lothario who got lost in a sewage plant
The off-course plover, covered in golden flecks that indicate his readiness to take a mate, should have landed in the Arctic for his species’ breeding season.Â
- by Bianca Hall