Environmental threats
The 2022 floods destroyed the Shepparton Swans’ facilities. The AFL stepped in so they could keep playing
The AFL has poured millions of dollars into local community clubs across the country to help them recover from extreme weather events driven by the impacts of climate change.Â
- by Marnie Vinall
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Biodiversity
Undermining the watchdog is against WA’s nature. We must defend our thin green line
WA has special natural resources – resources that have helped make our economy strong. But what makes us strong also needs protecting, and now is the time.
- by Jess Beckerling
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Marine life
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
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
‘Near unliveable’ extreme heat poses national security risk
Climate change could throw into doubt the feasibility of crucial military bases, a group of leading defence figures has warned.
- by Matthew Knott
More than 170 countries want to reduce plastic globally. A handful are stalling
Australia is attempting to help a global push to end plastic pollution before it outweighs the biomass of the world’s fish by the year 2050. But other countries have different ambitions.
- by Mike Foley
BHP and Vale offer $39b to settle Brazil dam disaster claims
The disastrous dam collapse in 2015 caused a giant mudslide that killed 19 people in one of Brazil’s worst environmental catastrophes.
- by Simon Johanson
‘Massive surveillance failure’: Fire ant infestation sparks fear of undetected spread
More than 100 nests of potentially deadly fire ants have been discovered on Defence land in the Murray Darling river system.
- by Mike Foley
Stink over funding threatens pollution tests at Sydney beaches
Swimmers may no longer be able to find out whether a swim site has faecal contamination because of a funding row between local councils and the NSW government.
- by Andrew Taylor
Asbestos contamination found in two more suburban Melbourne parks
The deadly material has now been discovered in at least 11 parks across Melbourne and more are being tested as 100 EPA officers track the source of contamination.
- by Rachael Dexter
The map that reveals the shocking extent of Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching
The Albanese government is under pressure to cut emissions more quickly after all three regions of the reef suffered extreme bleaching for the first time.
- by Mike Foley