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Today is World Wildlife Day, and the Australian government is marking the day by cutting funding to a wildlife disaster program implemented in response to the Black Summer Bushfires in 2020. The program has assisted over 1100 community groups and councils against natural disasters over the last three years. Produced By: Eduardo Jordan Featured In …
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A 67-hectare development plan in Moreton Bay’s Toondah Harbour area has been met with great opposition by locals and wildlife advocates. The proposed development by Walker Corporation would involve dredging and drying out about 40 hectares of Ramsar-listed wetlands. The development is reported to have major impacts on environmental biodiversity and the local community populations. …
This week, outside the Australian Superannuation Association conference hosted in Brisbane, Market Forces organised the ‘Super Dirty Awards’, shaming super companies who are not achieving their climate targets. This year, Equipsuper, Colonial First State, and REST received the award because of their lack of action against these targets. Image: Comedian Deborah Hart as ‘Coral Bleach’ …
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved 116 new coal seam gas wells for the Surat basin in western Queensland yesterday afternoon. The new gas projects are part of an ongoing gas extraction scheme from Santos. This greenlight comes while Plibersek and the Labor government are in the process of reforming the safeguard mechanism legislation, focused …
A new campaign was launched in Brisbane to demand the Dirty Dozen group to reduce their carbon emissions and to ask the Federal government to step into this issue. The Dirty Dozen is a group of 12 companies considered the biggest fossil fuel polluters in Australia, producing just over 40 per cent of the nation’s …
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Health authorities are warning the public to take care avoiding mosquito bites for the second summer in a row, after detecting Murray Valley Encephalitis in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. The disease is generally present in northern Australia, but its spread southwest is renewing concerns about the risk of infection. The Wire …
Sun Cable officially went into administration last week following a disagreement between primary shareholders. The renewable energy scheme sought to connect solar farms on the Australian mainland to Singapore and Indonesia by way of an undersea power cable that would stretch 4000km in total. The development was projected to cost 30 billion dollars, and would …
The Federal government announced an overhaul of Australia’s environment law protections to act on climate and to reduce animal extinction. Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek announced these reforms are part of the Samuel review. However, while the changes are welcomed, experts say it’s not enough. Produced By: Eduardo Jordan Featured In Story: Dr Simon …
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