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Background Briefing 23 Jul 2015

The burning of native forest wood waste can earn clean energy credits, but there's dispute about whether burning native forest waste for energy is 'carbon neutral'. Background Briefing reports. More

William H. Schlesinger 23 Jul 2015
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Background Briefing 19 Jul 2015
Sara Phillips 18 May 2015

A new vision for the future has been released by some of the world's leading environmental thinkers. But many of its suggestions are likely to be confronting for today's environmentalists. More

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Landline 26 Jul 2015

Australian researchers and safety groups are encouraging farmers to replace quad bikes with safer alternatives. More

Landline 26 Jul 2015

Australian researchers and safety groups are encouraging farmers to replace quad bikes with safer alternatives. More

Landline 26 Jul 2015

Tasmania's $220 million irrigation roll out is transforming the agricultural landscape. More

Lateline 24 Jul 2015

Labor Leader Bill Shorten vows to continue with his bold climate change policies, as the party prepares to debate his controversial call to embrace asylum seeker boat turn-backs. More

7.30 24 Jul 2015

Drought-proofing Australia is the mission of mining boss Andrew Forrest, and he's starting by experimenting on his family's cattle station in WA's Pilbara. More

Australia All Over 26 Jul 2015

This week Macca is once again joined in the studio by explorer, fitness devotee and investment consultant Kieran Kelly. There are pho… More

Saturday Breakfast RN 25 Jul 2015

Right now for the first time more people globally are living in cities rather than outside of them. The United Nations Population Fun… More

Saturday Breakfast RN 25 Jul 2015

The renewable energy sector currently supplies 12-15 per cent to Australia's national electricity market. After a fractious political… More

PM 24 Jul 2015

What has happened to human rights in Iran? One part of the answer is that it appears to have almost doubled the rate at which it exec… More

PM 24 Jul 2015

For many years, Australians have had an ambivalent attitude towards the dingo. Loved by some and loathed by others, it is blamed for … More

Pacific Beat 24 Jul 2015

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Running out of time

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Three runners attempt to run 160km through remote wilderness to raise money for climate change.
The North Queensland Conservation Council gambles on a gambolling kitten to get the message across.

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