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CSIRO research director for onshore gas Dr Damian Barrett says it is quite common for methane gas to leak from water bores.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, water-pollution, water-management, environmental-health, mining-rural, beef-cattle, daly-waters-0852, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedGas emitting from a water bore on a cattle station is likely to be naturally occurring, according to a CSIRO scientist.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, water-pollution, water-management, environmental-health, mining-rural, daly-waters-0852, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedGlobal temperatures like 2015 will be normal by 2030, and Australia's record-breaking 2013 summer will likely be an average summer by 2035.
Topics: weather, climate-change, environment, environmental-policy, environmental-management, science-and-technology, australia
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Hundreds of people braved sweltering temperatures on the New South Wales north coast today to voice their support for a planned six-month shark net trial in the region.
Topics: shark, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-impact, surfing, oceans-and-reefs, ballina-2478
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Hunters Laurie Rees, Geoff van Steenis and Dirk Wendt talk about what draws them to hunting.
Topics: environmental-management, human-interest, animals, careers, pests, gruyere-3770, vic
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Wildlife officers are investigating the deliberate poisoning of birds with an illegal pesticide in Bundaberg.
Topics: birds, environmental-management, environmental-health, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedEnvironmental researchers will be funded to investigate a century of climate change in the Northern Territory's Gulf region, following the death of thousands of hectares of mangroves.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, darwin-0800, karumba-4891
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| UpdatedBig fishing changes will affect the catch allowed from South Australian waters, and a wide zone will have an annual spawning closure, the State Government reveals.
Topics: environmental-management, environment, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, fishing-aquaculture, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, sa, mount-gambier-5290, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341
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| UpdatedThe expansion of fish farms in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour has the potential to threaten the habitat of a prehistoric species of skate, scientists fear.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, environmental-management, environmental-impact, rivers, environment, strahan-7468
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| UpdatedTasmania's environmental regulator says it is equipped to cope with fish farm expansion and is sticking by the current cap on salmon numbers in Macquarie Harbour.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-impact, environmental-management, strahan-7468
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, environmentally-sustainable-business, environmental-management, environmental-impact, beef-cattle, murgon-4605, bundaberg-4670
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, environmentally-sustainable-business, environmental-management, environmental-impact, beef-cattle, murgon-4605, bundaberg-4670
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, environmentally-sustainable-business, environmental-management, environmental-impact, beef-cattle, murgon-4605, bundaberg-4670
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, environmentally-sustainable-business, environmental-management, environmental-impact, beef-cattle, murgon-4605, bundaberg-4670
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A Queensland hide processing plant says it has worked hard to reduce waste and improve its environmental impact.
Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, environmentally-sustainable-business, environmental-management, environmental-impact, beef-cattle, murgon-4605, bundaberg-4670
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Marty McCarthy reports on the Queensland Government’s attempts to reform mining approval legislation concerning groundwater use
Topics: mining-rural, rural, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWhile Australian millennials are forfeiting their house deposits to pay for smashed avocado, elsewhere in the world authorities are worried about how much forest land is being lost to make way for orchards of the popular fruit.
Topics: agricultural-crops, environmental-health, environmental-management, mexico
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Topics: trade, environment-education, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, animals, livestock-welfare, agricultural-shows, darwin-0800
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The Territory Wildlife Park plans to feature buffalo in a new two-hectare exhibit, showcasing the iconic animal to visitors.
Topics: trade, environment-education, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, animals, livestock-welfare, agricultural-shows, darwin-0800
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Rising sea levels, more frequent storms and stronger waves are increasing the rate of erosion across Australia's southern coastline, the CSIRO says, while locals at one Victorian beach are concerned it is not safe for summer holidaymakers.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environment, erosion, lifestyle-and-leisure, point-lonsdale-3225, apollo-bay-3233, portland-3305
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A sanctuary near Adelaide which attracts thousands of migratory birds annually from the northern hemisphere is proclaimed Australia's newest national park.
Topics: national-parks, environment, conservation, environmental-management, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, st-kilda-5110, adelaide-5000, sa
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| Updated24 countries and the European Union have agreed to create the world's largest marine park in the Antarctic Ocean.
Topics: environmental-management, environmental-health, marine-parks, pacific, new-zealand
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After seven years of research and handwritten ponderings, Victorian poet Homer Rieth has published a 600-page epic about the Murray Darling Basin. Read More
Topics: agricultural-policy, environmental-impact, environmental-management, books-literature, environmental-policy, mining-environmental-issues, water-management, water, minyip-3392
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| UpdatedIn what would have to be one of the most unusual publications on the Murray Darling Basin, a Victorian author has penned a 600-page poem about the river system.
Topics: agricultural-policy, water-management, water, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-health, books-literature, minyip-3392
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