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| UpdatedAs Tasmania sees an uptick in tourism, instances of snakebites and bushwalkers getting themselves into trouble see the state's police rescue helicopter crew clock up a record number of flying hours.
Topics: emergency-planning, national-parks, tas
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| UpdatedAuthorities are searching for a couple aged in their 70s after a car they hired is found in a carpark at Trephina Gorge, about 85 kilometres east of Alice Springs
Topics: missing-person, national-parks, police, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedState and Federal ministers are asked to consider changing legislations after Federal Court ruling on Indigenous Land Agreements questions mining, gas, ports, infrastructure and national park legality.
Topics: mining-rural, oil-and-gas, coal, rural, rail-transport, sea-transport, national-parks, native-title, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, mining-industry, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government is concerned the air is not fresh enough in national parks, citing air quality and passive smoking as key reasons for a partial smoking ban that comes into force tomorrow.
Topics: smoking, national-parks, state-parliament, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810
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A tent at Waterfall Valley, the Overland Track, Cradle Mountain National Park
Topics: national-parks
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Every school holiday and long weekend, people pack their gear and head off to enjoy the great outdoors with some camping. But do you know how to keep the peace with your fellow campers?
Topics: national-parks, human-interest, lifestyle-and-leisure, people, hobart-7000
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About 5,000 hectares of national park in central Queensland that is home to 11 endangered species is facing compulsory acquisition for a military base expansion, State Environment Minister Steven Miles says, adding that he has sought details from the Commonwealth.
Topics: defence-forces, federal---state-issues, environmental-management, national-parks, beef-cattle, shoalwater-4702, rockhampton-4700
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Authorities are being urged to consider culling the state's iconic wild horses before they cause irreparable damage to the High Country.
Topics: environment, national-parks, conservation, government-and-politics, vic
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Tasmania's tourism industry wants an overhaul of parks and reserves legislation, saying stakeholders are mired in conflict without a proper management framework.
Topics: tourism, rural-tourism, national-parks, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedNitmiluk National Park in the Northern Territory has been transformed by a strong start to the Top End wet season, after several years of below average rainfall.
Topics: rural, weather, national-parks, environmental-management, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedScott Eastwood, the son of veteran actor Clint, irritates environmental authorities after posting a video of an illegal cliff jump on social media earlier this week.
Topics: national-parks, arts-and-entertainment, actor, sutherland-2232
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| UpdatedA small purple bear popular with Chinese tourists in Tasmania is being used in the latest road safety campaign, as bilingual park rangers improve visitor experiences.
Topics: national-parks, tourism, coles-bay-7215
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| UpdatedA quokka has inadvertently escaped Rottnest Island on a waste barge and is now believed lost in Perth.
Topics: animals, national-parks, offbeat, rottnest-island-6161, canning-vale-6155, perth-6000
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Australia's ski season could shrink by up to 80 days a year by 2050 under worst-case predictions for climate change — CSIRO climate projections scientist Michael Grose speaks to the ABC about the modelling.
Topics: conservation, urban-development-and-planning, environmental-impact, environment, national-parks, climate-change, perisher-valley-2624, nsw, australia, jindabyne-2627
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| UpdatedAustralia's ski season could shrink by up to 80 days a year by 2050 under worst-case predictions for climate change — but there are no plans to restrict ski resorts in national parks.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, environmental-impact, community-and-society, national-parks, conservation, environment, perisher-valley-2624, nsw, australia, jindabyne-2627
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| UpdatedEnvironmentalists consider a legal challenge to block a proposed 800-bed development at Perisher in Kosciuszko National Park, amid ongoing concerns it will impact threatened species and "turn a small village into a town".
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, environmental-impact, community-and-society, national-parks, conservation, environment, perisher-valley-2624, nsw, australia, jindabyne-2627
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| UpdatedWith the snow all but gone for the season and the summer tourists starting to arrive, the ABC travels to the Kosciuszko National Park to look at just how much of an impact humans are having on the unique alpine environment.
Topics: national-parks, conservation, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment, environmental-policy, environmental-health, health, jindabyne-2627, nsw, australia, perisher-valley-2624
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Visitors to one of New South Wales' most iconic views will be welcomed in style following the opening of a multi-million dollar visitor centre.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, national-parks, indigenous-protocols, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, stanwell-park-2508, wollongong-2500
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The Tasmanian Government says its tourism plan for the state's national parks is not a flop, despite several developers walking away from their pitches.
Topics: state-parliament, national-parks, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedThe Walls of Jerusalem National Park is still out of bounds to bushwalkers because of damage to roads during Tasmania's devastating June floods.
Topics: floods, national-parks, disasters-and-accidents, mole-creek-7304
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Bushwalkers on a track in the Mt Field National Park
Topics: national-parks, mount-field-7140
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The Organ Pipes track on Mount Wellington
Topics: national-parks, fern-tree-7054
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Tasmania is known for its bushwalks, and there are plenty you can tackle with toddlers in tow that will not leave you carrying them back to the car.
Topics: children, family-and-children, exercise-and-fitness, lifestyle, national-parks, hobart-7000
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Russell Falls
Topics: national-parks, mount-field-7140
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With so many of us planning to camp over the festive season, what do we need to know to have a safe and enjoyable break?
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, national-parks, weather, human-interest, brisbane-4000