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Victoria is at risk of failing to meet its international obligations for protected wetlands because of systematic management issues, an audit finds.
Topics: wetlands, environmental-policy, environmental-management, government-and-politics, water-management, sale-3850, vic
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Topics: environmental-health, environmental-management, environmental-policy, wetlands, government-and-politics, vic
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Conservationists are calling for the relocation of a young koala that appears to have been left stranded by construction of the second stage of the Gold Coast light rail project.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-health, conservation, government-and-politics, labrador-4215, parkwood-4214, qld
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A Murray River lock will be lowered in an attempt to draw salt out of the lower Darling River.
Topics: irrigation, rural, rivers, water-pollution, environmental-policy, environmental-management, water-management, water-supply, murray-darling-basin, mildura-3500, wentworth-2648
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| UpdatedCommercial fishermen in the Coral Sea are reassessing their future in the world's largest marine sanctuary.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-policy, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558, bundaberg-4670, townsville-4810, mackay-4740
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Topics: farm-labour, fruits, fruit, irrigation, rural-youth, rivers, water-pollution, environmental-policy, environmental-management, water-management, water-supply, murray-darling-basin, pomona-2648
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| UpdatedA salt slug in the lower Darling River is risking crop and soil health with high concentrations of salt in stagnant water.
Topics: farm-labour, fruits, fruit, irrigation, rural-youth, rivers, water-pollution, environmental-policy, environmental-management, water-management, water-supply, murray-darling-basin, pomona-2648
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Topics: farm-labour, fruits, fruit, irrigation, rural-youth, rivers, water-pollution, environmental-policy, environmental-management, water-management, water-supply, murray-darling-basin, pomona-2648
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Topics: farm-labour, fruits, fruit, irrigation, rural-youth, rivers, water-pollution, environmental-policy, environmental-management, water-management, water-supply, murray-darling-basin, pomona-2648
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Topics: farm-labour, fruits, fruit, irrigation, rural-youth, rivers, water-pollution, environmental-policy, environmental-management, water-management, water-supply, murray-darling-basin, pomona-2648
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Topics: farm-labour, fruits, fruit, irrigation, rural-youth, rivers, water-pollution, environmental-policy, environmental-management, water-management, water-supply, murray-darling-basin, pomona-2648
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Northern Territory authorities are considering stopping new bores being built in parts of Darwin's rural area, as aquifers struggle to keep up with demand for the water.
Topics: environmental-policy, water, government-and-politics, berry-springs-0837, howard-springs-0835
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The case against failed resources firm Linc Energy is in doubt after the liquidators indicate they will seek to not answer environmental harm charges.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, oil-and-gas, company-news, courts-and-trials, laws, environment, environmental-management, environmental-impact, mining-environmental-issues, environmental-health, environmental-policy, chinchilla-4413, brisbane-4000, qld
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Feral animal baiting and other control measures are being taken to minimise the impact of fire on endangered species such as mainland quokkas and western ground parrots.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, animals, marsupials, northcliffe-6262, albany-6330
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More of Australia's oceans should be placed under high protection, according to the latest marine reserves review.
Topics: environment-education, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, conservation, environmental-health, oceans-and-reefs, great-barrier-reef, cairns-4870, qld, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe Australian Marine Conservation Society slams recommendations from a Federal Government-commissioned review to reduce marine park protection in the Coral Sea.
Topics: environment-education, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, conservation, environmental-health, oceans-and-reefs, great-barrier-reef, cairns-4870, qld, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedA judge dismisses the jury in an environmental case against Clive Palmer's north Queensland nickel refinery.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, mining-environmental-issues, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, environmental-health, environment-education, rural, mining-rural, mining-industry, townsville-4810, qld
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| UpdatedBy accepting the Government's less ambitious 2030 emissions target, the Climate Change Authority goes against its own advice.
If there is no change to the current target, Australia's Paris Agreement commitment will be impossible to achieve.
Topics: climate-change, environmental-policy, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedEnergy Minister Josh Frydenberg brushes off a dissenting report released by two board members of the Government's main climate change advisory body, saying the views expressed by the climate scientists are not in line with the vast majority.
Topics: climate-change, environment, federal-government, environmental-policy, australia
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A handful of remote cattle stations could hold the key to stopping cane toads in their tracks in northern Western Australia with scientists proposing a "waterless barrier" be created south of Broome.
Topics: environment, environmental-management, environmental-policy, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedUS President Barack Obama has paid tribute to Pacific Island leaders for their efforts to secure the global agreement on climate change at the UN convention in Paris last year.
Topics: climate-change, environment, environmental-policy, environmental-impact, pacific, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Productivity Commission says Australia has treated recreational fishing with "benign neglect", and has recommended that all recreational fishers be licensed in future.
Topics: tourism, regional-development, regulation, regional, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, rural, agricultural-policy, fishing-aquaculture, rural-tourism, fish, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedThe ACT Government is asking residents to watch out for frisky fish in Canberra's waterways.
Topics: fish, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, pests, pest-management, canberra-2600, act
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Colin Ross from North Star Pastoral says the owners of dozens of cattle stations in the Northern Territory have signed an open letter advertisement against hydraulic fracturing.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, mining-environmental-issues, environmental-health, beef-cattle, mining-rural, daly-waters-0852, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe owners of around 50 cattle stations in the Northern Territory sign an open letter advertisement against hydraulic fracturing.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, mining-environmental-issues, environmental-health, beef-cattle, mining-rural, daly-waters-0852, darwin-0800