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Topics: wetlands, environment, sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, alberton-4207
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Topics: wetlands, environment, sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, alberton-4207
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| UpdatedFarmers, residents, and conservationists on Queensland's Sunshine Coast say they are receiving contradictory information about plans for a multimillion-dollar land sale.
Topics: environmental-impact, environment, environmental-management, environmental-policy, sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, wetlands, conservation, yandina-4561, maroochydore-4558
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The man who first documented Ediacara fossils, the late Dr Reg Sprigg, is again being recognised, with South Australia's first state fossil emblem named after him.
Topics: fossils, science-and-technology, palaeontology, environment, parachilna-5730, sa
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| UpdatedWhile endangered green turtle hatchlings have more than doubled on Queensland's remote Raine Island, scientists are still working to help the species in its battle against rising sea levels and overcrowding.
Topics: human-interest, animals, environment, conservation, animal-science, science-and-technology, cairns-4870, qld, australia
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| UpdatedEnergy experts say the West Australian Labor party must undertake a detailed feasibility study before backing a wave power farm in the Great Southern.
Topics: alternative-energy, tidal-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, albany-6330, wa
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| UpdatedA Queensland scientist finds a new species of ant-eating spider and names it after a chance meeting with a new friend on Gumtree.
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, animal-science, animals, environment, human-interest, brisbane-4000, lord-howe-island-2898
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| UpdatedA deal over sewage disposal was the key to protecting a significant wetland on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Topics: environmental-impact, environment, environmental-management, environmental-policy, birds, human-interest, wetlands, government-and-politics, community-and-society, yandina-4561
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Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, sculpture, history, environment, albury-2640
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| UpdatedAlbury's Wagirra Trail project team is keen to increase the amount of Aboriginal language they use on the Yindyamarra Sculpture Walk.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, history, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, local-government, lifestyle-and-leisure, sculpture, environment, albury-2640
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Topics: wind-energy, solar-energy, energy, alternative-energy, environment, australia
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| UpdatedThe first national audit of batteries that store solar power shows almost 7,000 were installed in Australian homes last year — and that's predicted to triple this year.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, environment, energy, science-and-technology, australia
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Host: John Barron
Panel: Maha Abdo, Caroline Overington and David Hetherington
Interview with: Iain MacGill
The panel discusses the ongoing Australian energy debate, the Liberal Party's deal with One Nation in WA & the increase in female finalists in Tropfest.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, government-and-politics, environment, australia
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Adelaide dive instructor Kate Wilkins was so sick of seeing rubbish while diving that she decided to do something about it.
Topics: water-pollution, human-interest, oceans-and-reefs, environment, pollution, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedSadly, much of the debate about our future power generation has become mired in political point-scoring and simplistic arguments designed to inflame and outrage; where ignorance dominates academic research, writes Ian Verrender.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, alternative-energy, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government agency considering a $1 billion loan to mining giant Adani rejects an FOI request from Greenpeace for information about its upcoming board meetings, saying it could encourage protesters and media interest.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-environmental-issues, environment, australia, qld
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| UpdatedA diverse alliance of industry, community and environmental groups is calling for a new bipartisan approach to energy policy.
Topics: environment, government-and-politics, federal-government, environmental-policy, federal-parliament, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Turtles plastic
Topics: environment, nsw
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Turtles and plastic
Topics: environment, nsw
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| UpdatedThe rippled stone of the outback Flinders Ranges used to be an ocean floor and scientists are now documenting fossils they hope will lead to World Heritage listing of the region.
Topics: environment, science-and-technology, fossils, palaeontology, parachilna-5730, sa
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Hundreds of timber industry job losses could be offset with $45 million in government and private investment into a new national park in eastern Victoria, The Wilderness Society says.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, kinglake-3763, healesville-3777, marysville-3779, heyfield-3858
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| UpdatedHundreds of cameras set up to monitor the movements of Victoria's tiger quoll have failed to photograph the animal for three years, raising fears for the future of the threatened species.
Topics: animals, conservation, environment, apollo-bay-3233, lorne-3232, skenes-creek-3233
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| UpdatedMuch of Australia is enduring an extreme heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 45C in parts of the country, and conditions are expected to worsen across the weekend.
Topics: weather, environment, bushfire, fires, australia, sa, vic, qld, nsw, act
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ABC cameraman Trent Murphy uses a drone to film SA's Coorong.
Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australia could reduce its reliance on the National Electricity Market through major infrastructure investment, according to a policy expert, as it looks to overcome a privatised market that has proved unreliable.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, environment, states-and-territories, energy, adelaide-5000, sa