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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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| UpdatedBushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.
Topics: climate-change, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, weather, australia, nsw, wa, qld, tas
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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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Thousands of dead bats drop from trees after temperatures top 45 degrees in parts of New South Wales.
Topics: animals, weather, environmental-impact, casino-2470, singleton-2330
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Teenage turtles like Cliff are lucky to be rescued, because many others like him are dying after eating hidden plastic pollution in Sydney Harbour and the Hawkesbury River.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-policy, animals, animal-welfare, plastics-and-rubber, retail, sydney-2000
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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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| UpdatedAn environmental group is warning water quality in Macquarie Harbour is threatening the survival of an ancient skate species.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, fishing-aquaculture, environmental-management, environmental-impact, strahan-7468
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Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, environmental-impact, greens, lismore-2480, tenterfield-2372, yetman-2410
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A push to reduce single-use shopping bags on the New South Wales mid-north coast is gaining momentum.
Topics: pollution, environmental-impact, environmental-management, government-and-politics, local-government, lifestyle, community-and-society, nambucca-heads-2448
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| UpdatedMore than 100 flying foxes in Adelaide's Botanic Park are found dead in what ecologists say is a devastating result of the heatwave that has hit South Australia.
Topics: environmental-impact, weather, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThe developer of a controversial oil pipeline crossing several US states resumes construction of the long-delayed project, a month after President Donald Trump ordered it to be continued.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, environmental-impact, environment, environmental-policy, community-and-society, indigenous-other-peoples, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedBeverley O'Connor speaks to Brandon Barnes, a senior litigation analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence about the legal options for Native Americans who oppose the pipeline.
Topics: environmental-impact, indigenous-other-peoples, engineering, united-states
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| UpdatedThere are concerns record high electricity demands from the use of air-conditioners and fans could drain power supplies across New South Wales as heatwave conditions hit the state.
Topics: weather, environmental-impact, nsw, sydney-2000, moree-2400
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As biosecurity authorities respond to a sixth aquaculture farm which has tested positive for white spot disease in prawns, both the industry and government say they cannot be sure the virus can be eradicated. Six of the eight farms near the Logan River have now been confirmed to have the virus; one other currently has no stock and another is the only farm to remain free of white spot. Queensland Minister Bill Byrne says he stands ready to assist further, but is still waiting for a formal proposal for a cost sharing Deed of Arrangement with the federal government and industry.
Topics: rural, environmental-management, environmental-impact, marine-biology, government-and-politics, fishing-aquaculture, mackay-4740
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White spot disease is detected in more than 100 wild prawns south of Brisbane, sparking fears about the prawn farm industry's recovery.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, environmental-impact, marine-biology, government-and-politics, logan-central-4114, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedLegal action brought against the Government's environmental watchdog by a salmon producer will be "vigorously" defended, the Tasmanian Premier says.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmentally-sustainable-business, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump's travel ban is under the spotlight on Q&A, with two Syrian refugees putting a human face on the debate and asking why they deserve to be banned from the country.
Topics: government-and-politics, environment, environmental-impact, refugees, immigration, australia
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AgForce is calling on governments to fund the continuation of the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative, a massive water saving program budgeted to June.
Topics: water-management, water-supply, environmental-management, environmental-impact, agricultural-policy, federal---state-issues, rural-tourism, beef-cattle, sheep-production, goat-production, community-development, longreach-4730
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| UpdatedA sixth aquaculture farm tests positive for the virus that causes white spot disease in prawns, leaving the industry concerned about successful eradication.
Topics: rural, environmental-management, environmental-impact, marine-biology, government-and-politics, fishing-aquaculture, mackay-4740
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A multimillion-dollar luxury tourist resort on Kangaroo Island is granted planning approval by the South Australian Government, which is predicting the project will create about 400 jobs.
Topics: community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, urban-development-and-planning, rural-tourism, environmental-impact, states-and-territories, american-river-5221, kingscote-5223, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedFarmers in south-west NSW are relieved a piggery project has been blocked by the state's environmental agency.
Topics: pig-production, rural, environmental-impact, agricultural-policy, agribusiness, harden-2587, young-2594
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| UpdatedHundreds of lost sunglasses and swim goggles have been washed up on a Gold Coast beach by unusual surf conditions.
Topics: offbeat, people, community-and-society, environment, environmental-impact, water-pollution, pollution, lifestyle-and-leisure, oceans-and-reefs, burleigh-heads-4220
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Topics: rural, environmental-impact, environmental-management, kingscote-5223
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| UpdatedThe governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo, has ordered that the island's drinking water and soil be tested for the presence of Agent Orange.
Topics: environmental-impact, defence-forces, pacific, guam
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The POMS outbreak has been an emotional roller coaster for oyster farmers in Tasmania.
Topics: rural, environmental-impact, fishing-aquaculture, tas