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The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority's response to an oil spill in Darwin Harbour has been "dismal," according to the peak body for recreational fishers.
Topics: pollution, water-pollution, environment, environmental-policy, environmental-impact, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe minority Palaszczuk Government fails to get enough support from the crossbenchers to pass its toughened tree clearing laws, a defeat that it says will put the Great Barrier Reef at risk of losing its World Heritage listing.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, alp, government-and-politics, state-parliament, laws, great-barrier-reef, environment, brisbane-4000, qld, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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The Queensland Government's bid to tighten land-clearing laws looks set to fail, with independent MP Billy Gordon announcing he will vote them down.
Topics: state-parliament, environmental-policy, land-clearing, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government appears to have done a deal with independent MP Billy Gordon in a bid to get its controversial tree clearing laws passed, but the bill's passage is still not a certainty.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, environmental-policy, environmental-management, great-barrier-reef, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, indigenous-other-peoples, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, environment, brisbane-4000, qld, cairns-4870
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Hundreds of people rally outside Queensland's Parliament ahead of what is expected to be a marathon, down-to-the-wire debate on whether to toughen tree-clearing laws.
Topics: state-parliament, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, laws, great-barrier-reef, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedNorthern Territory mud crab fishermen say a proposal to implement a 16-month suspension on catching female crabs would send them bankrupt.
Topics: environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmentally-sustainable-business, fishing-aquaculture, borroloola-0854, darwin-0800
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Topics: environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmentally-sustainable-business, fishing-aquaculture, borroloola-0854, darwin-0800
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Northern Territory Mud Crab Licensee Committee chair Chris Calogeras and mud crabber Neil Bradley speak about the proposed 16-month suspension on catching female crabs.
Topics: environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmentally-sustainable-business, fishing-aquaculture, borroloola-0854, darwin-0800
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An invasive fish species called tilapia, which scientists say is implicated in the decline of native fish, is taking over Queensland's freshwater catchments, and authorities concede they are powerless to stop the spread.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, water-management, lifestyle-and-leisure, fish, brisbane-4000, qld, townsville-4810, nudgee-4014
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Footage shows turtles struggling across the sand to reach the safety of the ocean, but some are taken by waiting seagulls.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-impact, education, environmental-management, environmental-policy, oceans-and-reefs, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld
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| UpdatedScientists open a new research centre in Queensland to try and unravel the mysteries of green turtles and stop their high mortality rates.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environment-education, environmental-management, environmental-policy, great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environmental-health, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld
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| UpdatedTree clearing in Queensland remains at unsustainable levels, the state government says.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, state-parliament, laws, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government should have sought independent scientific advice about tree clearing to avoid heated political debate about the issue, a leading Australian ecologist says.
Topics: environmental-management, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environmental-health, government-and-politics, alp, political-parties, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedElevated levels of nickel have been discovered in sediment samples collected at Blind Creek, near Clive Palmer's Townsville refinery.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, environment, mining-rural, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, yabulu-4818, qld, townsville-4810
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Topics: environment, environmental-policy, environmental-technology, education, science-and-technology, science, townsville-4810
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Topics: environment, environmental-policy, environmental-technology, education, science-and-technology, science, townsville-4810
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Topics: environment, environmental-policy, environmental-technology, education, science-and-technology, science, townsville-4810
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Townsville City Council is using environmental data collected by primary school students to inform its development planning.
Topics: environment, environmental-policy, environmental-technology, education, science-and-technology, science, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe researchers warn not acting soon will not bode well for food production.
Topics: agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-policy, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, environmental-policy, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedWater is being released from the Menindee Lakes to the virtually dry lower Darling River for the first time in eight months.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, rivers, murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, irrigation, rural, menindee-2879, nsw, sa, vic, australia, renmark-5341, mildura-3500, wentworth-2648
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| UpdatedQueensland authorities say they have identified the ship that allegedly spilled up to 15 tonnes of oil in the Great Barrier Reef a year ago, with charges possible.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-policy, environmental-management, environmental-impact, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, townsville-4810, cairns-4870, qld
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| UpdatedNewly appointed Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg says he accepts the science of climate change, despite previously being dubbed "Mr Coal", because of his support for industry.
Topics: environment, environmental-policy, environmental-technology, federal-government, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, business-economics-and-finance, industry, coal, australia
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| UpdatedNew Zealand wants to be free of its most destructive introduced predators such as rats, possums and stoats by 2050, with the Government committing $28 million for an eradication program.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, pests, new-zealand
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The Tasmanian Government could be making promises it cannot keep to the tourism industry over access to the state's World Heritage Area, environmentalists warn.
Topics: environment, government-and-politics, rain-forests-and-forest, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, states-and-territories, tas
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A project designed to help Australian scientists study the homes of native wildlife asks people to take note of hollows they find in their area.
Topics: animals-and-nature, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, coffs-harbour-2450