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| UpdatedWater begins flowing from Victoria's desalination plant more than four years after it was completed, as the Government moves to reassure Victorians that water bills will not go up as the result of a new regular water order.
Topics: water-supply, water-management, water, environment, state-parliament, wonthaggi-3995, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Opposition calls on the State Government to reveal exactly how it will pay for its $550 million plan to secure the state's power supply.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, solar-energy, alternative-energy, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, environment, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA $60-million multi-functional park in Melbourne's inner south-east promises to provide desperately needed open space as the city grapples with population growth.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, local-government, government-and-politics, environment, environmental-policy, prahran-3181, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA greener energy mix has helped keep energy-related carbon dioxide emissions flat in 2016 according to International Energy Agency data, showing countries are able to have economic growth while reducing emissions.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, climate-change, industry, environmentally-sustainable-business, australia
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| UpdatedMore than 200 jobs are in limbo after the owners of the Heyfield timber mill in Victoria's east announced it would close, but the Victorian Government may still throw workers a lifeline.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, environment, heyfield-3858
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| UpdatedIn a submission to the Finkel Review, some of Australia's major energy companies have called for an end to "piecemeal" climate and energy policy and a "reward structure" for picking up the slack when renewable sources fail.
Topics: industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, turnbull-malcolm, alternative-energy, environment, australia
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| UpdatedA planned expansion to the Snowy Hydro scheme is grabbing headlines — but a new plan could build oceanfront hydro power in places without mountains, including South Australia.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, environment, government-and-politics, sa, australia
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump's budget proposal will boost defence spending by $US54 billion, while slashing the Environmental Protection Agency's funding by 31 per cent and cutting other programs including Meals on Wheels.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, budget, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, environment, environmental-impact, united-states
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The gas industry is partly to blame for the increasingly negative community attitude to extraction and exploration in South Australia's south-east, a resources industry representative says.
Topics: environment, rural, oil-and-gas, allendale-east-5291
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Fishermen in India say a local Adani project is harming them and killing off sea life, warning Australia to be wary as Queensland's Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk prepares to decide whether to proceed with the Carmichael coal mine.
Topics: environment, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, india, qld
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| UpdatedSenate crossbenchers question whether the Government's plan to expand the Snowy Hydro scheme is feasible and a good use of taxpayers' money.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, nsw, act, australia
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Reef experts and environmentalists call for Australia to lead on climate change and help save the Great Barrier Reef.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-impact, environmentally-sustainable-business, federal-government, climate-change, qld
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull says his Government will be "very happy" to fund the $2 billion expansion of the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme if the Victorian and New South Wales state governments won't chip in.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, nsw, act, australia
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Environmental groups call for an independent inquiry into the Snowy Hydro expansion, saying it will damage already vulnerable eco-systems.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, hydro-energy, nsw
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White spot disease found in Queensland prawns is highly contagious, lethal to crustaceans and has reduced prawn farm productivity by up to 40 per cent overseas.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, food-processing, pest-management, food-and-cooking, pests, environment, federal-government, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWe've gone through the footage to find the best moments of the unprecedented political slanging match between Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, environment, australia, sa
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| UpdatedThe fate of 260 workers at Victoria's Heyfield sawmill will be revealed on Friday after the board of Australian Sustainable Hardwoods meets to consider whether to close the mill down.
Topics: timber, industry, states-and-territories, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment, heyfield-3858, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedIn a fiery press conference, Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and SA Premier Jay Weatherill trade blows over SA's plans to "go it alone" in energy supply for the state.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, environment, sa, adelaide-5000, australia
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The Federal Government will today announce a $2 billion intervention in Australia's electricity supply debate, by expanding the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme in a bid to power up to 500,000 homes.
Topics: hydro-energy, environment, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, nsw, australia, act
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Acclaimed Australian author Tim Winton has been named the inaugural patron of a new native animals trust that hopes to connect the public with conservation research and projects.
Topics: environment, environmental-management, books-literature, australia
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Acclaimed Australian author Tim Winton has been named the inaugural patron of a new native animals trust that hopes to connect the public with conservation research and projects.
Topics: environmental-management, environment, animals, books-literature, australia
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| UpdatedThe Whanganui River in New Zealand's North Island becomes the first landmark in the world to be recognised as a living entity.
Topics: environment, rivers, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, indigenous-other-peoples, community-and-society, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government announces a $2 billion intervention in Australia's electricity supply debate, expanding the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme in a bid to power up to 500,000 homes.
Topics: hydro-energy, environment, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedScientists are concerned coral bleaching could spread further south from last year's initial instance on Kimberley reefs off WA's coast.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, environmental-impact, climate-change, environment, geraldton-6530, houtman-abrolhos-6530-6530, ningaloo-6701
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Senator Richard Di Natale, leader of the Australian Greens, delivers an address titled 'The world we could be living in', to the National Press Club in Canberra.
Topics: australian-greens, environment, canberra-2600, act, australia