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'Prepare to get your legs broken': MP threatened over fishing ban

'Prepare to get your legs broken': MP threatened over fishing ban

MP targeted with online abuse and even death threats for supporting plan to introduce lockout zones to protect fish.

  • by Nick O'Malley

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'Not the details requested': EPA, RFS, others rebuke Santos over CSG
Gas

'Not the details requested': EPA, RFS, others rebuke Santos over CSG

Government agencies have reiterated demands for more information from Santos about its plan to develop a $3 billion coal seam gas project in northern NSW, saying the company had failed to respond to their concerns.

  • by Peter Hannam
'Tsunami' of new wind and solar projects drives renewables output to a record
Renewables

'Tsunami' of new wind and solar projects drives renewables output to a record

Renewable energy supplied more than a quarter of the National Electricity Market last month amid windy weather and new projects under way, according to The Australia Institute.

  • by Peter Hannam
'The daughters lost everything': Why more Australians need to be prepared for disaster season
Bushfire

'The daughters lost everything': Why more Australians need to be prepared for disaster season

First responders say the difference between those who say "I wish I had" and those who say "I'm glad I did" can be devastating.

  • by Cassandra Morgan
Powerful friends in low places rescue and release disoriented owlet
Animals

Powerful friends in low places rescue and release disoriented owlet

A recorded trilling, a Woolies bread tray and a clutch of determined bird lovers turn out to be the ideal combination to rescue a disoriented powerful owlet.

  • by Peter Hannam
How to control pests with your weapon of choice
Food

How to control pests with your weapon of choice

Spring has sprung and the garden pests are breeding.

  • by Jackie French
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Ask Fuzzy: Forecasts becoming clearer
Science

Ask Fuzzy: Forecasts becoming clearer

Numerical weather prediction is one of the world’s modern miracles.

  • by Rod Taylor
Reporter mocked for 'Oscar-worthy' Hurricane Florence broadcast
Social media

Reporter mocked for 'Oscar-worthy' Hurricane Florence broadcast

Mike Seidel is seen "bracing for his life" against strong winds, while two others in the background walk idly past.

  • by Cassandra Morgan
Temperature hits 34 degrees in Sydney, but expected to suddenly drop
Sydney

Temperature hits 34 degrees in Sydney, but expected to suddenly drop

Sydney sweltered through a short heatwave today, with the temperature soaring past all forecasts.

  • by Esther Han
Japan's bid to end commercial whaling moratorium defeated
Whales

Japan's bid to end commercial whaling moratorium defeated

The International Whaling Commission has rejected Japan's proposal to end the global moratorium on commercial whaling, which has been in place since the 1980s.

  • by Steve Jacobs
'We're sleepwalking': The fix to Sydney's water woes when every drop matters
Water

'We're sleepwalking': The fix to Sydney's water woes when every drop matters

It's little wonder the Berejiklian government is eager to switch the Sydney Desalination Plant on and end the "water security mode" it has languished in since 2012.

  • by Peter Hannam