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RSPCA Qld chief to head Queensland's new Koala Advisory Council

RSPCA Qld chief to head Queensland's new Koala Advisory Council

Mark Townsend from the RSPCA is the man chosen by the Palaszczuk government to oversee the recovery of Queensland's threatened koalas in south-east Queensland.

  • by Tony Moore

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Australia's 'most important bird' takes a step back from extinction
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Australia's 'most important bird' takes a step back from extinction

Werribee Zoo has successfully hatched plains-wanderer chicks in captivity, bringing the genetically unique bird a step back from the brink of oblivion.

  • by Joe Hinchliffe
BBC film crew praised for saving penguins
Animals

BBC film crew praised for saving penguins

The team capturing footage in Antarctica for the David Attenborough series Dynasties took the rare decision to help out emperor penguins stuck in a ravine.

'Significantly compromised': Government ignored advice of its own officers on logging
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'Significantly compromised': Government ignored advice of its own officers on logging

The Berejiklian government ignored the advice of its own environment officers in approving new native logging rules, including a warning about reduced koala protection, according to an internal submission.

  • by Peter Hannam
'Vandalism': environment groups slam move to increase native forestry
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'Vandalism': environment groups slam move to increase native forestry

Critics say the Berejiklian government's measures would "trash large areas of old-growth forests, which are among the last refuges on earth for an astonishing array of species".

  • by Peter Hannam
'Paranoia': NSW government denies gagging critics of feral horse plan
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'Paranoia': NSW government denies gagging critics of feral horse plan

The Berejiklian government rejects claims it gagged scientists due to address a conference on the damage in the Kosciuszko National Park from feral horses.

  • by Peter Hannam
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'Catastrophe': Bight oil spill could reach NSW coast, leaked report shows
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'Catastrophe': Bight oil spill could reach NSW coast, leaked report shows

The blowout of an oil well in the Great Australian Bight could leak for more than 100 days and foul beaches along Australia's coastline from Albany in WA to Sydney's beaches and beyond, a leaked document shows.

  • by Peter Hannam
'Significant impacts': Federal government issues Warragamba wall alert
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'Significant impacts': Federal government issues Warragamba wall alert

The government's controversial plan to raise the height of the Warragamba dam is likely to have "significant impacts" on threatened species, the federal environment department document shows.

  • by Peter Hannam
Juvenile quolls at Booderee spotted outside the pouch for the first time
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Juvenile quolls at Booderee spotted outside the pouch for the first time

It's a significant moment in the project to re-establish a population of quolls in the wild, as they're considered extinct on the mainland.

  • by Kimberley Le Lievre
Cliefden Caves spared as government finds 'better alternative' for dam
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Cliefden Caves spared as government finds 'better alternative' for dam

A heritage-listed cave complex in central west NSW has been spared from inundation after the Berejiklian government chose an alternative water-security project.

  • by Peter Hannam
Ex-AIMS chief Ian Poiner tapped to head reef marine park
Great Barrier Reef

Ex-AIMS chief Ian Poiner tapped to head reef marine park

The federal government has picked marine ecologist Ian Poiner to head the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, an agency which oversees the world's largest collection of coral reefs.

  • by Peter Hannam