Environment
Conservation
Perth and Peel Cocky numbers stabilise
This year's great cocky count found numbers of the iconic WA bird had stabilised.
- by staff writers
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Sharks
Drone fleet to help keep swimmers safe at 'shark smorgasbord' beaches
It's the time of the year when the surf looks its most inviting, but it's also when our anxiety about sharks hits its peak.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
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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Biodiversity
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
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.
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Environmental Protection
'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
Animals
'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
Animals
'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
Oil
'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
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Water
'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
Animals
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