Environment
Conservation
The conservationist who stopped mining on Fraser Island dies at 79
John Sinclair, the conservationist who halted sand mining on Fraser Island, has passed away.
- by Tony Moore
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City life
Can't see the park for the trees
Why LachIan Swamp is my favourite Centennial Park spot.
- by Helen Pitt
Editorial
Editorial
Drop the pretence about the Murray-Darling plan
The South Australian royal commission says political compromise is not science.
Biosecurity
Senate to hear evidence on koalas, finches and Cleveland's wading birds
The Senate's Environment and Communications Reference Committee will meet in Brisbane on Friday.
- by Tony Moore
Water
Fish kill in the Murrumbidgee River leaves 'thousands' more dead
Fishery authorities were heading to the lower Murrumbidgee River on Tuesday afternoon to investigate reports of another fish kill on NSW rivers.
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
'Worse than last time': Darling fish kill strikes again at Menindee
Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in the Darling River at Menindee, the second such event in three weeks, in what Niall Blair, the fisheries minister, described as "an environmental catastrophe".
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
'It's starting again': Another big fish kill unfolding at Menindee
A resident said dead fish can be seen along at least a kilometre of the lower Darling River.
- by Peter Hannam
Bushfires
'Buying time': the pilot behind world's first Boeing 737 water bomber
Hikers in Kosciuszko National Park over the past week would have been treated to an unusual aerial display if they happened to be any where near Possum Point.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
The gecko get-go: 'They're superheroes'
Just how fast can a gecko go? New research has shown how Asian geckos are able to run over water at nearly a metre per second.
- by John Elder
Water
'Election battleground': Desal plant restart elevates water policy war
The expected resumption of Sydney's $2.3 billion desalination plant will sharpen water as a prominent election issue, with critics lining up to attack the government.
- by Peter Hannam
Water
'Game on': What happens when Sydney's desalination plant gets turned on
Head of Sydney's desal plant says authorities have 'never seen anything like' the drop of reservoir levels. How will his plant respond when it is switched on within days.
- by Peter Hannam