Water
Opinion
Opinion
Plan to kill carp with herpes could prove as foolish as cane toad
The idea that there are reserve Dad’s Armies of citizens ready to retrieve many tonnes of decomposing fish smelling off-the-scale like the gates of Hades is beyond preposterous.
- by Simon Chapman
Latest
Politics
'Trust us': Changes to Murray-Darling plan may face legal challenges
A bid to amend the $13b Murray-Darling Basin plan to cut environmental flows by about one-fifth will likely face legal challenges should it pass the Senate.
- by Peter Hannam
Politics
Partial recovery of key Murray-Darling Basin sites stirs debate
Several key Murray-Darling sites are showing positive responses to extra water, stirring debate about whether cuts to environmental flows should proceed.
- by Peter Hannam
Water bills going down for Canberra households
A report from the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has set prices lower for Canberra households over the next five years.
- by Sally Pryor
Water
Solar powered clean drinking water maker trialled
A solar-powered device that creates clean drinking water from the air is being trialled in Australia.
- by Cole Latimer
Tiny village hit with $90,000 court costs after losing its water fight
Residents of Stanley in north-east Victoria hit with $90,000 court costs following their failure to stop water being trucked away for bottling
- by Tony Wright
Fremantle
'Absolutely putrid': Fishermen hunt source of foul smell around Perth's southern beaches
"He took them home, went to cook them – and excuse the language – but when he cracked them open they looked like sh-t".
- by Hannah Barry
Deakin
Residents warned to expect water discolouration in Deakin, Yarralumla
Works in the Deakin and Yarralumla areas may cause temporary water discolouration on Tuesday.
Lake Ginninderra closed to swimming because of blue-green algae
Lake Ginninderra is off limits for swimming, diving, waterskiing and windsurfing after an "extreme alert" for blue-green algae.
- by Blake Foden
Extreme weather
'Summer-like' heat to nudge late-season heat records across south-east
Put away the umbrella - unless it's a parasol - because a burst of heat is headed for some of Australia's most populated regions.
- by Peter Hannam
NSW
'Absurd': Veteran environmentalist aims to stir Warragamba wall debate
Is lifting the dam wall primarily a flood-mitigation exercise or a way to unlock more development in the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain?
- by Peter Hannam