Environment
Wildlife Retreat reopens as Taronga roars back to life after COVID-19
Visitors can once again sleep within snoring distance of wallabies, koalas and echidnas, as the Wildlife Retreat lodge reopens in time for the school holidays.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Weather
US Firefighters struggle to contain west-coast wildfires
Overwhelmed firefighters in the United States are struggling to contain deadly wildfires burning across the west coast.
Weather
National weather forecast for Saturday, September 12
Saturday, September 12: Sunny in Sydney, 20 degrees.
Paris Agreement
Biden's radical climate change plan could overturn the world's efforts
Once viewed with mistrust by climate change activists, Joe Biden's radical plan could supercharge global efforts to embrace serious emissions reduction.
- by Nick O'Malley
Indigenous
Raising dam wall risks Indigenous sites in 'Sydney's Juukan Gorge'
The inevitable inundation from raising the Warragamba Dam wall would wreak destruction on thousands of Aboriginal sites, Gundungurra traditional owner Kazan Brown says.
- by Peter Hannam
John Barilaro
Koala tiff just the latest clash between Libs and Nats over nature
Nationals leader John Barilaro's abandoned threat to bring down the Berejiklian government over koala habitat protections was just the latest in a series of clashes involving environmental issues.
- by Peter Hannam
'We lost everything:' Wildfire survivor
Wildfires are raging across the US West, shattering lives like Phoenix, Oregon resident Julio Bryan Flores. He lost his home and everything inside as his entire neighborhood went up in flames. Climate experts predict more damages to come due to climate change.
Weather
National weather forecast for Friday, September 11
Friday, September 11: Showers in Brisbane, 20 degrees. Sunny and cloudy in Sydney, 20 degrees. 20 degrees in Melbourne.
Endangered species
Happiness to heartbreak: Endangered baby gorilla dies at New Orleans zoo
Less than a week after celebrating the birth of a critically endangered gorilla, staff at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans are in mourning.
Biodiversity
'A wake-up call': World wildlife populations in heavy decline, report finds
Global wildlife populations have fallen by two-thirds over the past 50 years, while some Australian animal populations have been almost entirely wiped out.
- by Miki Perkins
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Waste
Queensland government allows waste levy exemptions worth $400 million
The waste industry and LNP opposition are calling for more transparency in the waste levy regime as it emerges the value of exemptions outweighs the amount collected.
- by Mark Solomons