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Thousands of homes among their gum trees: the assault on Sydney’s last healthy koalas
The concessions for habitat and corridors offer too little to ensure the future of Sydney’s last chlamydia-free koala population.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
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Sydney’s new water strategy explores use of recycled sewage - again
Sydneysiders will be urged to consider using purified sewage for drinking water to help diversify supplies as the population grows and rainfall patterns shift under climate change.
- by Peter Hannam
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Murray-Darling Basin
NSW sought to beat Basin Plan water limits
The NSW government has sought to increase the amount of water permitted to be extracted from the Murray-Darling Basin, emails reveal.
- by Peter Hannam
Independent Planning Commission rubs out Southern Highlands coal mine
A controversial coal mine planned for the Southern Highlands has been rejected by the state’s Independent Planning Commission.
- by Peter Hannam
Reversing ‘aqua nullius’: traditional owners seek cultural water rights
The Tati Tati traditional owners have developed Australia’s first plan to deliver cultural flows of water to their country in the Murray-Darling basin. And they say the proposal could be template for other Aboriginal communities seeking water rights.
- by Miki Perkins
Development of ‘zombie’ gasfield areas would create waste, water issues: opponents
Large swaths of some of the state’s best farmland could be opened up for coal seam gas development, resulting in the extraction of many gigalitres of groundwater.
- by Peter Hannam