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Ethical living
Dark Emu brought Bruce Pascoe years of trouble. He says backlash to Black Duck is ‘inevitable’
At 77, and with his next book complete, Pascoe says he’s tiring more easily these days. From his property near Mallacoota, he tells of his hope for the future.
- by Bianca Hall
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Endangered species
Conservationists to clash with government at koala summit
Friday’s koala summit is set for a showdown between conservationists and the government over delays in creating the Great Koala National Park and the intensification of logging within the proposed boundaries.
- by Nick O'Malley and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Words can’t describe’: Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years
Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park, just south of Sydney, last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Gas
Company group behind NSW offshore gas plan yet to clean up abandoned wells in WA
A company seeking to drill for gas off the NSW coast and another with abandoned wells in WA are both owned by a firm with questions over its financial viability.
- by Peter Milne
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Biodiversity
Rare hope for ‘forest fairies’ whose numbers have dwindled to the dozens
In some rare good news for the critically endangered lowland Leadbeater’s possum, conservationists have identified 34 possums in the wild – an increase of 10 possums on the last count.
- by Bianca Hall
Alfred isn’t an easy house guest. But rescuers are racing to bring more wildlife home from fires
Firefighters have saved lives and towns across Victoria, but the race is now on to rescue wildlife hit hard in burnt forests, including vulnerable koalas.
- by Sherryn Groch
‘Zero tolerance’: Plibersek to consider extending brumby cull
The federal government has threatened to call for the removal of all feral horses from alpine regions rather than preserving 3000 brumbies on heritage grounds.
- by Nick O'Malley
Historic fig trees vandalised in Mosman
Mosman council was informed on Monday that a Balmoral resident had witnessed someone drilling into a fig tree along the Balmoral foreshore.
- by Laura Chung
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Marine life
Hook, line and sinker: Fishing for blue groper banned in NSW
Two spearfishing incidents in Sydney and Jervis Bay sparked widespread community outrage. The state government has now outlawed line fishing for the “puppy dogs of the sea”.
- by Laura Chung
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Environmental protection
Plibersek can save this wonderland, or give it away with the fairies
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek holds the fate of a delicate slice of Tasmania’s wilderness in her hands.
- by Geraldine Brooks
Thousands of rainbow lorikeets are unable to fly and vets don’t know why
Paralysed lorikeets have been found across northern NSW, appearing unbalanced and sometimes dying because they are unable to breathe.
- by Laura Chung