Environment
Conservation
The gold-flecked American lothario who got lost in a sewage plant
The off-course plover, covered in golden flecks that indicate his readiness to take a mate, should have landed in the Arctic for his species’ breeding season.Â
- by Bianca Hall
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Is this the first animal to become extinct on Tanya Plibersek’s watch?
The Yalmy galaxias – a fish the length of an adult’s finger – has spurred seven environment groups to unite in a last-ditch rescue mission.
- by Bianca Hall and Mike Foley
‘Forest gardening’: Stoush over Aboriginal corporation’s land management
Wombat State Forest near Daylesford has sparked a new chapter in Victoria’s forest wars, pitting Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation against a renowned ecology professor and his publisher.
- by Bianca Hall
‘I found I was more comfortable in the forest’: The scientist who took on the logging industry
Professor David Lindenmeyer looked neater than you’d expect for a man who has spent years in Australia’s oldest forests, locked in political battles with the industries that depend on cutting them down.
- by Nick O'Malley
Rock snot to spiky crawling fish: Pests threatening to reshape Australia
The wood-boring beetle wreaking havoc on Perth’s grand Moreton Bay figs is just one of many invasive species keeping experts up at night.
- by Nick O'Malley
Kristy worked on flood rescue all night. When she got home her town was covered in coal
Coal mines in the Illawarra struggled with last weekend’s deluge, sending coal deposits into residential areas and the Royal National Park where the platypus live.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Fossil fuels
‘Sheen’ in water: Ageing oil pipeline off Gippsland coast shut off as leak probed
A pipeline linking two oil platforms is being investigated as the source of a suspected hydrocarbon spill in Bass Strait.
- by Bianca Hall
Split inside conservative green group over new nuclear agenda
Former NSW energy minister Matt Kean is among supporters who have jumped ship from the green group since it began to back federal Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy.
- by Nick O'Malley
Interview
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Ego, pain and ADHD: The unusual determination of Dave Hughes
Lying on the beach in agony, waiting for an ambulance that never showed up, one thing was clear to the comedian: this would definitely make it into his stand-up show.
- by Stephen Brook
Horse cull to close parts of Kosciuszko National Park through winter
The state government’s controversial program of shooting feral horses from helicopters continues in an effort to bring down their numbers.
- by Nick O'Malley
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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