Environment
The endangered songbird learning its song again
Regent honeyeaters made worldwide headlines when researchers discovered they were losing their songs. Now, there are signs efforts to teach them are working.
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Political fight sparks as electricity network axes timber power poles
Essential Energy, the electricity distributor that covers 95 per cent of NSW, is switching to composite poles to make its network more resilient in bushfires.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Feral pig makes a dash across river as numbers explode
As the state government tries to bring exploding pig numbers under control, a fisherman and his wife have caught on camera one of the animals swimming across the Clyde River. CREDIT: Wendy Alford
Opinion
City life
This French city was once a crime hub. It could teach Melbourne how to green its laneways
Melbourne spent millions in a failed attempt to green its grey laneways. A successful scheme shows the better way to beautify the city comes from empowering residents.
- by Justine Costigan
Dutton’s plan to build nuclear plants on former coal sites not as easy as it seems
Experts have called into question Peter Dutton’s insistence that existing coal power plant sites and transmission lines could be used for nuclear power.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Why can’t they put them off Sydney Heads?’ Inside a community divided on its future
Wollongong locals are wary about plans to build a wind farm off their beaches, but open to persuasion.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons