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Biodiversity
NSW lands biggest conservation purchase in state's history
The government will create a conservation area in far north-west NSW 10 times the size of the Royal National Park, in the largest purchase of private land for environmental protection in the state's history.
- by Peter Hannam
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Biodiversity
Bipartisan support helps give 'battleship peninsula' protection
Visits to a popular Blue Mountains ''battleship peninsula' are expected to rise as much as 10 fold after the Berejiklian government formalised protection for the Radiata Plateau.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
'Great result': Old-growth forests get reprieve from forestry
The Berejiklian government has suspended plans to remap old-growth coastal state forests after last summer's bushfires burnt large swathes of woodlands.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
Protesters demand miners stop looking for gold in Wombat State Forest
Snap protests against gold exploration have taken place in Wombat State Forest, which government’s environmental assessment body says should be a national park.
- by Miki Perkins
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History
'Backward step': NSW government slams Commonwealth over Harbour review
A federal-state stoush has erupted over the future of some of Sydney Harbour's historic landmarks, with the Berejiklian government claiming it had been largely shut out from a review of the former defence sites.
- by Peter Hannam and Deborah Snow
Heritage
Harbour Trust review recommends against leasing off Cockatoo Island
An independent review into the Sydney Harbour Foundation Trust has recommended against long-term plans to transfer the control of historic sites into private hands.
- by Peter Hannam
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Water
Fears two NSW dam projects will ignore economic, financial safeguards
Plans to fast-track two dams in NSW have prompted calls for Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley to step in to apply biodiversity protection laws.
- by Peter Hannam
Marine life
Two old foes join hands to help save three young dolphins
For years there was bad blood between the dolphin park in Coffs Harbour and animal rights advocates. No one would have expected them to team up.
- by Nick O'Malley
Brumby debate
Brumbies to be removed from Kosciuszko despite internal opposition
Despite opposition from the Deputy Premier the government intends to go ahead with a plan to remove some of the national park's famous brumbies.
- by Nick O'Malley
Biodiversity
Protesters halt logging across the state
Protesters shut down seven logging coupes across Victoria as environmentalists and community members called for an end to native forest logging.
- by Miki Perkins
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Shark debate
Study shows surprising diet of sharks with little interest in mammals
White sharks are pickier eaters than previously thought, altering their diet to meet changing needs as they grow, with humans likely to be bitten by mistake.
- by Peter Hannam