Environment
Conservation
Tonight, Barry Jane will cook ducks he shot. It could be his last supper of this kind
The 76-year-old has enjoyed duck hunting since he was 16. But he understands a parliamentary inquiry into the future of recreational native bird hunting could end duck shooting in Victoria.
- by Miki Perkins
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Biodiversity
From faded crocodile signs to damaged ranger stations: National Parks get funding boost
The federal government will invest $262.3 million in the upcoming budget to address the underfunding of many of Australia’s iconic national parks.
- by Laura Chung
Healing seagrass ‘scars’ to make Sydney Harbour cleaner and clearer
The world’s biggest harbour restoration project is focusing on an ancient, self-cloning species of seagrass.
- by Angus Dalton
At 22, Eric discovered an ‘extinct’ possum. It lived in his pocket
The man who rediscovered Victoria’s faunal emblem, the Leadbeater’s possum, 60 years ago now fears he may live to see it go extinct for real.
- by Sherryn Groch
The woman with four of the state’s most important portfolios
New environment minister Penny Sharpe has spent almost 20 years in politics. Now she’s stepped into the biggest role of her life.
- by Laura Chung and James Brickwood
Tokyo rolls out vending machines for whale products amid online sales of unsafe dolphin meat
Investigators from an Australian organisation purchased and tested dolphin meat sold on Yahoo! Japan. The results shocked them.
- by Angus Dalton
Seal of disapproval: 400kg visitor thinks we’ve missed the big picture
Looking around at what we’ve become, the leopard seal had every right to feel disappointed.
- by Anson Cameron
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Water
‘Big weight off the shoulders’: Warragamba Dam wall-raising shelved
The controversial proposal is dead after the NSW government decided not to proceed with the project due to huge costs and environmental and heritage concerns.
- by Laura Chung
On a wing and a prayer, Phillip Island residents turn off the lights to give some chicks a chance
They use the moon to navigate – but in this migration 700,000 short-tailed shearwaters will rely on Phillip Island residents to help them find their way.
- by Miki Perkins
The prom’s eucalyptus forests are dying. Here’s a plan to save them
Most people fail to notice “blank-looking holes” in the forested hills at Wilsons Promontory National Park. They’re a sign of ecological collapse, as eucalyptus trees struggle to rejuvenate.
- by Miki Perkins
From the Archives, 1978: Research goal for Australia’s ‘Dolphin Embassy’
In 1978, Australia’s “Dolphin Embassy” claimed to be well on the way to achieving its ultimate ambition: to crack the language barrier between man and dolphin.
- by Jennifer Byrne