Environment
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Water
They’re the dirtiest parts of the Yarra River. Could they ever be safe enough for swimming?
From the Seine to the Thames, there’s a growing international movement to make urban rivers swimmable again. What would it take for the Yarra River to join those ranks?
- byBianca Hall
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Lorne
They’re paving paradise to put up a dunny block. They can’t say they weren’t warned
When silver-haired ladies threaten arson, it’s time for a bureaucratic rethink.
- byAnson Cameron
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How To Poison a Planet
Blue Mountains residents in PFAS zone face quiz on backyard vegies and chooks
The NSW environmental watchdog will door-knock homes in Medlow Bath after testing revealed high levels of toxic forever chemicals in creek sediment and water.
- byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Mystery surge of turtle deaths in protected Australian waters
Dozens of endangered green turtles and one dugong have died and been washed ashore near Brisbane.
- byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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Animals
How do you save a starving koala?
The difficulty of moving koalas is again in focus following soaring numbers on French Island in Victoria, and deaths of translocated animals in NSW.
- byBianca Hall
As Victoria unveils ‘last national parks’, are the forest wars over?
She tried to drive away from men wielding chainsaws in a forest coupe. But that was only the beginning.
- byBianca Hall
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Bird flu
The heartbreaking moment when scientists discovered bird flu signs in Australian territory
Scientists have discovered a beach littered with dead elephant seal pups on sub-Antarctic Heard Island and collected samples for testing to confirm detection of H5N1 avian influenza.
- byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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Pollution
Ranked: The cleanest and dirtiest beaches in Sydney
A Herald analysis of BeachWatch data on water quality crunched the numbers for nearly 100 Sydney strands from Pittwater to Port Hacking – here’s how they rated.
- byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Rare discovery in Kosciuszko National Park as NSW rejects Barilaro-era brumby bill
Ecologists found a critically endangered creature in footage from a camera set up to monitor feral cats. It is found only in one other location in NSW.
- byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Oh, deer: Why Victoria has rejected calls to stop protecting ferals
Victoria is the only mainland state that lists deer as a protected game species, rather than a feral pest to be managed.
- byBianca Hall
Those sticky Halloween cobwebs are killing our native wildlife
Plastics now comprise about 30 per cent of the material found in birds’ nests, as experts warn fake Halloween cobwebs sold at supermarkets are fuelling the problem.
- byBianca Hall