New legislation aimed at fast-tracking priority energy and defence projects in Western Australia could put the environment at risk and lead to less transparent government, experts say.
Trees were planted almost 100 years ago at the entrance to a tiny New South Wales town to recognise locals who served in WWI, but residents say a proposed wind farm could "butcher" the living memorial.
As more Perth councils bring in a third bin for food and organic waste, some of the early adopters of the system in WA's South West are just months away from potentially scrapping the system.
They're called '"forever chemicals" because of their extreme durability, but Adelaide researchers say they have developed a new method to combat PFAS.
He has the chic of a Silicon Valley tech bro and a clean energy pitch for investors, but will Gerard Barron's deep-sea mining dream do more harm than good?
For the first time, researchers have been able to successfully breed and release into the wild an endangered species of mountain frog.
Local Government NSW president Phyllis Miller says making owners lock their cats in at night should be a "no-brainer" decision, but animal welfare organisations disagree.
A push to extract minerals from the depths of the Pacific Ocean is gaining momentum. Here is how it works and why it has become a global flashpoint.
Türkiye rejects Australia's bid to host the COP31 climate summit in Adelaide.
The NSW government announces the proposed boundary of what could become the state's largest national park on the mid north coast.
A scientist investigating why pesticides were appearing in marine life discovers a banned chemical on NSW berries. The underwhelming response from the government has exposed regulatory blind spots in the system meant to protect consumers.
Queensland's environment department says it is investigating a video which appears to show an influencer attempting to catch a freshwater crocodile.
A near-fatal bite was not enough to stop Queenslander Kasey Leadbetter from loving snakes but she says treatment could be improved, and researchers agree.
Russian artist Nicholas Chevalier's now-famous painting of Mt Abrupt in western Victoria is being used by a revegetation group to reflect the landscape as the artist saw it in 1864.
Many of the world's ski field operators now rely on snow machines to guarantee business, but others say the practice uses too much water and risks environmental harm.
Palau's corals have emerged unscathed from the world's devastating marine heatwaves. Researchers are breeding and planting them to save reefs from disappearing.
The West Australian government announces a new marine park to safeguard an enormous stretch of coastline adjacent to Ningaloo Reef.
A colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is crumbling apart in warm Antarctic waters, and could disappear within weeks.
Tammin residents are celebrating a 50-year study into trapdoor spiders that unearthed the world's oldest recorded arachnid, and is still going strong.
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Even after a long life, Peggie Bassett can still remember the guttural growl and striking scent of the last known thylacine as it prowled its concrete enclosure.
Tasmania's energy saver loan scheme gave households and small businesses a chance to obtain interest-free finance for rooftop solar and other energy efficiency measures. It's been so successful, the government decided to end it.
Home battery installers in Western Australia say they're collectively owed millions of dollars in rebates and loans from a government scheme.
In 2012, as the newly minted environment minister under Campbell Newman, Andrew Powell said he was "still to be convinced" of the degree to which humans are influencing climate change.
Climate advocates say a target in the 70s should be the floor of ambition for the government's 2035 emissions targets, but the Business Council is warning that a target over 70 per cent would risk billions in exports.
Billions of dollars in private investment are being pulled out of green hydrogen projects.