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‘No idea how it will roll out’: Pledge to halt deforestation leaves conservation and farming groups with queries
Conservation and farming groups are digesting the impact of a pledge by Australia to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by...
Barnaby Joyce, billionaire clash on climate action
Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes have clashed over the federal government’s net-zero emissions plan. In an...
French breakthrough may help CSIRO stop invasive sea spurge weed in Australia
It’s a story that had its roots in France more than a decade ago. When CSIRO scientists based in Europe discovered some...
Tasmanians must wear masks at big events
Tasmanians attending events for 1000 or more people will have to wear masks, despite no recorded active cases in the state. Masks...
NSW police bust biggest heroin haul in decades
Authorities say they have helped prevent “carnage and destruction” with the nation’s biggest heroin seizure in nearly two decades. On Saturday police...
ACT records 32 new COVID-19 cases
The ACT has recorded 32 new cases in the latest reporting period, with at least 19 of them infectious while in the...
AMA urges adults to get vaccinated for COVID-19 to help protect children under 12
Doctors have raised concerns about the lack of a vaccine available for young people. The comments come as a 15-year-old who had...
Rare marsupial survives fire devastation
Scientists have discovered a surviving population of one of Australia’s rarest mammals, the silver-headed antechinus, in a burnt forest south of Gladstone...
Sydney women charged for travel to Hunter
More charges have been laid against Sydney residents accused of travelling to regional NSW in breach of COVID health restrictions. Charges have...
Scientists condemn News Corp environment reporting
Leading international scientists have condemned News Corp Australia for “inaccurate” and “misleading” reports about the environment, following an Australian Press Council ruling...