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Explore hinterland hidden gems at Harvest Festival

Jacquelene 18 April 2025

The Central Coast’s annual Harvest Festival returns on 7-8 June 2025, offering a unique opportunity to explore the region’s picturesque hinterland, discover local produce and experience the charm of rural life. Held across ten farming communities — including Dooralong, Jilliby, Yarramalong, Wyong Creek, Kulnura, Mangrove Mountain, Calga, Peats Ridge, Somersby, […]

Save the date for National Tree Day

Jacquelene 18 April 2025

Planet Ark is calling on individuals, schools, community groups, and businesses across Australia to take part in the nation’s biggest community tree-planting event on Sunday 27 July. Since its inception in 1996, more than 28 million native trees, shrubs, and grasses have been planted by millions of volunteers, contributing to […]

EPA investigates bee poisoning

Jacquelene 18 April 2025

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is investigating potential pesticide misuse in Corowa after samples taken from local hives and deceased bees tested positive to pesticides. On 12 March 2025, local beekeepers alerted the EPA to an unusually high number of dead bees across at least three different hive locations. […]

Concerned citizens respond to Dutton’s climate comments

Jacquelene 18 April 2025

As scientific authorities confirm the sixth coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in less than a decade, concerned citizens are responding to Federal Coalition leader Peter Dutton’s comment at the ABC’s leaders debate earlier this week. The opposition leader said he didn’t know if increasing frequency and intensity of […]

Working with nature: how economies can grow with the environment

Jacquelene 18 April 2025

Economic growth doesn’t have to come at a cost to the environment, and the ways in which this is possible will be on display at a global conference being held in Australia for the first time. This year the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) is holding its 11th global conference in Darwin and […]

View from a bellwether 4: will preferences matter?

Jacquelene 18 April 2025

It’s Good Friday so there’s a sense of calm and quiet through the streets of Robertson but candidate nominations closed a week ago and the ballot draw has been held. The federal election is only 15 days away and it is time to think seriously about how you will vote. […]

Punting on Trump is a mug’s game

Jacquelene 11 April 2025

When the late great John Lennon sang, “Nobody told me there’d be days like these,” he could not have foreseen life in 2025 with Donald Trump in the White House playing nasty and cynical games with the wellbeing of humanity and the planet – so don’t waste your money trying […]

UK Defence Ministry examines AUKUS

Jacquelene 11 April 2025

It has taken some time for Australia’s mainstream corporate media to pick up on this news piece from the UK but, on April 2, the UK Parliament’s Defence Committee launched an inquiry into AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia. By Jacquelene […]

View from a Bellwether 3: the fine art of the Wobble Board

Jacquelene 11 April 2025

Political campaigns can be a fine art – direct mail, town hall meetings, corflutes, social media, well-honed funding promises and the recent phenomenon of the wobble board. By Jacquelene Pearson This is our third edition of View from a Bellwether. Here we are in sunny Point Clare, on the NSW […]

Bilby conservation efforts enhanced by Indigenous knowledge

Jacquelene 4 April 2025

One of the nation’s most iconic and at-risk critters could benefit by combining Indigenous knowledge with western survey methods, according to a new study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) in collaboration with the North Tanami Rangers and Traditional Owners from the community of Lajamanu. By Charles Darwin University The […]

Explore hinterland hidden gems at Harvest Festival

Save the date for National Tree Day

EPA investigates bee poisoning

Concerned citizens respond to Dutton’s climate comments

Working with nature: how economies can grow with the environment

View from a bellwether 4: will preferences matter?

Punting on Trump is a mug’s game

UK Defence Ministry examines AUKUS

View from a Bellwether 3: the fine art of the Wobble Board

Bilby conservation efforts enhanced by Indigenous knowledge

View from a bellwether 2: corflutes and seagull kisses

2442 animals slaughtered per second

Explore hinterland hidden gems at Harvest Festival

Save the date for National Tree Day

EPA investigates bee poisoning

Concerned citizens respond to Dutton’s climate comments

Working with nature: how economies can grow with the environment

View from a bellwether 4: will preferences matter?

Punting on Trump is a mug’s game

UK Defence Ministry examines AUKUS

View from a Bellwether 3: the fine art of the Wobble Board

Bilby conservation efforts enhanced by Indigenous knowledge

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