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University expands platypus program with funding help

Jacquelene 6 June 2025

UNSW Sydney’s Platypus Conservation Initiative has expanded its landmark program to restore species in the wild. Two years after the historic return of platypuses to Royal National Park, researchers from UNSW Sydney have launched the second phase of this landmark conservation program, with the introduction of three more platypuses to […]

Environmental Justice News

Victoria celebrates 50 years of National Parks Act but parks are ‘starved of funding’

Jacquelene 6 June 2025

Members of the newly formed Victorian Protected Areas Council (VPAC) have gathered at Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Victorian National Parks Act. Over 30 former rangers, park managers and friends gathered in Halls Gap for a weekend of activities and celebration of Victoria’s protected areas. […]

Environmental Justice News

Victorian groups call for protection of natural gem

Jacquelene 5 June 2025

Community groups and conservationists have welcomed recognition of the Western Port Woodlands in the Victorian Government’s long-awaited land use blueprint for the Bass Coast, becoming just the fourth area in Victoria to go through the process. While the blueprint acknowledges the national ecological significance of the Western Port Woodlands, it […]

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Drones successfully detecting ghost nets off NT

Jacquelene 5 June 2025

Drones and Artificial Intelligence are uncovering ghost nets from 50 centimetres to larger than five metres along the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, proving the success of a program aimed at maintaining the pristine environment of this region. The project, led by Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) North Australia Centre […]

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Preventable crisis kills 1000 children per day

Jacquelene 5 June 2025

More than 1,000 children under five die every day from water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related diseases, with close to half of these deaths occurring inonly a few countries, including Pakistan, Nigeria and Ethiopia. Inadequate access to water, sanitation and hygiene claims most young lives in low-income countries, a disparity underscoring a lottery of […]

Environmental Justice News

New alliance powering a greener future

Jacquelene 5 June 2025

EcoPHA, in partnership with award-winning Australian design company Terra Sol, is connecting biofuel and bioplastics in a unique circular model using pongamia trees, a native species now being embraced by major industry players including Rio Tinto. As global industry races to decarbonise, an unlikely hero is emerging from the Australian landscape: […]

Environmental Justice News

A step towards better battery recycling

Jacquelene 5 June 2025

A battery stewardship scheme aimed to increase battery collection and recycling in Australia has received interim and conditional authorisation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC has granted interim authorisation until 26 September 2025 to allow the Battery Stewardship Scheme to continue with a limited levy and […]

Environmental Justice News

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. […]

Climate Change News

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 […]

Environmental Justice News

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 […]

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University expands platypus program with funding help

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