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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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 […]
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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: […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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