The Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) has this week made an incident report of pollution occurring in Woods Creek in Gladstone State Forest following recent logging Continue Reading
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Scorched wide brown land: the destruction of Australia’s native landscape
Less than 50% of Australia’s original wilderness still exists, thanks to the colonialist view that development of land means eliminating native vegetation by Michael Slezak Continue Reading
‘Well, well, well’. Tender free water ‘deal’ not so great for taxpayers?
Water deal with Eastern Australia Agriculture, which was done without a tender, raises questions over taxpayer value. By Anne Davies Original ABC 4 Corners program Continue Reading
Acid ocean poses global reef threat
Many of the world’s coral reefs could begin to erode within 30 years as a result of increasing ocean acidity, according to new research. Professor Continue Reading
Plan to kill invasive carp in Australia may be doomed
An Australian plan to kill invasive carp by releasing a virus into waterways has come under fire from researchers who argue that the tactic will Continue Reading
Vested interests destroy Murray-Darling Basin plans
Ross Gittins goes right to the heart of the Murray-Darling Basin problem saying that democracy has degenerated into a battle between vested interests. Genelle Haldane, Continue Reading
Let’s get physical: Nine facts about fitness
Physical fitness regimes: What the science tells us works and what doesn’t’ Time to get fit? (Images: Stockbyte/Getty) FITNESS FADS DOES an activity have to Continue Reading
Are there lessons for us in Cape Town’s water crisis?
How did the water crisis in Cape Town get so bad? Are there lessons for Australia? By Michael Le Page Cape Town’s water shortages mean Continue Reading
Gladstone Forest protest enters third day.
Local environmentalists have been protesting against Forestry Corporation logging on Sunny Corner road in Gladstone State Forest. The protests started at first light last Monday Continue Reading
Instagramming tourists drive farmers crazy
Farmers have expressed their increasing concern at seeing thousands of tourists stream onto their sunflower fields, destroying paddocks and crops just to take ‘selfies’. By Continue Reading
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