Labor cinches numbers to form majority government Community & Social The Labor party has secured enough seats in the lower house to form a majority government. Just after dinner time on Monday, a cheer went
Mungo remains reburied despite injunction by Indigneous groups May 26, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Culture Controversy has surrounded the re-burying of the Mungo Man and Mungo Lady on Tuesday, after the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) was
Great Barrier Reef funding to keep business of natural wonder afloat March 23, 2022 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment More than $60 million will flow to ‘vital science and research infrastructure’ as part of a federal government budget promise to back jobs and businesses
‘Spiralled out of control’: Parks Australia’s relationship with Traditional Owners hanging by thread March 10, 2022 By Jackson Graham Federal Indigenous Australians have “almost complete lack of trust in Parks Australia”, with a blistering new report finding the agency has failed to recognise their legal
Landcare review calls for scaling up environmental gains, clearer unifying objectives March 1, 2022 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment A new review conducted by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has identified ways to up-scale grassroots improvements to soil, water and biodiversity
$1b pledged for Great Barrier Reef amid pressure to avoid ‘in danger’ listing January 28, 2022 By Jackson Graham Energy & Environment The federal environment department and Great Barrier Reef Authority will manage an extra $1 billion for the reef as a deadline nears for Australia to
RSV Nuyina makes Antarctic canyon discovery January 24, 2022 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment A new canyon discovery more than 2,200 metres beneath the Southern Ocean in eastern Antarctica has been made during the maiden voyage of an Australian
Trapping plastic at Defence sites in Sydney Harbour January 17, 2022 By Jackson Graham Energy & Environment Technology to remove pollution from Sydney Harbour will become a permanent feature of Department of Defence sites, after a promising trial. Defence participated in a
Department lauds Big Pharma’s corporate responsibility agenda for tree-planting December 8, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has championed the work of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in funnelling money into a worldwide tree-planting goal
BOM offers new climate tool for farmers November 3, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry A climate outlook tool that will provide Australia’s agricultural sector with information about unseasonal and extreme weather events beyond the seven-day forecast has been launched
Vaccines travel across ice to isolated expeditioners November 1, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal As Australia’s vaccination rates cover three-quarters of the population over 16 years old, public sector workers in the most remote territories are rolling up their
Australia’s world-leading icebreaker about to arrive in Hobart October 15, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal Australia’s newest — and the world’s most advanced — icebreaker is set to arrive in Tasmania at the weekend, paving the way for future Antarctic
PM: Antarctica facing ‘unprecedented challenges’ October 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Scott Morrison has underscored the threat to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean posed by climate change, illegal fishing and marine pollution in a statement marking
Giant drill to retrieve million-year Antarctic ice core September 29, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Engineers from Australia’s Antarctic Division (AAD) have completed a two-year project to build a 400-kilogram drill that will be able to extract a scientifically significant
