Forcing cafes to accept reusable cups,banning the release of helium balloons and phasing out plastic lollipop sticks are among ideas the government is considering.
Advances in lighting technology means light pollution in cities can be reduced without compromising safety.
Senate support for Labor’s new Environment Protection Authority rests on Greens demands for greater powers to block fossil fuel projects and a crackdown on native forest logging.
The Greens have slammed the government’s proposed reforms and are refusing to back a new Environment Protection Agency.
The government’s changed its plans to carry out construction work during the breeding season of an already decimated little penguin population,it can be revealed.
While competing hard for readers,Australia’s major print news outlets,including Nine and News Corp,have collaborated for years to ensure their product is clean and green.
WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has refuted reports the polyphagous shot-hole borer has been found in the Shire of Harvey,castigating the Liberal Party for what she described as “irresponsible rumour-mongering”.
Western Australia’s environment minister has ordered an investigation after an 800-year-old tree in the state’s south-west was cut down to a stump.
The state government has announced they will plant three trees for every one lost to the shot-hole borer across Perth.
National parks staff have rescued a young humpback whale tangled in fishing tackle in Sydney Harbour this morning.
From staying in an upcycled train carriage to signing a tourist pledge,these nations and operators prove there’s no single approach for protecting the planet.