The girl was with a fishing group when she was grabbed around the chest area,causing lacerations,bruising and a puncture wound.
Assessments by WA’s environmental watchdog will remain independent,but green groups fear its board will be stacked with protectors of development,not ecology.
Green groups say US-run Black Mountain Energy’s plans to frack in the Kimberley will send gas and profit overseas while “laying waste” to WA’s environment.
The “blue tick” is marketed as a guarantee that shoppers are buying sustainably harvested seafood,but questions have been raised over a recent assessment on the vulnerable orange roughy.
Can cars that make barking noises,flashing lights and sirens and AI-assisted road signs help reduce roadkill?
Multiple development plans,including a mega tourist resort,have been knocked back at this environmentally and culturally sensitive Victorian inlet. Is it just a matter of time before a big proposal gets through?
Two years into the fight to protect Perth’s urban tree canopy from a sesame seed-sized pest,mayors are slamming authorities for not acting fast enough to fight an ‘agricultural disaster’ changing the face of the city as know it.
For decades,boat owners have stored their vessels informally on the beach,providing easy access to the water. Those days could be over.
The Hills Shire says concerns about the environmental impact of new sporting facilities are exaggerated,as opponents demand the federal government stop the project.
Powerful owls predate on possums,snatching as many as 250 a year. But those possums are increasingly falling prey to another predator:rat poison.
“Enough is enough”,say Australia’s top wildlife experts,sick and tired of mass native wildlife deaths from a source they say the public is not aware of.