The property boasted space for an ‘extraordinary home’. Its owner has copped a record fine

The property boasted space for an ‘extraordinary home’. Its owner has copped a record fine

A Sydney woman illegally cleared hectares of native vegetation and destroyed critical koala habitat to make a site for a house and space for her family to drive their cars.

  • byJessica McSweeney

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‘Near unliveable’ extreme heat poses national security risk

‘Near unliveable’ extreme heat poses national security risk

Climate change could throw into doubt the feasibility of crucial military bases,a group of leading defence figures has warned.

  • byMatthew Knott
More than 170 countries want to reduce plastic globally. A handful are stalling

More than 170 countries want to reduce plastic globally. A handful are stalling

Australia is attempting to help a global push to end plastic pollution before it outweighs the biomass of the world’s fish by the year 2050. But other countries have different ambitions.

  • byMike Foley
BHP and Vale offer $39b to settle Brazil dam disaster claims

BHP and Vale offer $39b to settle Brazil dam disaster claims

The disastrous dam collapse in 2015 caused a giant mudslide that killed 19 people in one of Brazil’s worst environmental catastrophes.

  • bySimon Johanson
‘Massive surveillance failure’:Fire ant infestation sparks fear of undetected spread

‘Massive surveillance failure’:Fire ant infestation sparks fear of undetected spread

More than 100 nests of potentially deadly fire ants have been discovered on Defence land in the Murray Darling river system.

  • byMike Foley
Stink over funding threatens pollution tests at Sydney beaches

Stink over funding threatens pollution tests at Sydney beaches

Swimmers may no longer be able to find out whether a swim site has faecal contamination because of a funding row between local councils and the NSW government.

  • byAndrew Taylor
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Asbestos contamination found in two more suburban Melbourne parks

Asbestos contamination found in two more suburban Melbourne parks

The deadly material has now been discovered in at least 11 parks across Melbourne and more are being tested as 100 EPA officers track the source of contamination.

  • byRachael Dexter
The map that reveals the shocking extent of Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching

The map that reveals the shocking extent of Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching

The Albanese government is under pressure to cut emissions more quickly after all three regions of the reef suffered extreme bleaching for the first time.

  • byMike Foley
Plibersek scales back environment reforms as coral bleaching goes global

Plibersek scales back environment reforms as coral bleaching goes global

The Albanese government is backing away from its pledge to lodge a comprehensive nature protection reform in parliament.

  • byMike Foley
Australian drinking water now allows a carcinogen at 140 times the US rate
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Australian drinking water now allows a carcinogen at 140 times the US rate

Twenty-year-old Amara Strande’s deathbed crusade pushed the US to slash the levels of cancer-linked forever chemicals considered safe in drinking water.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Sydneysiders are being paid to convert their properties to national parks

Sydneysiders are being paid to convert their properties to national parks

Landowners can earn up to $420 per hectare every year for land placed under a conservation agreement in NSW as Australia grapples with an extinction crisis.

  • byAmber Schultz