‘Napalm it all’:Desperate calls to stop cactus menace spreading across Australia

‘Napalm it all’:Desperate calls to stop cactus menace spreading across Australia

Smothered in long,sharp spines,the Hudson pear is a snowballing horror for our wildlife and livestock.

  • byTim Elliott

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Perth’s lost tourism opportunity:The report ignored until penguins paid the price
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Perth’s lost tourism opportunity:The report ignored until penguins paid the price

Documents WAtoday has obtained under freedom of information laws have revealed a litany of government indecision,money wastage and animal welfare failures.

  • byEmma Young andHolly Thompson
Why shooting feral animals from the sky might be the best way to protect ecosystems

Why shooting feral animals from the sky might be the best way to protect ecosystems

In the past three years,almost 272,000 feral animals were killed across NSW using aerial shooting,ground shooting and trapping.

  • byLaura Chung
As volunteers prepare for bushfire season,there’s one signal they don’t want to hear

As volunteers prepare for bushfire season,there’s one signal they don’t want to hear

With life-and-death memories of Black Summer indelible and a heightened bushfire risk ahead,trainee firefighters are learning far more than they’d anticipated.

  • byMaddison Connaughton
Sydney’s running out of water,and we haven’t been paying attention

Sydney’s running out of water,and we haven’t been paying attention

Greater Sydney’s population will grow to 8.3 million people by 2056,with an estimated increase in annual water demand of 50 to 65 per cent,or up to 360 gigalitres per year – that’s 144,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

  • byLaura Chung
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‘Minds were blown’:These scientists were stunned at what’s happening on the NSW North Coast

‘Minds were blown’:These scientists were stunned at what’s happening on the NSW North Coast

Labor promised to create the Great Koala National Park. Critics fear government loggers are destroying it before they are locked out.

  • byNick O'Malley