You know about electric cars. Now Sydney Harbour is about to be carpeted with electric boats

You know about electric cars. Now Sydney Harbour is about to be carpeted with electric boats

Fast charging stations will be installed across Australia’s eastern coast as demand for electric boats booms.

  • byAmber Schultz

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Dominic Ryan,Sydney’s modern-day milkman,has a plan to end plastic

Dominic Ryan,Sydney’s modern-day milkman,has a plan to end plastic

It looks like a scene from decades ago:a man delivering glass bottles filled with milk to the doorsteps of Sydney homes early in the morning.

  • byMary Ward
‘Do you vacuum your lampshades?’ It was an idyllic town. Now it’s cursed by coal dust

‘Do you vacuum your lampshades?’ It was an idyllic town. Now it’s cursed by coal dust

A former local returns to the small NSW town of Muswellbrook,where he finds an expanded open-cut mining sector,a hollowed-out community and dust – everywhere.

  • byRyan Butta
How to sell your home for $112,000 more than your neighbour

How to sell your home for $112,000 more than your neighbour

A new report finds how to fetch a higher price,attract more online listing views and make a home more liveable in the meantime.

  • byElizabeth Redman andJim Malo
After 25 years in Victoria,thrift store chain Savers is setting up in Sydney’s west

After 25 years in Victoria,thrift store chain Savers is setting up in Sydney’s west

The cost of living crisis hasn’t been the only factor behind Savers Australia’s decision to expand into NSW for the first time.

  • byJessica Yun
Green petrol and eco plastic? Fake ‘Earth friendly’ claims are out of control
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Green petrol and eco plastic? Fake ‘Earth friendly’ claims are out of control

The use of vague environmental claims that confuse consumers,such as “eco” or “green”,is being banned in the EU. Australia should do the same.

  • byErin Turner andGerard Brody
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Cocaine,porn,plastic bottles:What’s left behind on Sydney’s beaches

Cocaine,porn,plastic bottles:What’s left behind on Sydney’s beaches

Roland Davies spent his life savings trying to clean up Sydney’s beaches with free coffees and a fire truck called Trish.

  • byAndrew Taylor
A 1943 penny,a wok,and an uneaten McDonald’s order:Meet the litter-picking king of Torquay

A 1943 penny,a wok,and an uneaten McDonald’s order:Meet the litter-picking king of Torquay

Volunteer Dean Walton spends hours every day picking up rubbish and loves doing so.

  • byCarolyn Webb
How a dress rented 53 times saved the equivalent of 159 trees

How a dress rented 53 times saved the equivalent of 159 trees

There’s a new trend in fashion:sustainability,with many shoppers no longer trying before they buy,merely renting.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Fighting the ‘allure’ of fast fashion,teenagers start own op shop

Fighting the ‘allure’ of fast fashion,teenagers start own op shop

The average Australian sends 10 kilograms of clothing to landfill each year. These classmates are hoping to reverse that.

  • byMary Ward
‘We got it wrong’:Is the feast over for plant-based meat?
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‘We got it wrong’:Is the feast over for plant-based meat?

“Chicken-free chicken” start-up Sunfed has had its valuation slashed to zero and its products are no longer available in supermarkets. Investors say it overestimated consumer appetite.

  • byDavid Swan