‘Shocking legacy’:Slave trader officially dumped from national park’s name

‘Shocking legacy’:Slave trader officially dumped from national park’s name

Ben Boyd National Park has been renamed Beowa amid the state government considering a plan to transfer land titles of all national parks to Aboriginal owners over the next 15 to 20 years.

  • byAndrew Taylor

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The mammoth repair effort to fix national parks after years of fire and floods

The mammoth repair effort to fix national parks after years of fire and floods

Secretary of Sydney Bush Walking John Kennett said the organisation’s Blue Mountains walking program is a fraction of what it used to be in 2019,before bushfires,the pandemic and damaging rains.

  • byLaura Chung andAbby Seaman
‘Savage enough to take on cattle’:Pest animal numbers soar after rain

‘Savage enough to take on cattle’:Pest animal numbers soar after rain

A government agency that helps landowners eradicate feral animals said this year’s wet weather had led to a large increase in pest numbers in the state.

  • byCatherine Naylor
‘Like graffitiing a church’:Vandal attacks national park grave site

‘Like graffitiing a church’:Vandal attacks national park grave site

A man has vandalised trees near a grave site associated with a 1937 plane crash in the Scenic Rim.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
Plan to transfer 10 per cent of NSW to traditional owners within two decades

Plan to transfer 10 per cent of NSW to traditional owners within two decades

Aboriginal landowners will be given more control over the management of national parks across NSW under a long-term state government plan to hand back land titles to Indigenous Australians.

  • byTom Rabe
Tourists,national park visitors may pay more to see Queensland

Tourists,national park visitors may pay more to see Queensland

An expert panel established by the Palaszczuk government to revitalise Queensland tourism has recommended a visitor levy.

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‘More spectacular than the Daintree’:$56 million rainforest walking track for NSW
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‘More spectacular than the Daintree’:$56 million rainforest walking track for NSW

A new track taking hikers into Gondwana rainforest will have three suspension bridges,rest huts and 46 kilometres of walking trails.

  • byAngus Dalton
Seed hunters hit the highlands in search of bushfire survivors

Seed hunters hit the highlands in search of bushfire survivors

Collectors have found small populations of five rare plants in Australia’s alpine region – a huge relief after the devastating Black Summer bushfires.

  • byMiki Perkins
Victorian Coalition pledges to end brumby culling if it wins election

Victorian Coalition pledges to end brumby culling if it wins election

The opposition has promised to end the shooting of wild horses in Victoria if it wins the state election,despite environmentalists’ concerns for native wildlife.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
New Snowy Mountains track delivers ‘world class’ multi-day walk to NSW

New Snowy Mountains track delivers ‘world class’ multi-day walk to NSW

The Snowies Alpine Walk in Kosciuszko National Park has sparked a bout of state rivalry between NSW and Tasmania after the second stage of the 55-kilometre walk was completed.

  • byAndrew Taylor
‘Tree thinning’ or stealth-logging? Fight for WA forests far from over

‘Tree thinning’ or stealth-logging? Fight for WA forests far from over

Logging as we know it will end in 2024,but the battles are only beginning. Water scarcity means “thinning” may be needed,but will loggers agree without a supply guarantee? And if not,who pays?

  • byPeter de Kruijff