What scientists found while mapping underwater continent off Australia

What scientists found while mapping underwater continent off Australia

Researchers mapping the submerged continent of Zealandia found something unexpected 3500 metres under the waves.

  • byStuart Layt

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Coles,Nestle in plans to build first-ever soft plastics recycling plant
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Coles,Nestle in plans to build first-ever soft plastics recycling plant

Australia’s first-ever ‘circular’ soft plastics recycling plant is set to be built in Victoria,with a consortium of high-profile companies preparing to kickstart the project.

  • byDominic Powell
Push for paper straws that are ‘actually enjoyable to drink out of’

Push for paper straws that are ‘actually enjoyable to drink out of’

Queensland’s LNP has put out the call for entrepreneurs to come up with another option after plastic straws were outlawed.

  • byLydia Lynch
Polystyrene packaging to be banned under new government plastics plan

Polystyrene packaging to be banned under new government plastics plan

Tougher plastic packaging controls are on the agenda for the federal government’s plastic packaging plan to be unveiled in Brisbane on Thursday.

  • byTony Moore
Calls to ban baby wet wipes in Queensland

Calls to ban baby wet wipes in Queensland

Plastic drinking straws,cutlery and plates are set to be outlawed in the state this year.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Queensland businesses to cop $6000 fines for serving foam cups

Queensland businesses to cop $6000 fines for serving foam cups

The state already had plans to ban plastic straws,stirrers and cutlery in 2021.

  • byLydia Lynch
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Scott Morrison says world should focus on environment in wake of pandemic

Scott Morrison says world should focus on environment in wake of pandemic

The Prime Minister has told world leaders that countries need to join together to"safeguard the planet"in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic,saying Australia was on track to beat its Paris climate agreement targets.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Plastic straws,knives,forks to be thrown out for good in Queensland

Plastic straws,knives,forks to be thrown out for good in Queensland

Under legislation set to be debated next month,businesses caught selling plastic straws and cutlery after July 2021 would be fined.

  • byLydia Lynch andTony Moore
'Dog's breakfast':Audit finds consumers confused by recycling labels
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'Dog's breakfast':Audit finds consumers confused by recycling labels

A national audit finds different recycling logos and incorrect or non-existent labelling are confusing consumers.

  • byJewel Topsfield
'Go topless':As household waste soars,here's what you can do

'Go topless':As household waste soars,here's what you can do

Kate Nelson has spent 10 years avoiding plastic,but even she has found her fiercely sustainable lifestyle confronted by the pandemic.

  • bySophie Aubrey
How Teeny Tiny Stevies cracked the kids'(and parent) music market

How Teeny Tiny Stevies cracked the kids'(and parent) music market

Byll and Beth Stephen have pulled off that tricky feat of making music that small people love and adults don’t want to throw out the window.

  • byLouise Rugendyke