Humpback whales removed from threatened species list
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Humpback whales removed from threatened species list

The species is making a miraculous comeback with populations of West coast and East coast humpback whales likely rebounding to near pre-whaling levels.

  • byLaura Chung andMike Foley

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Drone fleets and autonomous vehicles added to Antarctica research program

Drone fleets and autonomous vehicles added to Antarctica research program

The government will commit another $804 million to the exploration of Antarctica amid growing concern about Chinese and Russian activity on the continent.

  • byDavid Crowe
UN:Australia pushes for plastic export ban in pollution crisis
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UN:Australia pushes for plastic export ban in pollution crisis

Pacific nations are banding together to call for a global solution to the ocean’s ‘ghostly walls of death’.

  • byMike Foley
Koalas officially an endangered species in NSW,Queensland

Koalas officially an endangered species in NSW,Queensland

Koalas populations have plummeted in the past decade due to the bushfires and drought.

  • byMike Foley
Koala habitat still shrinking as experts call for endangered listing

Koala habitat still shrinking as experts call for endangered listing

The federal government has approved 63 projects that would result in clearing more than 25,000 hectares of koala habitat since the species was declared vulnerable to extinction 10 years ago.

  • byLaura Chung
Liberals try to force Alex Hawke to clear way to choose election candidates

Liberals try to force Alex Hawke to clear way to choose election candidates

Liberal Party members are seeking to end months of frustration with Immigration Minister Alex Hawke by forcing a meeting to choose federal election candidates.

  • byDavid Crowe
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‘Second to none’:Australia responds to UNESCO’s Great Barrier Reef warning

‘Second to none’:Australia responds to UNESCO’s Great Barrier Reef warning

Australia is backing its record on climate change and the environment and pushing back on the United Nations’ threat to remove the reef’s World Heritage status.

  • byMike Foley
Government commits $50 million to save koalas

Government commits $50 million to save koalas

The federal government has pledged $50 million to help koala populations,which are facing extinction in NSW and Queensland.

  • byMike Foley
Saving Australia’s rarest tree after Black Summer catastrophe

Saving Australia’s rarest tree after Black Summer catastrophe

A seed bank is being funded at the National Botanic Gardens to save endangered flora like the incredibly rare Mount Imlay mallee,which nearly vanished in fires.

  • byMike Foley
AI to help bring bushfire-hit birds back from brink

AI to help bring bushfire-hit birds back from brink

Artificial intelligence will be tapped to help hunt down and save a rare species after its habitat was ravaged by the Black Summer fires.

  • byMike Foley
Koalas,quokkas make 100 threatened species list but hundreds more miss out

Koalas,quokkas make 100 threatened species list but hundreds more miss out

Experts say the federal government’s Threatened Species Strategy needs more funding and warn about 1700 plants and animals that didn’t make priority list are at risk.

  • byMike Foley