Black balls washed ashore at Gordons Bay in Sydney in October 2024.

Sydney’s ‘unusual’ sewage system and the beach grime ball invasion

Sydney’s pumping of primary-treated effluent into the ocean makes us out of step with the rest of the world,a water engineering expert said.

  • byAngus Dalton
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Liberal minister Matt Kean says we need to"look at the causes of these bushfires so we can avoid this bushfire season repeating itself in the future. That includes addressing climate change."

Kean’s bipartisan approach to climate change sets the standard

It is reassuring to see a former Liberal politician working for a Labor government to do what he considers essential to save us,says one reader.

Concerns have been raised the Rural Fire Service’s Static Water Supply (SWS) has “ceased to be effective”.
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As LA burnt,fire hydrants failed. In NSW,volunteers also face a water supply problem

The state’s Rural Fire Service has been warned a program to leverage private water supply during bushfires has “ceased to be effective”.

  • byMax Maddison

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