Environment
Conservation
‘The only option’: Environment minister sued by Wilderness Society
The environmentalist group is taking legal action over allegations that the environment minister failed in her duty to protect threatened wildlife.
- by Mike Foley and Bianca Hall
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Koala park delay prompts fear Labor has folded to logging industry
After nearly two years in government, state Labor has still not created the koala national park it promised in 2015, prompting criticism from one of its own.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Forestry
Back to basics – and familiar faces – as Greens eye balance of power
The minor party will issue a list of key demands of minority government ahead of the federal election. This is one of them.
- by Bianca Hall
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Fishing
Fishing ban extended to protect blue gropers in NSW
The decision comes after research showing the population of the beloved fish has plummeted in Greater Sydney.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Victorian environment
Inside the fight to save the last Victorian Highlands forest fairies
Faced with ‘government inaction’ on protecting Australia’s most critically endangered animals, these campaigners are taking matters into their own hands.
- by Bianca Hall
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Whales
‘Tough decision’ to euthanise 90 surviving stranded whales
Challenging surf conditions forced rescuers to abandon their efforts to save a pod of 157 stranded false killer whales.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Marine life
Sydney’s beloved blue gropers are disappearing. Can we slow their demise?
It’s the state fish of NSW, yet its population has been halved in Greater Sydney and the Mid North Coast over the past 12 years.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Slimy, wet and rough’: What it’s like inside a whale’s mouth
A prominent whale expert explains why the kayaker who wound up inside the mouth of a humpback whale was in no danger of being swallowed.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Editorial
Forestry
Forestry Corp’s wooden-headed inflation of timber stats is no surprise
On the eve of the expected announcement of the boundaries for the Great Koala National Park comes a disturbing revelation about the state government’s troubled logging arm.
- The Herald's View
‘Fiasco’: State government loggers caught out exaggerating wood harvest
Forestry Corporation of NSW has blamed a “data extraction error” for the massive discrepancies in the biomaterial reports.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Tiny penguin rescued in Victoria after gruelling trans-Tasman journey
The penguin came shore 1800 kilometres from home, only to survive encounters with a shark and fox.
- by Bianca Hall