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Australia Floats Plan to Better Protect Great Barrier Reef

Australian officials plan to redouble their efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of global warming. The world’s largest coral reef system…

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Seafood Study Finds Plastic In All Samples

A study of five different seafoods has found traces of plastic in every sample tested. Researchers bought oysters, prawns, squid, crabs and sardines from a…

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Bushfire scientists call for Australia to set up national fire monitoring agency

A group of bushfire scientists have used an article in one of the world’s leading scientific journals to call for Australia to establish a national…

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Australian government creates new body to cut food waste

The Australian government has committed AUD 4 million ($2.8 million) in seed funding to create a new body that will be responsible for driving food…

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Australia PM says building Indo-Pacific alliance will be ‘critical priority’

Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday that building an Indo-Pacific alliance with like-minded nations will be a “critical priority” for his government, warning…

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Biden presidency could put Australia back in ‘naughty corner’ over lack of climate action

The Morrison government could soon find itself under immense pressure to dramatically improve its climate change policies, with the prospect of a Biden presidency in…

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Almost 3 billion animals affected by Australian bushfires, report shows

Nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020, according to scientists who have revealed for the…

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Australian regulator sues Google over expanded personal data use

Australia’s competition regulator has launched court proceedings against Alphabet’s Google for allegedly misleading consumers about the expanded use of personal data for targeted advertising. The…

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Australia’s water market is excluding Indigenous people, study finds

Aboriginal people hold less than 1% of all water licences in Australia, a form of economic and cultural dispossession that needs urgent redress, according to…

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Australia’s environment in unsustainable state of decline, major review finds

Australia’s environment is in an unsustainable state of decline and laws set up to protect unique species and habitats are ineffective, a major review of…

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