Environmental Impact

Landholders are angry about a New South Wales government plan to push ahead with high flows on the Murrumbidgee.

Ex-HMAS Adelaide was sunk in 2011, 1.8 kilometres off the shoreline of Avoca Beach — a well-known surf break less than 2 hours north of Sydney.

New South Wales and South Australia will expand their 10-cent container deposit schemes to include wine, spirit, and some other large drink containers by late 2027. 

Authorities are investigating a mass fish kill after hundreds of dead fish wash up on Perth's lower Swan River, prompting concerns about water quality.

The CSIRO says its advice to gas giant Santos over a major methane leak should stay secret to protect its "commercial activities". The Clean Energy Regulator says it has no records of its advice.

US aluminium giant Alcoa made inaccurate or misleading claims in an advertisement about its rehabilitation of the forests it mines in, Australia's advertising watchdog finds.

South Australia has become the first state in Australia to ban fish-shaped plastic soy sauce containers as it continues to phase out single-use plastics. The premier says the state is leading the way and he expects other states will follow.

The Queensland government scraps plans for a wind farm proposed to deliver enough energy for 500,000 homes, citing community "anxiety".

Volunteers hike into the Victorian mountains to plant banksias that are the "genetic perfect match" to those wiped out by fire. 

Documents reveal the scale of carbon pollution leaking from a Darwin LNG tank was like adding 8,300 new cars to the road every year. It is about to be filled again.

Scientific efforts are getting microscopic on the biggest algal bloom in Australia’s history to see if it hides secrets that could stop its spread.

A highly experimental, nearly $700,000 "bubble curtain" will be installed next week hoping to protect cuttlefish and their eggs in the Upper Spencer Gulf from South Australia's toxic algal bloom.

Walking from the bustling streets of Paris to Western Australia's outback may seem an impossible task, but Juliette Hamon has made the journey without once setting foot on a plane.

A conservation group welcomes a pledge from Coles to purchase greener beef, but says it is concerned about a change in policy from Woolworths. 

Australia is being flagged as a hub for data centres but there are concerns the nation is not ready to deal with the amount of water they need to function.

A stoush between major property developers Lendlease and Stockland delays the construction of a purpose-built koala underpass south of Sydney. 

Five months after the algal bloom was first detected on the Fleurieu Peninsula, residents along parts of the SA coast say it is continuing to impact their physical and mental health, with a new survey revealing feelings of worry and anxiety.

There's a growing trend for dietary guidelines around the world to take into account not just human health, but also the health of the planet.

Some community members in Melbourne's south-east are fighting plans to sell a privately-owned golf course used by the public, as the club behind it grapples with growing debt.

The environment minister says he has heard a message loud and clear from last week's productivity round table that the "urgent" rewrite of Australia's environmental approval laws should be sped up.