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Trees and shrubs are living, growing things. For some home owners, that’s the problem.

We love them, just not on our property. And vendors are paying the price

As our lives become increasingly frenetic, the tolerance for any kind of home maintenance has diminished. And there’s one familiar feature in the firing line.

  • Robyn Willis

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Alcoa, Perth drinking water concerns, Water Corporation, Freedom of Information, main image, WAtoday.

Lack of oversight at Alcoa’s mines raises concerns over Perth’s drinking water

Documents show Water Corporation was locked out of Alcoa’s mining sites in state forest, while several state government departments were also keeping them in the dark.

  • Holly Thompson
Poisoned trees on Karragarra Island

‘Clear evidence of poisoning’: Vandals clear view near million-dollar homes

It’s an easy thing to see but hard crime to fight, according to Redland City Council.

  • Julius Dennis
Santos, one of the largest Australian oil and gas companies, said the EDO’s injunctions against its Barossa project near Darwin cost it more than $1 million a day.

Taxpayers ‘deserve better’: Labor puts top climate lawyers on notice

The government is warning the Environmental Defenders Office it risks losing its funding after a series of high-profile court cases against a major gas producer.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Demersal fish like snapper are a prized catch for recreational anglers.

Major WA fishing ban primed for probe after Greens support

A petition calling for an inquiry that gathered 27,654 signatures was tabled in WA parliament on Thursday

  • Hamish Hastie
Fire ants were first recorded at the Port of Brisbane in 2001.

Fire ant eradication attempts may be helping the invaders, study finds

Mass pesticides could be killing the ants’ predators and wasting millions of dollars, according to a new study on the contentious national program.

  • Julius Dennis
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Photo from Buru Energy’s fracking wells in the Kimberley.

‘Absurd’: Toxic chemical risks in Kimberley fracking plan ‘downplayed’, environmentalists say

The Kimberley’s sparse population was cited as a reason the risk to human health from a fracking project was deemed low – but what about pastoralists and traditional owners who use groundwater in the area?

  • Holly Thompson
The Alcoa protest at WA Parliament on Tuesday.

Greens MP refers Alcoa to watchdog over more alleged WA tree clearing breaches

The Greens MP trespassed in Alcoa’s mining area to investigate another suspected clearing breach late last year.

  • Hamish Hastie
Conservation groups have been calling for cat containment laws for more than a decade.

‘Long time coming’: The days of free-roaming cats could be numbered in WA

Amendments to the state’s Cat Act will give local governments the legal right to introduce and manage their own cat containment laws.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook, Alcoa chief executive Roy Harvey, mining Perth jarrah forests. Pictures: Supplied

WA premier ‘disappointed’ in Alcoa after forest-clearing fine but backs exemption to keep mining

The $55 million fine is an unprecedented amount and will see the US-based miner avoid prosecution.

  • Hamish Hastie