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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

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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
Sterling K Brown as agent Xavier Collins, who leaves the bunker in search of his wife in season 2 of Paradise.

This lo-fi sci-fi series is The Truman Show for our times – and all the more disturbing

Starring Sterling K. Brown, Paradise is a thriller in which the post-apocalyptic world looks a lot like our own.

  • Karl Quinn
Squaky Beach, with its sparkling torquoise water and glistening white sand, is one of Australia’s top beaches.

This beach was crowned Australia’s best. Is it being ‘loved to death’?

An increasing number of Australian natural wonders have become so popular, so rapidly, authorities are being forced to consider limiting public access to them. 

  • Bianca Hall
A cane toad (Rhinella marina) in a shallow pond in Boondall Wetlands.

What to do if you find a cane toad in your backyard

The community is being asked to collect, euthanise and hand in the destructive pests as part of the annual Great Cane Toad Bust.

  • Dominique Tassell
Unprocessed long-spined sea urchins.

Can we eat our way out of this thorny problem? This team thinks so

A rapid spread of millions of sea urchins is threatening vital kelp forests, which remove pollutants from water.

  • Bianca Hall
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Black clumps of Lyngbya in Moreton Bay.

Choked by algae decades ago, the risk of a Moreton Bay bloom is rising

A huge surge in nutrients dumped in the bay over the past decade has provided the perfect food for an algal bloom, which experts say is imminent.

  • Julius Dennis
Labor MP Ed Husic.

Former Labor minister says environment reforms will be abused by future governments

Labor MP Ed Husic said sweeping ministerial powers to be created by Labor’s environment reform will enable Coalition governments to approve damaging projects.

  • Mike Foley
Rob Brewster - Rewilding Manager at Invasive Species Council, photographed at Neilson Park. Cat breeders want permission from govt to be allowed to import live Bengal cats as pets. They are banned because they are big hunters and could be a risk to wildlife when they escape. Thursday 16th October 2025. Photo: James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 251016

Claws out over push to import more Bengal cats

Described by conservationists as a genetic monster and unique threat to wildlife, breeders are seeking permission to bring Bengal cats into the country.

  • Mike Foley
Carnaby’s cockatoos with a nesting hollow.

Alcoa’s plans the ‘number one extinction threat’ to WA’s black cockatoos

Mining giant Alcoa plans to clear as many as 150,000 potential black cockatoo nesting trees to expand operations throughout the state’s northern jarrah forest.

  • Emma Young