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Nepal plans to drain four glacial lakes after flooding disaster

August's deadly flooding event in Nepal has triggered plans to drain four glacial lakes which could take up to six years.

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One Nation wants environmental water 'unlocked' for agriculture this season

Irrigators and One Nation are calling for environmental water in the Murray-Darling Basin to be made available for agricultural production this season.

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It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

The antisemitism envoy has criticised the ABC’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. But presenting all sides equally can distort the truth.

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Despite losing everything, communities along the Nepal-Tibet border are helping each other rebuild

Villagers are picking up the pieces after a catastrophic flash flood ripped through the region.

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Big US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it

Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.

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Bird flu is deadly for backyard chickens – and even cats. A vet expert explains

Domestic pet owners, particularly those with chicken flocks, should be on alert for signs of this highly infectious virus.

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More than 500 turtles discovered on the outskirts of far west NSW town

Hundreds of turtles are thriving near an outback NSW town, only months after the lake where they live was on the verge of drying up.

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Bilbies released into Qld national park where they were once extinct

With the population booming inside a predator-proof fence, conservationists have set the bilbies free. But can they survive on the outside?

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‘A river is our life force’: why Indigenous cultural values must be visible in conservation

An animal, plant, landscape or waterway may be culturally vital even if not rare or threatened.

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Satellite images reveal missing Antarctic ice the 'size of France'

Scientists say a chunk of winter sea ice the size of France off the Antarctic coast has failed to form this year.

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Numbat population improves amid warning there is a long way to go

Numbats, Western Australia's animal emblem, have been pulled from the brink of extinction after research found the population was growing in the wild.

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Greens sound alarm after salmon farm uses tonnes of antibiotics in waterway

Almost 3 tonnes of the antibiotic florfenicol were used at one Tasmanian salmon farm lease in just two months, with information on its use across eight other sites yet to be released to the public by authorities.

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Homeless people's belongings can be seized under new Vic council laws

A Melbourne council will enable authorities to impound the belongings of a person experiencing homelessness if they display anti-social behaviour.

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Australia isn't a high taxing nation, it just taxes the wrong things

One of the biggest myths perpetrated by conservatives is that Australia is a high-taxing nation, and that Australian workers are taxed more than other nations. The 2026 OECD Taxing Wages Report reveals that this is simply not true. Rather, the problem is that the government raises too little in other taxes.

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Threatened fish rescued in Victoria's 'most flow-stressed river'

A small fish that smells like freshly-cut cucumber could be akin to a canary in the coalmine for one of Victoria's most stressed rivers.

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Talking ourselves into inequality: the new fuel ads, the NDIS and "social cohesion" show how neoliberalism has colonised our tongues

Under the pressure of decades of right wing culture wars—which have run parallel to cross party support for neoliberalism—the traditional vocabulary of welfare, redistribution, egalitarianism, and class has not just fallen out of fashion; it has been demonised.

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Australia's summer saw the dawn of the big battery, as gas drops to 25-year low

A hot summer saw Australians use record amounts of electricity, but the growing share of renewable energy continued to push fossil fuels out of the grid, driving gas generation to its lowest level in 25 years.

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This plant is the only known wild specimen in the world, found on just 300m of roadside

Only one known single spyridium plant is left in the wild, in crushed limestone on the side of a road. But scientists are hunting for more.

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Outback cattle station granted permit to cull 20,000 native birds

A permit to cull 20,000 native birds has been granted to a cattle station in the Northern Territory in response to an "overpopulation" of destructive and "exceptionally noisy" galahs and little corellas.

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More shearwaters are washing up dead on Australian beaches. It’s not due to ‘natural’ causes

When we see shearwaters washed up dead on beaches, we might think strong winds or a failed migration are to blame. That’s not the case – it’s hotter oceans

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NSW’s largest coal mine project is set to expand. Here’s what authorities got wrong about the trade-offs

A coal mine in the Hunter Valley region has sparked debate among politicians, environmental advocates and local residents.