Environmental Impacts

Duck hunters are being warned not to leave rubbish behind ahead of the 2026 hunting season, with a duck rescue group saying more needs to be done about it.

The government knew a harmful toxin had been found in its algal bloom, but took months to update its health advice. 

A target to identify financial support of fossil fuel industries harmful to the environment was unmet in Australia's self-assessment on its progress to meeting international biodiversity commitments.

Cracks have appeared in a concrete dome holding 120,000 tonnes of contaminated soil and debris from Cold War-era nuclear bomb tests. 

An invasive weed planted decades ago quickly spread across Tasmania's north-west, choking mudflats and wildlife habitat. Now, those involved in a long-running effort to wipe it out are seeing real results.

With millions of feral rabbits currently hopping around the continent, you might wonder if the viruses that kept their numbers down in the past still work.

Perth's water provider grew frustrated with US mining giant Alcoa after facing roadblocks in accessing areas near the city's key drinking water source that it needs to keep the supply safe, internal documents reveal. 

Locals say the "continuous rumbling" from a quarry in Tasmania's Meander Valley is a major disturbance. The company which owns it has just been given approval to increase production by 500 per cent.

Birds are starving and dying along metropolitan Adelaide beaches, caused by a lack of fish as a result of the algal bloom, the South Australian government says. 

The Tasmanian government asked the public what it thought about how wild fallow deer were being managed. It received hundreds of submissions calling for deer to be labelled a pest and for improved zoning and hunting permits. 

Large, dead marine animals found on Eyre Peninsula beaches spark concern among locals. 

Fears hot springs in the remote NT could be damaged by fracking on a cattle station prompt water scientists and Indigenous custodians to call on the territory government to step in and reject an application by Santos to drill in the area.

An independent review into oil and gas company Inpex has found widespread and persistent failures in how emissions were calculated, recorded and reported, dating back to the start of production in 2018. 

Tasmania's health department and environment watchdog questioned the scientific rigour behind an application to use the antibiotic florfenicol in salmon farms, including a lack of evidence about its impact on humans, documents show.

Key figures from Adelaide-based family theatre company Slingsby have decided to let the curtain drop for the final time after missing out on federal government funding.

The SA environment minister says preliminary results of an investigation into the causes of the harmful algal bloom back up what scientists had long suspected, but an ecologist who has criticised the government's response says more detail needs to be released.

Olympic Games chief executive Christophe Dubi tells ABC Sport that in order for the Olympics to remain relevant, it simply has to embrace sustainable practices. 

They are older than the dinosaurs and buried deep underground, but scientists are pinning their hopes on ancient salt caverns to solve Australia’s green energy storage problem. 

Kalgoorlie horticulturalist Phil Stanley says he is struggling to get authorities to take the deaths of more than 100 salmon gums near the mining city seriously. 

Scientists say parts of Antarctica face "devastating" and "irreversible" impacts from climate change unless urgent action is taken to limit greenhouse gas emissions.