Vast areas of Australia’s Queensland under water after ‘unprecedented’ flooding
Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads ...
A budget splash to conserve 30% of Australia's lands will save species—if we choose the right 30%
Australia and many other nations agreed to protect 30% of their lands and waters by 2030 to arrest the rapid decline in ...
Winners and losers emerge in Australian water rights system
Cullen Gunn, chief executive of Kilter Rural, which operates one of the biggest water funds in Australia, says the trading ...
Testing underway amid water quality concerns at Boatswain Point in SA's south-east
Similar seawater quality problems to those that have been reported near Victor Harbor are threatening the livelihood of a ...
South Australia facing severe water crisis amid driest summer in 33 years
South Australia is set to record its driest summer in 33 years, forcing farmers and families that live off rainwater to spend thousands of dollars on water deliveries. "It's been a hard summer just ...
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This Australian waters permits Indonesian traditional fishermen activities. But do they know the restrictions?
This is an area that is shaped like a box, of about 50,000km 2 of Australian waters in the Timor Sea, that is allowed to become a fishing area for Indonesian fishermen but with a number of conditions.
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Failing Rains and Thirsty Cities: Australia’s Growing Water Problem
A koala bear lounges in a eucalyptus tree, lazily chewing leaves in a scene as Australian as one can imagine. But then the koala does something unusual: it climbs down the tree to drink water from ...
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Australia ‘stuffed’ if attacked, senator Jacqui Lambie says, as Chinese warships re-enter Australian waters
As three Chinese warships re-enter Australian waters, firebrand senator Jacqui Lambie has issued a not-so-subtle warning. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) frigates and replenishment ...
Cyclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it
The fact that Alfred is set to make landfall is very unusual. But we can’t yet definitively say this is due to climate change. Cyclones are steered by winds and weather patterns, and the Coral Sea’s ...