More than 60 public electric vehicle charging stations are being built this year around regional New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland in a bid to make electric cars a more practical option in regional Australia. Key points: New regional public EV charging stations are being rolled out on the east coast The charging stations make regional travel more practical in …
When Richard Swain describes the condition of Kosciuszko National Park, he uses words like "disgusting", "disrespectful" and "a mess". Key points: The NSW Government passed legislation in 2018 protecting brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park from culling In sensitive parts of the park, they're to be trapped and then rehomed Deputy Premier John Barilaro says the current "balanced" approach keeps both …
Harvesters and timber mills are racing against time to fell bushfire-ravaged pine trees in the Riverina before they become worthless. Key points: Almost 50,000 hectares of pine plantations in the Riverina, owned by Forestry Corporation, were burnt in the Dunns Road bushfire Harvesters and mills are racing against the clock to process the pine trees before they become worthless There …
If it had not been for a team of fast-moving staff and enough salt to fill a small house, the unprecedented floods in North Queensland would have destroyed the world's largest living coral exhibition. "It was absolutely touch and go," Ashley Frisch said, the research and water quality coordinator at Townsville's Reef HQ Aquarium. "We've got an open-topped aquarium, which …