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Opposition to work with Watt on environmental laws overhaul

Australia’s environmental laws are at least a decade past their use-by date and Labor has dropped the ball on promised changes, shadow environment minister Angie Bell says as she waits to see fresh details.

Katina Curtis

Residents have shared their best smoke haze photos on social media.

‘Avoid the area’CommentsSmoke alerts issued for parts of WA after property fire

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has asked motorists to avoid the area, reduce speed and drive carefully.

Caitlin Vinci

The Albany Community Environment Centre organised a protest against Woodside’s Browse Basin to North West Shelf development earlier this month.

Beach protestPremiumProtesters rally at Middleton Beach calling for ‘no new gas’

Albany environmentalists organised a “No New Gas” protest to mark the end of a public consultation period on Woodside’s Browse Basin to North West Shelf development. 

Claire Middleton

The City of Albany manually opened the Taylor Inlet into Nanarup Beach on Thursday, June 12 to relieve pressure on its banks after recent swells pushed in sand.

INLET OPENPremiumTaylor Inlet opened into ocean after swells cause flooding

Fresh water once again met salt on Thursday as the City of Albany manually opened the Taylor Inlet into Nanarup Beach to relieve pressure on its banks after recent swells pushed in sand.

Melissa Sheil

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NewsPremiumReason housing crisis could get worse

Australians are already facing a shortfall of more than 640,000 affordable homes. There’s one reason that might get even worse.

Nathan Schmidt

The government is working on a national climate risk assessment but will it be too little too late? (James Gourley/AAP PHOTOS)

EnvironmentPremiumIn the dark: Australia ill-prepared for climate punch

Australia is overdue for a full audit of climate change-fuelled risks as the latest science suggests warming is accelerating.

Poppy Johnston

The facility is reportedly capable of refuelling 10 heavy vehicles at once. NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

TechnologyCommentsPremiumAustralia’s first hydrogen servo opens in Geelong

The nation’s first publicly accessible hydrogen service station has opened, in a huge move towards decarbonising commercial vehicles.

Brendan Kearns

Plastic waste is projected to outweigh all fish by 2050.

EnvironmentCommentsPremiumMomentum building for global plastic pollution pact

The Federal environment minister has joined forces with more than 90 countries to clamp down on plastic waste harming the environment and human health.

Poppy Johnston

Bee keeper and producer of North Perth-based Postcode Honey, John Faherty.

EnvironmentCommentsExclusive Perth golf club could be getting new beehives

A local beekeeper is hoping to expand his honey production by using the exclusive golf club.

Harriet Flinn

Queensland is in the middle of a cold snap that started on Thursday. WeatherWatch

WEATHERPremiumSevere frost alert for Aussie farmers

Farmers are being urged to keep their livestock warm as a freezing start to winter puts animals at risk.

Cameron Micallef

Woodside wants to extend the life of Karratha Gas Plant out to 2070.

EnergyCommentsPremiumWoodside buys more time for talk on NWS conditions

Woodside’s talks with the Federal Government over the future of the North West Shelf will remain ongoing after the deadline for a response on the environmental conditions was extended.

Matt Mckenzie

The new Environment Minister Murray Watt gave the greenlight for an extension of the gas project to 2070 but only under strict conditions. 

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsPremiumWatt says talks ‘constructive’ on NWS gas expansion

Environment Minister Murray Watt says talks with Woodside over strict conditions tied to the North West Shelf gas expansion have been ‘constructive,’ but warns formal response may be delayed.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Groundwater licence holders in WA may be taking four trillion litres a year without much oversight. (Perry Duffin/AAP PHOTOS)

Environment'Poor management': regulator in hot water over licences

A regulator has no idea how much water 12,000 licence holders are pumping from the aquifers in the nation's largest state.

Aaron Bunch

Scientist have concerns about the implications melting Arctic ice has for weather around the world. (AP PHOTO)

EnvironmentClimate crisis sees world record second-hottest May

Climate change played a key role in the record-breaking heat wave in Iceland and Greenland in May causing Greenland's ice sheet to melt much faster than normal.

Kate Abnett

The Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes has put it’s support behind the Bridgetown- Greenbushes Friends of the Forest petition to keep mining companies out of the Dalgarup Forest.

MiningShire gives support to keep mining companies out of forest

A South West shire has thrown its support behind a community petition which aims to keep mining companies out of native forests, turning those areas into protected national parks.

Craig Duncan

Jyttes Hytte by Thomas Dambo, Giants of Mandurah.

EnvironmentCommentsMandurah’s iconic giant amputated after grim discovery

One of Mandurah’s iconic Thomas Dambo giants’ feet have been amputated and are under repair after the Mandurah Men’s Shed made a grim discovery.

Ava Berryman

Former NSW treasurer said the Coalition risked ‘electoral oblivion’ if it chose to abandon its commitment to net zero. NewsWire/ David Swift

news‘Weird:’ Kean unleashes on Coalition MPs

The former NSW treasurer Matt Kean has urged the Coalition to listen to voters, or risk “electoral oblivion” taking aim at prominent MPs.

Jessica Wang

Australia is joining other nations in pledging to conserve and restore marine habitat. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

EnvironmentAustralia dives into the big blue as key climate ally

The potential of blue carbon - using the power of the seas - will feature prominently in Australia's official climate plans following a landmark agreement.

Poppy Johnston

A New Zealand minister is being sued for failing to take sufficient action on climate change. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

EnvironmentNew Zealand government sued over climate plan

Environmentalist lawyers are taking legal action against the New Zealand government, accusing it of weakening the country's emissions reduction plan.

Staff Writers

The UN treaty would protect international waters that cover two thirds of the world's oceans. (AP PHOTO)

EnvironmentPremiumEnough support for 'high seas' treaty in 2026: Macron

A treaty to protect the 'high seas' ocean areas that lie outside national jurisdictions could be in place from early 2026, as ratifications grow.

Manuel Ausloos and Clotaire Achi

Parts of southern Perth have been inundated in a large-scale sewage leak. 9 News

WA NEWSPremium‘Like a toilet’: Sewage blankets suburbs

Australia’s longest city may have just taken a long drop down the rankings to become the county’s worst smelling, as authorities scramble to stem a massive sewage leak.

Blair Jackson

A tawny frogmouth in care at Just Raptors.

Owl Friendly Another South West shire makes an ‘Owl Friendly’ move

Another South West shire makes an ‘Owl Friendly’ move with as the Shire of Dardanup ditches the use of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides in a move to protect native animals.

Craig Duncan

UN conference co-host France claims to have surpassed the 30 per cent target for marine protection. (AP PHOTO)

EnvironmentPremiumPush to turn promises into protection at UN ocean meet

The United Nations Ocean Conference is opening in France as pressure mounts to turn promises into action on protecting the ocean.

Annika Hammerschlag

Research shows selectively breeding corals could boost their tolerance to heat. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Environment'Lifeline' for coral at risk of rising sea temperatures

Australian researchers have discovered coral bred from reefs in warmer oceans are more able to survive in extreme heat stress.

Maeve Bannister