Environment

Artificial habitats are giving the Kangaroo Island dunnart a chance at recovery, after bushfires left them largely homeless.

It has been two decades since substantial land hand-backs in Tasmania, so private owners are doing it instead. Near Hobart, a piece of land that was once a dumping ground is being restored.

Within the government, there's quiet confidence the battery boom will continue to gather pace and help shield Australia from both global shocks and domestic demand surges, driving prices even lower.

A pair of endangered rays taken from a Tasmanian harbour as a species "insurance policy" have been released back into the wild after helping to produce more than 400 eggs for a captive research program.

The risks of death or hospitalisation of koalas increases as soon as seven-day average maximum temperature is above 27 degrees Celsius, a new study shows.

For a company that prides itself on digging out the metals for the world's clean energy future, saying nothing about its own clean energy future is not an option.

A "tragedy of the trolleys" is unfolding in Rockhampton, where a lack of governance over waterways is creating an environmental hazard.

Experts are relieved to see the number of endangered Manning River turtles holding steady, a year after devastating flooding in northern New South Wales.

Parts of South Australia are preparing for an exceptional year as autumn rain brings an increase in birdlife.

Data from floating rubbish bins near the Sydney CBD suggests there are higher levels of rubbish entering the water when major events such as Vivid are on.

There are at least 20 platypuses now living in the NSW Royal National Park's waterways, three years after their historic reintroduction. 

Australia joins 140 other countries in passing a major United Nations resolution backing a landmark legal ruling on climate change, despite efforts by the United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia to sink it.

Most fertiliser is a by-product of the oil industry, which is why it's so vulnerable to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But there are other sources the industry could eventually switch to.

A urban planning expert says Victoria's industrial zoning laws are outdated and that operations like Visy's paper recycling plant in Reservoir may no longer be appropriate so close to housing.

Cracks in the ground in outback Australia caused by a magnitude-5.5 earthquake could help researchers predict future seismic activity. 

The NSW government will permit secondary dwellings such as granny flats in some areas affected by noise from Western Sydney International Airport. 

Police say eight people have been arrested at the North Adelaide Golf Course redevelopment site this morning.

The Australian government has officially ruled out cleaning up Antarctica's contaminated Wilkes Station before the end of the decade, as previously recommended by a federal parliamentary committee.

Residents plagued by dust from Australia's oldest and largest lithium mine say a plan for a free car wash by the mine's owner misses the mark.

Residents living on an idyllic stretch of the NSW far south coast are demanding action to protect their homes from erosion.