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The frogs have stopped calling where Perth wetlands have dried up

The frogs have stopped calling where Perth wetlands have dried up

Lake Gnangara, the most southerly of the Wanneroo wetlands, and Lake Mariginiup have become acidic after previously submerged soils containing metals and other sediments were exposed to oxygen because of dropping water levels.

  • by Peter de Kruijff

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Perth’s ancient shrimp link to Gondwana presumed lost

Perth’s ancient shrimp link to Gondwana presumed lost

The water loss at Loch McNess and the caves of Yanchep National Park have been dramatic over the past 20 years.

  • by Peter de Kruijff
The popular western suburb foreshore which topped WA’s ‘rubbish in the river’ survey

The popular western suburb foreshore which topped WA’s ‘rubbish in the river’ survey

The section of Swan River averaged 151 pieces of plastic per square metre along the shore.

  • by Peter de Kruijff
Lawn envy: Social media and the pandemic create a turf war for the best on street

Lawn envy: Social media and the pandemic create a turf war for the best on street

The grass is always greener in the neighbour’s frontyard: lockdown and a rise of social media pages pitched at lawn fanatics have contributed to a new zeal for the perfect lawn, and an interest in new grass types.

  • by Julie Power
Labor wades into Murray-Darling water wars to woo Adelaide voters

Labor wades into Murray-Darling water wars to woo Adelaide voters

Anthony Albanese has kickstarted a fight over water policy as Labor eyes marginal seats in South Australia.

  • by Mike Foley
Reef grief: Mornington locals wary of underwater installations at Point Nepean

Reef grief: Mornington locals wary of underwater installations at Point Nepean

The 16 large concrete structures that will make up Victoria’s largest artificial reef are about to be installed at Point Nepean, but the project has met with some opposition on the Mornington Peninsula.

  • by Miki Perkins
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Logistics company hit with remedial notice after mass fish kill

Logistics company hit with remedial notice after mass fish kill

Victoria’s environmental regulator has hit a business with an environmental action notice after a pollution spill resulted in the deaths of thousands of fish in Altona.

  • by Cassandra Morgan
‘Environmental disaster’: Council calls for tough penalties as fish deaths climb into thousands

‘Environmental disaster’: Council calls for tough penalties as fish deaths climb into thousands

Hobsons Bay City Council is calling on the business responsible for the spill that resulted in the mass fish deaths in Altona to face tough penalties.

  • by Cassandra Morgan
Hundreds of fish dead after detergent spill in Altona

Hundreds of fish dead after detergent spill in Altona

The Environment Protection Authority is looking into how the chemical compound entered the waterway, but is yet to determine whether it was an accident.

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola and Cassandra Morgan
‘We don’t need the army. We need the navy’: I saw the flood destruction. Where was our government?
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‘We don’t need the army. We need the navy’: I saw the flood destruction. Where was our government?

Fred Hollows’ doctor son Cam treated people in a flood-ravaged town in northern NSW as the flood crisis unfolded. He says the real disaster has been the lack of planning and failed response from government.

  • by Cam Hollows
‘This wasn’t a flood, it was a demolition’: How can Lismore survive?

‘This wasn’t a flood, it was a demolition’: How can Lismore survive?

Lismore’s mayor says the flood disaster will change the city forever and if it doesn’t change it won’t survive.

  • by Heath Gilmore