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Access across Australia: mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?
David Levinson and Hao Wu
How many opportunities you can reach depends on where you live and how you travel. A new report maps accessibility for our eight capital cities by car, public transport, cycling and walking.
Today’s Celebration
Independence Day – Congo (Democratic Republic of)
June 30 Anniversary – Egypt
Philippine-Spanish Day – Philippines
National Day of Prayer – Central African Republic
National Salvation Revolution Day – Sudan
Father’s Day – Haiti
National
Recyclers tackle growing farm waste problem with innovative plastic products
With the safe disposal of plastic now a major environmental problem, farmers around Australia are being forced to get creative with their modes of recycling.
How do you win the climate change war?
As parliament is about to resume for the first time since the federal election, Katharine Murphy talks to Helen Haines, the new independent MP for Indi. With climate change a top issue in her seat, how will she use her position on the crossbench to push for action? And what solutions does she have to break the policy deadlock?
Access across Australia: mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?
David Levinson and Hao Wu
How many opportunities you can reach depends on where you live and how you travel. A new report maps accessibility for our eight capital cities by car, public transport, cycling and walking.
Victoria
Most Victorians unaware of new rules forcing power, gas companies to offer best deals
Almost two-thirds of Victorians are clueless about new rules that from Monday will force energy companies to give them a better deal.
People movers wrestle with unintended consequences
SMH editorial
As new projects are grafted on to Sydney’s legacy networks, the challenges will grow. The existing network needs maintaining in a way that alleviates the suffering of people who live in hearing distance of a transport corridor.
Queensland
Dingo v goat: One winner in island death match
In the ultimate survivor contest, a wild dog was fitted with a “suicide collar” in a controversial fatal face-off with feral intruders in a bid to stop them destroying a pristine, tropical island on the Great Barrier Reef. Here’s how it went down.
South Australia
Liberals facing new mining bill test [$]
Yorke Peninsula farmers are white hot with anger as the State Government pushes ahead with its controversial Mining Bill — as four Liberal backbenchers once again prepare to cross the floor.
Tasmania
Goose poisoning in Tasmania park has locals outraged and probers asking ‘why’
A local Tasmanian council has launched an internal investigation to find out why it was not consulted about a decision to cull 14 geese and two ducks at New Norfolk’s Tynwald Park yesterday.
Tassie’s forests added to threatened species list
Around 17,000ha of key habitat for Tasmania’s endangered swift parrot has been added to the national list of threatened species.
Western Australia
Twitchers flocking to rare bird sightings told to curb their enthusiasm
Discoveries of rare animals are sparking mini tourism booms in remote Australia, but they’re also causing some headaches for Aboriginal rangers and their conservation efforts.
Wildlife rope bridge to become a lifeline to save possums from predators and traffic
A rope bridge is being hailed as a breakthrough to prevent native possums being killed by both predators and heavy traffic at one of Perth’s most sensitive wetlands.
Kangaroo paw could unlock secrets of plant evolution
New research by the University of WA into the State’s beloved kangaroo paw has turned our understanding of plant pollination on its head.
Sustainability
How to Produce Natural Gas While Storing Carbon Dioxide
New research shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the Gulf of Mexico could unlock vast natural gas energy resources while helping fight climate change
Nature Conservation
Global agriculture: Impending threats to biodiversity
A new study compares the effects of expansion vs. intensification of cropland use on global agricultural markets and biodiversity, and finds that the expansion strategy poses a particularly serious threat to biodiversity in the tropics.
Heatwave cooks mussels in their shells on California shore
Temperatures lead to what appears to be largest local die-off in 15 years, raising fears for broader ecosystem
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