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Solutions to some of the planet’s biggest ocean challenges like plastic, pollution and fishing will be in the spotlight with trailblazing experts and solutions focused science also exploring Australia’s leadership opportunity at the fourth annual Blue Solutions Summit in Sydney on March 20, 2024. Staged at the Australian National Maritime Museum as part of the Volvo Ocean … Continued
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A Charles Darwin University (CDU) researcher is part of an international team highlighting the global status of sharks that lurk in the deep waters of the ocean, discovering that the group is under threat. CDU’s Research Institute of the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) Senior Research Fellow Dr Peter Kyne is a co-author of a paper … Continued
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La Trobe University and the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences have discovered the oldest known human occupation of Europe lies near the town of Korolevo in western Ukraine. New findings, published in Nature, by an international team led by the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences have confirmed … Continued
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Media alert | Friday, 8 March 2024 Key independent candidates will hold a media conference outside Tasmania’s parliament on Friday pledging to fight to end native forest logging. Clarke MP Kristie Johnston, former House speaker turned independent Sue Hickey and Franklin candidate Martine Delaney, supported by the Local Network, are among independent and minor party … Continued
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Media alert | Friday, 8 March 2024 Seven independent candidates will hold a media conference outside Tasmania’s parliament on Friday pledging to fight to end native forest logging. Clarke MP Kristie Johnston, former House speaker turned independent Sue Hickey and Franklin candidate Martine Delaney are among independents who are signing the Forest Pledge to end … Continued
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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Australian Industrial Energy Pty Ltd (AIE) $15,000 for allegedly discharging a plume of turbid water the size of a football field from its Port Kembla Gas Terminal into the Port Kembla Outer Harbour last September. The discharge occurred during dredging works for a new energy terminal … Continued
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Environmental justice organisation Friends of the Earth have welcomed the federal government’s declaration of the Southern Ocean offshore wind zone, saying it’s a sign that an ecologically sustainable offshore wind industry is achievable. The total size of the exploration area has been significantly reduced, reflecting the need to protect sensitive marine ecosystems like the … Continued
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Environmental justice organisation Friends of the Earth have welcomed the federal government’s declaration of the Southern Ocean offshore wind zone, saying it’s a sign that an ecologically sustainable offshore wind industry is achievable. The total size of the exploration area has been significantly reduced, reflecting the need to protect sensitive marine ecosystems like the … Continued
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March 6, 2024 No Uber, No Problem! Sustainable e-buses rescue small towns in Australian-first trial The quintessential Australian small town dilemma – how do I get anywhere without a car, no Uber, and limited or no public transport? – could very quickly become a thing of the past with this week’s launch of a … Continued
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Over the weekend, OzFish volunteers supported the efforts of Clean Up Australia Day by removing over 3 tonnes of rubbish from 16 waterways across the country. The fishing community knows all too well how much rubbish flows in and around our waterways, leading to 208 volunteers getting stuck in and demonstrating their commitment to healthy … Continued
