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Plastic-free, breathable and reusable – Apiwraps offer natural food freshness without disposable plastic wrap. That’s a Wrap! Reusable beeswax food wraps offer Australian households a practical way to reduce disposable plastic use while helping the family budget. For decades, plastic cling wrap has been a kitchen staple in Australian households, used to cover leftovers, wrap […]

Source: RACV RMIT has partnered with RACV to trial an innovative technology that could transform how roads are monitored for potholes and other infrastructure damage. As part of the ‘Pothole Patrol’ pilot project, the RMIT team equipped one of RACV’s Emergency Roadside Assistance patrol vans based on the Mornington Peninsula with a ‘RoughSense’, a sensor […]

A koala in a tree © Jackson Photography WWF-Australia WWF-Australia has hailed the passing of legislation to create the Great Koala National Park as a historic win for koalas, forests and the communities that fought to protect them. NSW Parliament today passed legislation to add more than 178,000 hectares of state forest and other Crown […]

Flying foxes roosting at Blackalls Park Lake Macquarie residents are urged to be on the lookout for sick and injured flying-foxes as local wildlife carers fear the worst conditions for bats in more than 25 years could wipe out a generation of the vulnerable mammal. Lake Macquarie City Council Manager Environmental Systems Daniel Woods said […]

House with solar Helcro Solar Key facts: The Australian Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) expanded on 1 October to cover systems up to 1 megawatt, extending financial incentives to commercial buildings, strata properties, agricultural facilities, and community organisations with systems between 100 kilowatts and 1 megawatt. The expansion, announced by Climate and Energy Minister Chris […]

Old uniforms are being transformed into new textiles through an innovative recycling project. Credit: Parks and Wildlife Service Western Australia. RMIT University Retired Western Australian fire-service uniforms are being given a second life through a pioneering textile recycling project led by an RMIT University researcher. As part of her PhD project Walking in Circles, designer […]

Ongoing research is providing a clearer picture of how climate change can affect different aspects of the Coorong in South Australia – and is developing strong environmental strategies that can be adapted as the climate changes. One project, led by Flinders University researchers with funding from the Australian Government and SA Goyder Institute for Water […]

Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat juvenile at RUNR. © Brad Leue-Australian Wildlife Conservancy The DNA of a young Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat may help solve a genetic mystery at Richard Underwood Nature Refuge (RUNR) in south west Queensland, where researchers are investigating if one of the three resident males are responsible for fathering the most recent addition of […]

The Coonamble Return and Earn Depot launch celebration was attended by representatives of the Coonamble Cancer Survival Fund, Coonamble Shire Council and super collectors. The Coonamble community has embraced the convenience of the state’s first remote high-speed Return and Earn Depot, returning 220,000 containers since the council-operated facility opened in August 2026. The new depot […]

The Green Minerals Platform enables users to evaluate mine-to-export cost and carbon intensity across multiple pathways before committing capital. Image from Rahman Daiyan/UNSW UNSW Sydney An interdisciplinary research team at UNSW Sydney has developed an interactive modelling platform to help industry, governments and investors assess the economic, environmental and strategic challenges facing critical minerals supply […]