Environment
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Victorian environment
Virus lurking in Merri Creek is a slick superbug killer that could save millions
The virus – given an Indigenous name that translates to “dangerous Merri lurker” in English – has the potential to save patients who develop pneumonia and infections in hospitals.
- by Bianca Hall
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Animals
Licence to kill: Millions of Australian native animals legally slaughtered
Australians took out licences to kill more than 1.2 million native animals and birds last year alone, with kangaroos and wallabies comprising almost half the animals killed.
- by Bianca Hall
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Wildlife
WIRES risks mass exodus as internal warfare comes to a head
Australia’s largest and richest wildlife rescue charity has introduced a structural change that lessens oversight of what remains of the $100 million raised during the Black Summer bushfires and curtails the rights of volunteers.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Pollution
Mission to track source of tar balls littering 11 Sydney beaches from Bondi to Botany Bay
Grimy balls of oil and debris have been found on 11 eastern suburbs beaches, and authorities are still investigating whether the source is a ship or from the land.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Mysterious dark spheres on Sydney beaches identified
Preliminary testing by Randwick City Council has identified the black balls that have washed up on Coogee, Maroubra and Gordons Bay beaches as “tar balls”, made from oil and debris.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Frances Howe
Mysterious black grime balls wash up on popular Sydney beach
The dark spheres ranging in size from golf to tennis balls could be “tar balls”, a mixture of oil and debris.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons