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Fee flip follows flap over $24 slug to see St Kilda penguins
Viewing the little penguins at the pier will remain free after the state government dumped a move to charge visitors $24 each to see them.
- by Cara Waters
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Snake scare on Monash: Driver survives tiger snake slithering up leg
A woman found an unwelcome companion in her vehicle as she drove at 80km/h.
- by Roy Ward
‘We made an error’: Wrong call puts Molly the magpie’s future in doubt
Queensland’s Environment Department made a mistake in how it decided to allow a Gold Coast couple to keep a magpie they made into a social media star, a court has found.
- by Sean Parnell
Christmas comes early for platypus rescued from remote country road
Healesville Sanctuary is soon to open a $1 million platypus intensive care unit.
- by Carolyn Webb
Emperor penguin returns to wild after swimming 3500km to WA coast
The penguin, affectionately named ‘Gus’ by wildlife carer Carol Biddulph and her husband Graham, is now free to swim home to Antarctica.
- by Holly Thompson
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Pets
To catio or not to catio? Perth cat owners, there is no question
The popularity of cat enclosures is growing as owners look to better the life of their feline friends (and the environment).
- by Claire Ottaviano
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National parks
‘This activity is a real threat’: MPs piling on pressure over state’s koala park promise
Premier Chris Minns is being urged to immediately end logging inside the boundaries of the proposed Great Koala National Park.
- by Nick O'Malley
‘Free-range’ label to stay when chickens locked down to contain bird flu
A new strain of bird flu has infected the rest of the world and could enter Australia at any moment. When it does, poultry producers will be on red alert.
- by Mike Foley
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Forestry
The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in
Forests on the North Coast are earmarked for a national park to protect “the best patch of koala habitat in the world”, but the area is still being logged in epic proportions.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons