John Jenkyn and his family moved from Australia’s Sunshine Coast to the Western Downs for the peace and quiet. Jenkyn’s 22-year-old son, Aaron, has quadriplegic cerebral palsy. He has a weakened immune […]
Living in the gas fields: a rural nightmare
Chimpanzees’ legal champion spreads his message in Australia
Two chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, who are being used for biomedical research at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, hit the headlines in April this year when Manhattan Supreme Court […]
Scientists announce koala vaccine breakthrough
Scientists in Australia announced today that they have conducted the first successful field trial of a vaccine against chlamydia in koalas. Chlamydia is a main cause of koala deaths. It can cause […]
Ag-gag law defeated in Australia
A proposed law that would have introduced US-style ag-gag legislation into Australia has been defeated. Members of the South Australian Legislative Council voted down the Surveillance Devices Bill 2014, which would have […]
Australian legislators aim to gag animal rights activists
Ag-gag laws that hinder or gag animal protection activists are becoming increasingly widespread in the United States and there are moves in Australia to start a similar crack-down. Several Australian politicians have […]
UNESCO to debate endangered listing for Great Barrier Reef
UNESCO is set to debate whether Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as endangered. Ahead of the annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee, which begins in Doha, Qatar, on June […]
Plane crew spots possible debris in new MH370 search zone
Five of the reconnaissance aircraft scouring the southern Indian Ocean today for wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 found objects that could be debris from the plane. The objects were sighted […]
New satellite images narrow MH370 search
Satellite images, provided to Malaysia by Airbus Defence and Space in France, show 122 potential objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370. […]
Chinese MH370 families protest over ‘fatal crash’ announcement
The chairman of Malaysia Airlines, Mohammad Nor Yusof, said today that, based on the new evidence announced by Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday, it had to be accepted that flight MH370 was lost […]
France provides satellite data about possible MH370 debris
France today provided satellite data about objects that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The French authorities sent the data to Malaysia this morning and Malaysia immediately relayed it […]
Chinese satellite detects possible MH370 debris
A Chinese satellite has detected a floating object in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The object is 22.5 metres long and 13 metres […]
Southern MH370 air search called off until morning
The Australian-led air search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was called off this evening without anything being found. The search teams are scouring the remote waters of the southern Indian Ocean to […]
Satellite imagery shows possible MH370 debris
Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, announced in parliament today that satellite imagery shows two objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Military aircraft […]
Frustration of MH370 relatives boils over in emotional protest
There were emotional scenes at the Sama-Sama hotel at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport today when relatives of Chinese passengers on board the missing flight MH370 came to the hotel where the press […]
MH370 search now covers millions of square nautical miles
The area of land and sea being covered in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 measures more than 2.24 million square nautical miles – an area the size of Australia. In […]
Legal challenge launched to protect Great Barrier Reef from dredge dumping
Photo © Darren Jew / Greenpeace Lawyers for the North Queensland Conservation Council have filed an application to challenge the decision to allow the dumping of three million cubic metres of dredge […]
Koala extinctions already a reality
Koalas are already considered extinct in Avalon, north of Sydney, and are in danger of disappearing from many other parts of Australia. The iconic animal that tourists queue up to cuddle is […]
Cinematographer calls for funds for “Symphony of the Earth”
The renowned Australian wildlife cinematographer Jim Frazier has launched an appeal for funding for a global project called “Symphony of the Earth”, which he is dubbing the Woodstock of cinema. His aim […]
Senate publishes report
The Australian senate has issued its report on the status, health, and sustainability of the koala. The head of the Australian Koala Foundation, Deborah Tabart, praised those who wrote the document, but […]
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