Victorian environment
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- Energy
Wind farm plan tipped to risk billions in energy investment and 26,000 jobs
An analysis estimates the Coalition’s proposed policy would put $3.9 billion in local wages and more than $200 million in landholder and community payments at risk.
- Annika Smethurst
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Rain tank scheme aims to save threatened platypus population
An Australian-first project is under way to try to protect these elusive and endangered animals.
- Bianca Hall
Lest we forget: Parks Victoria to clear vulnerable trees for war memorial
The planned bulldozing of vulnerable snow gums this week to restore views of the Mount Macedon Memorial Cross has sparked fury among environmental groups.
- Bianca Hall
- Behind the Photos
- Drought
When desperate farmers prayed for rain in the midst of a hidden drought
The Green family survived a major drought on their sheep farm. I got a front-row seat to the challenges they overcame.
- Benjamin Preiss
- Perspective
- Animals
How do you save a starving koala?
The difficulty of moving koalas is again in focus following soaring numbers on French Island in Victoria, and deaths of translocated animals in NSW.
- Bianca Hall
‘Horrific’ mass koala starvation hits Victorian island
Distressed locals have told of desperate koalas falling from trees and trying to eat vegetation such as pine needles.
- Bianca Hall
Flood threat hangs over 60,000 homes in Melbourne’s northern suburbs
Vast areas of Darebin and Yarra council areas have been declared flood-prone as a new statewide risk rating system ascribes a threat level to every home.
- Sophie Aubrey
Australia’s last white paper mill sues Victoria for $402 million after lost jobs, closure
The Latrobe Valley operation says it was forced to shut its white paper production and cut 400 jobs when the government reneged on a deal to provide it with native timber.
- Kieran Rooney
Melbourne to bask in warmer-than-average spring days and nights
A leading climate scientist said people complaining about the cold weather this year have forgotten what a normal winter feels like.
- Bianca Hall and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
They bought a knockdown-rebuild and got a fight over Thornbury’s tallest trees
The larger of two eucalypts locals are fighting to save is estimated to be more than 25 metres tall and believed to be one of the tallest trees in Thornbury.
- Tom Cowie