Water
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The bid to create a world-class Yarra trek, from river mouth to near mountain source
There are hopes the Birrarung Valley Walk, a 13-day walk stretching 220 kilometres, will become a life goal for Melburnians and visitors.
- Adam Carey
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- Perth
Protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River before it becomes another Murray-Darling
I’ve watched what happens when governments let water extraction get ahead of science, enforcement and common sense.
- Rob McBride
The ‘risky’ plan to take 31,000 Olympic swimming pools from beneath WA’s largest river
The state government says the draft plan to increase groundwater extraction is science-based and supportive of both industry and the environment. These experts are not convinced.
- Holly Thompson
Project Mars has landed in Sydney. It’s set off a war of words
A planning row has been ignited with neighbours, while Sydney Water and Ausgrid say the giant data centre will strain critical infrastructure in the north shore.
- Cindy Yin
‘F’ the lot of youse: Inside the deep political bitterness of the Farrer byelection
There’s a building feeling of discontent in the town of Griffith, and it’s coalescing around One Nation.
- Rob Harris
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Water use back to normal for Sydney residents after major main fixed
Hundreds of thousands of residents were impacted and told to cut back on non-essential water use after a pumping station flooded on Wednesday night.
- Cindy Yin and Jessica McSweeney
Thirsty work: Australia’s growing cities won’t have enough water
Australia is spending billions on new roads, rail lines and airports. But without water, cities will run short of new homes.
- Shane Wright
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- Victorian election
Public servants warned dam spills were risk to Labor before state election
Victoria’s desalination water order was cancelled in the lead-up to the last state election, with internal correspondence from water authorities raising the political risk of Victorians paying for water while dams overflowed.
- Rachel Eddie
Sinkhole in Sydney CBD forces school to close
At least two trucks came to the rescue of a Coles delivery vehicle which crashed into the hole.
- Daniel Lo Surdo
Fires and floods, fires and floods: Australia’s summer of extremes
Australia’s summer has been marked by repeated cycles of bushfires followed by floods, as Lake Eyre is set to be flooded for the second time in two years.
- Bianca Hall