The Queensland government will inject more than $24m into protecting koala populations and habitats in the state’s southeast as part of a threatened species funding package. The almost $40m funding announcement coincided with World Environment Day on Sunday. Queensland’s environment minister, Meaghan Scanlon, said the state had “good conservation success stories” such as bilbies and green turtles. “Queensland is one ...

Australia has complained to China over its interception of a maritime surveillance flight in international airspace in the South China Sea region, which the deputy prime minister labeled “very dangerous”. The defense department has revealed the interception of a “routine maritime surveillance activity” in a statement on Sunday, claiming it resulted in a “dangerous maneuver” that risked the safety of ...

As tax time approaches in Australia, cryptocurrency investors have been warned to begin working out what they owe. Some lessons can be drawn from the recent US tax season, where some enthusiasts had a tax bill that exceeded their earnings after the recent crypto market crash. Mark Chapman, director of tax communications for H&R Block, told Guardian Australia the company ...

Indi Shields first discovered the film in the drawer of her childhood home. “The first film camera I picked up was my great grandfather’s,” she says. “It felt so special to hold it and use it like he used to. Even though I never got to meet him.” While Shields was already taking analog photographs before the pandemic began, the ...

Nationals leader Littleproud told journalist David Speers that he’d be open to a “gas reservation policy” to avert what’s described as a gas supply crisis. Most of Australia’s gas is exported, and the companies make money. Littleproud is claiming the solutions look like “carbon capture and storage” and “picking up the phone” to the gas companies, and says the Coalition ...

For over two years, one of Australia’s most popular walking tracks has been missing a pivotal element – walkers. Every year more than 100,000 people would venture to the world heritage-listed Wollumbin national park near the northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah, many of them drawn to the 4.4km track that leads to the 1,157 meter summit of the ...