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Perth remains the country’s most unaffordable capital for renters while regional WA saw biggest fall in affordability, a new report says. The 11th annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index compares median rents to average incomes. It found Perth is […]
Rental affordability in major urban centres is slowly improving even as unaffordability spreads to regional and rural parts of the country. That was the finding of the 11th annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index, which compares rents with
Restoring large oyster reefs may be able to turn the tide on South Australia’s toxic algal bloom, some conservation scientists say. Scientists from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia say shellfish reefs could even help prevent future marine disasters. Dr Michaela
More oyster reefs, AI submersibles and more funding are part of a new $102.5 million plan for South Australia’s algal bloom outbreak this summer. The plan includes $16m for the fishing and marine industries, opening up school pools, submersibles, more
Coral reefs off WA have been hit hard by a 2024-25 marine heatwave that was the longest, largest and most intense on record for the state, scientists and managers say. And temperature monitoring on site is revealing a hotter difference
Conservation groups are firing up over the Queensland government’s mixed messages on the Great Barrier Reef and coal mining in the wake of the AIMS report. And they now want a stop to new coal mines in the Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday region.
Queensland is currently moving to accelerate new resource projects in August including a planned graphite mine for Croydon. It is asking companies to submit expressions of interest (EOI) in infill areas adjacent to current coal and gas projects. The government
Record hard coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef helped protect it amid a worsening bleaching crisis, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) says. In its annual survey of the Reef, it found the largest annual decline in coral
