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It should be the busiest time of year for Shoalhaven oyster farmers. A sewage spill forced them to close

It should be the busiest time of year for Shoalhaven oyster farmers. A sewage spill forced them to close

Some businesses were able to remain open this week selling oysters harvested a few weeks ago or reselling oysters from other estuaries.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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I already knew AI was deeply uncool. Two grown men just proved it
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I already knew AI was deeply uncool. Two grown men just proved it

Eavesdropping on former colleagues playing dress-ups in a cafe became my moment of clarity.

  • by Brodie Lancaster
Fact check: Does the Tasmanian salmon industry pay tax?

Fact check: Does the Tasmanian salmon industry pay tax?

In the charged debate over fish farming, independent senator Jacqui Lambie has Tassal Group, Huon Aquaculture and Petuna firmly in her sights.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
How Formula 1 is trying to cut its carbon emissions, on and off the track

How Formula 1 is trying to cut its carbon emissions, on and off the track

Less than 1 per cent of F1’s total carbon footprint comes from the cars on track. What will it take to make the sport more environmentally friendly?

  • by Gemma Grant
Thousands of dead fish, a $37m federal promise and an animal close to extinction: Australia’s ‘salmon war’ gets ugly

Thousands of dead fish, a $37m federal promise and an animal close to extinction: Australia’s ‘salmon war’ gets ugly

A major fish kill in the waters of south-east Tasmania has raised tensions just as the prime minister has backed the industry.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Cause of mysterious peacock deaths revealed in environmental Cluedo

Cause of mysterious peacock deaths revealed in environmental Cluedo

The environmental watchdog has found six peacocks from a wild population on the Central Coast died from eating pesticide pellets, in what may have been a deliberate poisoning.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons