by bpckle | Jun 15, 2026 | In the Media
Another expert says drone technology may have prevented shark attack at Coogee beach on Saturday
A shark behaviour expert says Tony Abbott “doesn’t understand the science” after the former prime minister called for sharks to be culled in the wake of an attack at a Sydney beach.
Leah Stewart, a 35-year-old woman, was bitten on the leg and arm by what was thought to be a great white shark on Saturday morning.
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by bpckle | Jun 15, 2026 | In the Media
A Kimberley iron ore mine with idyllic views across a tropical sea will close after 70 years of operation as a new phase begins for offshore oil and gas.
by bpckle | Jun 14, 2026 | In the Media
Scientists say a chunk of winter sea ice the size of France off the Antarctic coast has failed to form this year.
by bpckle | Jun 14, 2026 | In the Media
Once drained for farm irrigation, this former potato farm now attracts birds from as far away as Siberia.
by bpckle | Jun 14, 2026 | In the Media
It is unlikely that many voters are flocking to Pauline Hanson for her scientific insights – but that is where they are lining up, regardless
Politics is disconnecting from long-held assumptions at historic speed and no one knows where the great unhinging will take us. On the climate crisis, denial is back in vogue – depending on what the algorithm feeds you.
One Nation’s surge in the polls suggests, for now at least, it is vying to be the most popular political party in the country. It does not accept the overwhelming evidence that the planet is warming and that extreme weather is getting worse. Instead, it argues the climate change department should be abolished because – in the strawiest of strawman arguments – it hasn’t changed the climate.
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