An Adelaide Hills man who kept dozens of deer as “pets” has been fined after his repeated efforts to comply with an order to place permanent ear tags on the “flighty animals with sharp antlers” failed.
A perfect storm of weather conditions has seen South Australia’s north erupt into a sea of colour with a super bloom of Sturt’s desert peas.
The state government is reviewing laws introduced to ensure taxpayers are not left footing the bill for rehabilitation, leaving one cattle farmer wondering: what happens next?
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When Trish Goodwin discovered this week that the Bluff coalmine – cut like a gaping wound into her cattle farm – had been officially abandoned, it came as no surprise.
“I always said they’d walk away from it,” she says of the long mothballed central Queensland highlands mine, 175km west of Rockhampton.
At least six volcanoes erupt across Indonesia within days of each other. For residents nearby there’s no escaping the fallout.
The hobby of birdwatching, once pigeonholed as being just for seniors, has ignited the interest of young people globally. Bird enthusiasts hope the pastime raises awareness about the natural world.