Animals
Cover-ups, culls and cruelty: Inside Victoria's wildlife crisis

Victoria's environmental policies are facing growing scrutiny as critics accuse the Allan Gove ...  
Why are state and federal governments driving the koala to extinction?

Koalas continue to suffer: Are we dealing with political environmental vandalism?  
Science or sideshow? Race to resurrect giant moa raises questions

The controversial effort to revive New Zealand’s extinct giant moa is moving from theory to ...  
Nature on life support: Budget cuts fuel biodiversity crisis

Labor’s Budget priorities are under fire as conservation groups warn biodiversity funding cuts ...  
How we treat cats shows the health of a nation

Australia’s approach to cat containment raises serious questions about effectiveness, cost and ...  
Australian wildlife cruelty is out of control

Horrific, sadistic wildlife cruelty is out of control in Victoria, New South Wales and South ...  
Poisoned policy: How 1080 baiting exposes Australia’s pest control crisis

Australia’s reliance on the lethal poison 1080 to control invasive species is exposing deep ...  
Freedom: Off the lead in St Kilda

A dog, lost in the joy of the moment, races across Melbourne's St Kilda Beach at sunset.  
Victoria’s wildlife pays the price for Labor’s bushfire failures

After devastating bushfires, critics say the Allan Government has abandoned wildlife rescue ...  
By jingo, it's a dingo!

Australian wild dog breeder, the late Bruce Jacobs, with one of his newly born Dingo pups and ...  
My eye on the tiger — for 7 hours

I once waited seven hours for a tiger to make himself available for my camera — my finger on ...  
Australia’s wildlife crisis exposes a catastrophic failure of government

As bushfires tear through Victoria, confused emergency responses, missing resources and government ...  
Backyard chicken breeds that are perfect for Aussie families

A recent national survey from Animal Medicines Australia revealed that 11per cent of Aussies have ...  
'Horsing around' in Melbourne springtime

This image of a Thoroughbred foal bonding with its mother was captured at a stud in Melbourne' ...  
‘Hear Me Roar’: What female animals can teach us about women and power

In her new book, Erna Walraven draws on decades of experience with animals to challenge the myths ...  
Gray whale population crashes amid climate-driven starvation

Once considered a conservation success story, the Eastern Pacific gray whale is now vanishing — ...  
From silence to action: Why the Greens must become an environmental force

With Australia hurtling toward irreversible ecological collapse, the Greens face a defining moment ...  
Royal commission now: The case against Albanese’s environmental record

A damning FOI investigation reveals the Albanese Government’s deliberate efforts to undermine ...  

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