Are shark attacks on the rise and how can swimmers stay safe in Sydney?

Are shark attacks on the rise and how can swimmers stay safe in Sydney? Temperatures are soaring and waters are warming, pushing more people into the water for longer and potentially moving sharks closer to shore.

Stranded live export ship to offload some of 16,500 animals in WA before resuming its journey to the Middle East. About 16,500 animals are packed into the MV Bahijah – as the state endures heatwave conditions – which was ordered by the federal government to abandon its voyage to the Middle East due to Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea.

Court orders temporary halt to logging in Tasmanian forest ahead of swift parrot case. Bob Brown conservationists have won a temporary injunction to stop logging in an area of forest south of Hobart they say is breeding habitat for the critically endangered swift parrot.

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Are shark attacks on the rise and how can swimmers stay safe in Sydney?
Temperatures are soaring and waters are warming, pushing more people into the water for longer and potentially moving sharks closer to shore.

Stranded live export ship to offload some of 16,500 animals in WA before resuming journey to Middle East
About 16,500 animals are packed into the MV Bahijah – as the state endures heatwave conditions – which was ordered by the federal government to abandon its voyage to the Middle East due to Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea.

Court orders temporary halt to logging in Tasmanian forest ahead of swift parrot case
Conservationists from the Bob Brown Foundation have won a temporary injunction to stop logging in an area of forest south of Hobart; they say is breeding habitat for the critically endangered swift parrot.

Turtle deaths surge in Moreton Bay as advocates decry ‘loosey-goosey’ waterway policing
Locals say ‘huge penalities and fines’ are needed after deaths increased almost 90% in one year.

How likely is another La Niña for Australia in 2024?
Australian BoM’s model is leaning towards El Niño-like weather conditions lasting until June this year.

‘Abuse of process’: activist Ben Pennings seeks to have Adani case thrown out of court
Lawyers for the environmental activist Ben Pennings say the long-running case against him brought by the mining company Adani should be thrown out as an “abuse of process”, telling the Queensland supreme court the remaining claims are “embarrassing”, “incredibly weak” and “highly problematic”.

Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse?
A new study published on Wednesday from the University of Sydney estimates the black summer bushfires impacts on tourism ripped $2.8bn almost instantly from the country’s economy.