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In 1964, an Australian couple camped on a North Queensland island; their decades-long campaign helped a pigeon colony recover from under 2,000 birds to more than 40,000In 1965, Margaret and Arthur Thorsborne initiated a bird count that has become one of the most enduring wildlife studies globally. Their un...- Peace killed a boomtown: How the end of World War I turned one of Australia's biggest copper settlements into a ghost townKuridala was once a thriving Queensland mining town, which prospered greatly during World War I. Copper became a strategic metal, driving s...
- In 1935, an Australian entomologist shipped 102 cane toads from Hawaii to fight crop beetles; 2,400 were released before anyone tested the planAustralian scientists introduced toxic cane toads to control sugar cane pests in 1935. These toads failed to eat the target beetles and spr...
- KPMG faces big setback in Australia amid allegations of mishandling confidential dataKPMG Australia has stopped bidding for new Victorian government contracts as an investigation into the alleged misuse of confidential clien...
- From a 1937 garden planting to an ecological crisis: One Miconia tree now spreads 8.9 million seeds, endangering Queensland's iconic rainforestsToday, a single mature Miconia tree can produce over 8.9 million seeds in one season. What began as a 1937 garden introduction in tahiti ha...
- Brisbane unveils countdown clock as race begins for 2032 Olympics infrastructureBrisbane's 2032 Olympic Games countdown clock has officially started ticking. Organizers remain confident about construction timelines desp...
- British settlers brought domestic cats to Australia in 1788 to control rats and mice around ships, farms, and settlements, but escaped cats now kill billions of native animals every year across the continentIntroduced by British settlers in 1788, cats rapidly spread across Australia, becoming a devastating invasive predator. Intended to control...
- 'Many people thought I was crazy': Former Delhi Police Sub-Inspector quits secure govt job to become real estate agent in Australia, here's how can you become a realtor in OzA former Delhi Police Sub-Inspector, Nishant Tomar, left a secure government job in India to pursue a career as a real estate agent in Aust...
- 18 koalas moved to Kangaroo Island in the 1920s; a century on, 27,000 descendants are stripping eucalyptus bare and risk mass starvationKoalas are overpopulating in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges. This boom threatens eucalyptus forests, their food source. Scientists pr...
- US approves $1.5 billion sale of maritime helicopters to New ZealandThe U.S. has approved a $1.5 billion sale of five Seahawk helicopters to New Zealand, a move supporting the nation's plan to nearly double ...
- Australian election results bode well for Adani's coal mine projectAdani Group's Carmichael coal deposits project in Queensland state is facing regulatory hurdles.
- 7 independent candidates join hands to oppose Adani's coal mine in QueenslandCarmichael would be the largest coal mine in Australian and one of the biggest in the world.
- No royalty holiday for Adani's coal mine in AustraliaAdani Australia said it will analyse the details of the Cabinet's decision once it was formally provided to them.
- No "royalties holiday" for Adani: Queensland governmentThere will be no "royalties holiday" for Indian mining giant Adani, Queensland deputy premier Jackie Trad said. Trad said any such deal wou...
- Australian group files review plea in Supreme Court over Alpha Coal Mine projectThe Alpha Coal project is said to be among Australia's largest mines with a lease area of 60,000 hectares.
- Australia's green lobby drags Adani group to court over mine projectAdani has argued the mine in the frontier Galilee Basin will create thousands of jobs and inject millions of dollars into Queensland's econ...
- Australian ministers to meet over GVK coal mine stand-offThe Queensland and Australian federal governments are all set to hold a crisis meeting today to discuss the dispute over GVK Group's huge U...
- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard attacks Queensland government over GVK's coal projectGillard has lashed out at the Queensland government over its handling of India's GVK Group's huge USD 10 billion Alpha Coal mine project.
- Australia halts approval process for GVK's $10 bn coal mineIn a setback to GVK, the Australian government announced halting the environment clearances granted to GVK's $10b coal mine by the Queensla...
- GVK up nearly 4% on getting environment clearance in AustraliaShares of GVK Power & Infrastructure ended nearly 4 per cent higher today after the company said it has got environment clearance from the ...
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