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16 June 2021, 2SER
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Single-use plastic is set to be phased out in NSW by 2025
15 June 2021, Broadsheet
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NSW to ban single-use bags and other plastic items as WA moves to dump coffee cups
14 June 2021, nzherald.co.nz
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State plans to ban plastic coffee cups
13 June 2021, Sunshine Coast Daily
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AMCS says NSW plastics ban ‘a circuit breaker’ for whales and seabirds
13 June 2021, Business Acumen Magazine
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13 June 2021, Daily Mail Australia
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NSW to ban plastic cutlery as end also looms for single-use cups, plates and bags
13 June 2021, Sydney Morning Herald
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State Government announce funding to protect the Great Barrier Reef
11 June 2021, 7News Cairns
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Seismic blasting ‘past use-by date’
11 June 2021, Tasmanian Times
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Queensland commits $2bn to boost local renewable energy jobs
10 June 2021, Guardian Australia
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World Ocean Day: 8 marine conservation projects to support in Asia-Pacific
10 June 2021, Prestige online
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Misplaced pride in ropey Australian fish stocks report
8 June 2021, The Advocate
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‘Too rosy’: fish report gets fried
8 June 2021, Gold Coast Bulletin
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UN body pushed to demand stronger climate action from Australia to save Great Barrier Reef
4 June 2021, Guardian Australia
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Australian government urged to reduce emissions to protect Great Barrier Reef
4 June 2021, ABC
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Queensland resists Morrison government environment laws overhaul without better protections
4 June 2021, Guardian Australia
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Paul Gamblin: Exmouth Gulf is too precious for proposed Gascoyne Gateway deepwater port to ‘unlock’
3 June 2021, Pilbara News
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New Australian marine parks will protect an area twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef
1 June 2021, Good News Network
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s 10 recipes for an Australian winter
1 June 2021, Guardian Australia
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Calls grow for the removal of shark nets
21 May 2021, Coast News
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Critics call for end to Australian shark fin trade, amid claims of missing export records
20 May 2021, ABC
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Why is the government going to build a gas-fired power station at Kurri Kurri?
19 May 2021, ABC
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New Australian marine parks protect area twice Great Barrier Reef’s size
17 May 2021, South Africa Today
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Fishery consultant claims MSC reputation damaged in Australia after roughy certification failure
14 May 2021, SeafoodSource
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More ocean areas protected off Australia in Federal budget
12 May 2021, Minority Reporter
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Environment: The latest on orange roughy
12 May 2021, Fishing World
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Massive marine parks declared in Australia’s Indian Ocean territories
12 May 2021, Sydney Morning Herald
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More ocean areas protected off Australia
12 May 2021, Daily Mail
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Budget funds two marine parks twice the size of Great Barrier Reef
12 May 2021, Canberra Weekly
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WA shark drumlines trial canned after only two white pointers caught over two years
12 May 2021, ABC
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Australia to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
5 May 2021, Environ.news
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The Grapevine: How to eat fish sustainably
3 May 2021, Triple R
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Clive Palmer’s proposed coal mine near Great Barrier Reef deemed ‘not suitable’
28 April 2021, ABC
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Clive Palmer coalmine next to Great Barrier Reef rejected by Queensland government
28 April 2021, Guardian Australia
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Qld gov deems Palmer’s CQ mine ‘not suitable’ to proceed
28 April 2021, Courier Mail
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Northern Beaches council votes to remove shark nets after disturbing pictures emerge
28 April 2021, Daily Telegraph
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Hope $100m for ocean protection can bring Australia’s marine life ‘back from the brink’
23 April 2021, Guardian Australia
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Australia pledges to eliminate ‘killer plastics’ by 2025, draws praise from marine conservationists
20 April 2021, Packaging Insights
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Report alleges Australia engaged in illegal shark fin dealings
19 April 2021, Canberra Weekly
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Single-use plastics to be banned in Australia
17 April 2021, UNILAD
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Single-use plastics to be phased out in Australia from 2025 include plastic utensils and straws
16 April 2021, Guardian Australia
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Eye-opening underwater footage shows the huge amount of rubbish in Sydney Harbour
14 April 2021, Daily Mail
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Second attempt at orange roughy MSC certification denied
13 April 2021, Saving Seafood
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Seaspiracy: your questions answered
9 April 2021, Eativity
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What’s good now? An expert guide to sustainable fish for Easter
31 March 2021, Guardian Australia
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EPA sifts final submissions on development plans for Exmouth Gulf, the ‘nursery of Ningaloo’
28 March 2021, ABC
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New port plans threaten the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia
22 March 2021, Archyde
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Several Australian shark species are nearing extinction
22 March 2021, Deeper Blue
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With your fish and chips order, you may be unknowingly consuming an endangered species
19 March 2021, The Latch
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That fish ‘n chips flake could actually be endangered
17 March 2021, Body + Soul
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Threatened Australian sharks and skates at ‘extreme risk’ of being wiped out
15 March 2021, Guardian Australia
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12 March 2021, Broadsheet Sydney
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Queensland passes laws banning ‘killer’ single-use plastics
11 March 2021, Guardian Australia
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Single use plastics set to be banned in Queensland
11 March 2021, ABC NewsRadio
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10 March 2021, ABC Pilbara
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How to swap out your seafood for more sustainable choices
8 March 2021, SBS
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Tiger shark weighing 395kg caught off Botany Bay during game fishing comp
2 March 2021, news.com.au
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Conservationists welcome Victoria’s move to ban single-use plastic
1 March 2021, Business Acumen Magazine
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Reef concerns need urgent consideration as proposed Clive Palmer mine moves to assessment stage
1 March 2021, The Advocate
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Clive Palmer coalmine near Great Barrier Reef must be blocked, conservationists say
27 February 2021, Guardian Australia
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Reef campaigners decry decision to move CQ mine forward
26 February 2021, Daily Mercury
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Conservation groups commend the Morrison Government joining the Global Ocean Alliance
18 February 2021, The Advocate Australia
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Great Barrier Reef water quality report card scores a D
18 February 2021, ABC News
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Call for gillnet industry transparency after alleged increase in dugong/turtle bycatch
18 February 2021, Cairns Post
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Great Barrier Reef found to be in failing health as world heritage review looms
18 February 2021, Guardian Australia
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Environmentalists and fishers clash over best way to prevent marine life entanglements
18 February 2021, ABC Rural
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Fisheries investigate reports of turtles trapped in gillnet at Hay Point
17 February 2021, 4MK AM
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Several turtles entangled in ‘death trap’ off Mackay beach
16 February 2021, Daily Mercury
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Australia leading race to save endangered ‘hedge-trimmer’ fish
12 February 2021, DNYUZ
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Australia’s Northern Territory set to ban seabed mining following nine-year moratorium
8 February 2021, Battery Industry
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Northern Territory Government set to ban seabed mining following nine-year moratorium
5 February 2021, ABC Rural
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NT Government declares ban on ‘destructive’ seabed mining
5 February 2021, Katherine Times
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Northern Territory to permanently ban seabed mining
5 February 2021, Guardian Australia
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The Great Flake Debate: Should Aussies stop eating the seafood staple
30 January 2021, Starts At 60
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World’s oceanic sharks and rays decline by 71% in the last 50 years
28 January 2021, The Advocate
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Shark species on the decline globally: study
28 January 2021, ABC AM
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‘Move with the science’: The way of the future to monitor sharks
27 January 2021, 4BC
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What do sharks want – and why do they bite?
26 January 2021, Sydney Morning Herald
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Consumers urged: #GiveFlakeABreak
21 January 2021, Eativity News
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Western Australia’s EPA to head to Exmouth for local input on gulf development
21 January 2021, ABC Pilbara
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Fishers reject claims Australians are ‘eating endangered sharks’ under the guise of flake
20 January 2021, SeafoodNews
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Fishers reject claims Australians are ‘eating endangered sharks’ under the guise of flake
20 January 2021, ABC Wide Bay
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6 simple ideas to reduce plastic use
19 January 2021, iinet
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Aussies urged to stop eating flake
18 January 2021, 3AW
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#GiveFlakeABreak from your fish and chips this summer
18 January 2021, The Advocate
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Calls for law reform around term ‘flake’ in effort to reduce shark meat consumption in Australia
18 January 2021, The Advocate
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Australian seafood consumers urged to stop buying flake to protect sharks
18 January 2021, The Advocate
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Why we’re animal crackers – and what we can do to save them
15 January 2021, The Age
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28 best fashion stores in Byron Bay
5 January 2021, The Trend Spotter
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East coast mussel lovers gain access to yesterday’s haul
28 December 2020, Sydney Morning Herald
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Revealed: Where sharks are being caught off the Qld coast
25 December 2020, Courier Mail
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Australia bans waste experts and aims to boost recycling
25 December 2020, The Straits Times
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24 December 2020, Daily Mail
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Back from brink: Bold bid to restore Coast river life
15 December 2020, Sunshine Coast Daily
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Fish flock to artificial ‘Reefpyramids’ off Darwin
12 December 2020, Sunshine Coast Daily
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Calls for nonlethal shark alternatives on Bundy beaches
12 December 2020, Sunshine Coast Daily
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Young fisher survives terrifying encounter with massive bull shark
9 December 2020, Cairns Post
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Environmentalists say waste reduction act doesn’t go far enough
9 December 2020, ABC news radio
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Subsea 7 cans controversial Ningaloo project in ‘victory for common sense’
7 December 2020, WA Today
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‘Tough awakening’: Ningaloo’s health ‘slides’ as climate change threatens reef’s future
7 December 2020, WA Today
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How the Reef scored in World Heritage report card
6 December 2020, Daily Mercury
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The status of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia dropped to ‘critical’ and is deteriorating
5 December 2020, Ex Bulletin
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef status lowered to critical
5 December 2020, Daily Magazine
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef status lowered to ‘critical’ and deteriorating
5 December 2020, CBS News
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Great Barrier Reef: Ocean warming leads to ‘critical’ status
5 December 2020, Courier Mail
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Great Barrier Reef’s health deemed ‘critical’ as world watches coral spawning event
4 December 2020, The Advocate
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CRITICAL DIAGNOSIS: Great Barrier Reef’s health declines
4 December 2020, Whitsunday Times
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World Heritage sites ‘critical’, climate change the greatest threat
4 December 2020, Eco Voice
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Great Barrier Reef outlook downgraded to critical by UN report
3 December 2020, The Australian
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Great Barrier Reef outlook ‘critical’ in latest international study
3 December 2020, Tropic Now
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3 December 2020, ABC news
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Great Barrier Reef outlook ‘critical’ as climate change called number one threat to world heritage
3 December 2020, Guardian Australia
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Trout farming could be back on the menu – but where are the hooks?
21 November 2020, Stuff.co.nz
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Dolphins frolic in shallows at Dolphin Quay, Mandurah
20 November 2020, Mandurah Mail
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Group slams ‘barbaric’ laws after shark mutilation
18 November 2020, NewsMail
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Mussel up your festive spread this year: the shellfish craze taking Aussies by storm
18 November 2020, Kiddipedia
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Two-year fight for justice over Darwin Harbour oil spill ends with a whimper as charges dismissed
13 November 2020, NT News
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Conservationists urge other jurisdictions to join WA in its ambitious plan to ban plastics
9 November 2020, Perth Now
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Books that dare to hope in 2020
9 November 2020, ArtsHub
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9 November 2020, WA Today
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9 November 2020, ABC
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Scientist rejects suggestions of exploding shark populations following Hinchinbrook attack
30 October 2020, Townsville Bulletin
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Community input on gulf’s future
28 October 2020, The West Australian
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Study names Australia as a major source for shark fin trade
28 October 2020, Sydney Morning News
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Traditional owners, tourism operators horrified by NT seabed mining plan
27 October 2020, ABC PM
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27 October 2020, ABC RN breakfast
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23 October 2020, WA Today
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Environmentalist fears ‘green port’ in Exmouth could damage fragile marine environment
22 October 2020, ABC news
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Declining sawfish species prioritised for conservation status escalation
18 October 2020, FiS United States
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Are sharks being killed for COVID 19 vaccines?
12 October 2020, Forbes
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11 October 2020, Forbes
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Scientists claim Coalition misrepresented their evidence to Great Barrier Reef inquiry
9 October 2020, Guardian
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Canegrowers: Reef science inquiry leaves confusion, frustration
9 October 2020, Townsville Bulletin
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Farmers say Reef regulations confusing, divisive, politicised
9 October 2020, North Queensland Register
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The radical election plan to stop shark attacks
9 October 2020, Daily Mercury
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Sustainability champion supports the Great Barrier Reef with oOh!media
5 October 2020, Graphic Display World
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Watch out: Fishing reforms you need to know about
2 October 2020, Daily Mercury
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Shark attack victim’s generous act after mauling
29 September 2020, SBS Insight
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Need for better seafood labels and tighter laws
28 September 2020, What’s new in Food
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25 September 2020, Atmos
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‘You could just leave it’: Large whale, dead dugong wash up on Qld beaches
25 September 2020, Sydney Morning Herald
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Horror find on Queensland beach leads to call for government rethink
25 September 2020, Yahoo News
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More pilot whales rescued from Australia’s worst mass beaching
24 September 2020, Belfast Telegraph
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Seafood study highlights need for better labeling and tighter laws
24 September 2020, FIS
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Fears endangered fish are landing on dinner plates
24 September 2020, News Mail
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Animal cruelty fears in spate of marine deaths
23 September 2020, Fraser Coast Chronicle
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22 September 2020, 9 News
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Call for investigation into five suspicious dugong deaths
22 September 2020, Courier Mail
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Jellyfish and chips? It could ensure plenty more (other) fish in the sea
22 September 2020, Sydney Morning Herald
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Oceans decor brings the ancient art of artisan created macrame to homes
21 September 2020, PR Wire
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Qld to trial shark drones at five beaches
18 September 2020, Daily Mail
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Conservation groups welcome drone surveillance for sunshine coast beaches
18 September 2020, Scoop
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South Australia becomes first Australian state to ban single use plastics
15 September 2020, Mindfood
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Protecting the Ningaloo Reef and Exmouth Gulf
11 September 2020, RTR FM
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South Australia bans single use plastics
11 September 2020, Khmer Times
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South Australia’s ban on single use plastic cutlery and staws hailed as historic
11 September 2020, Guardian Australia
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South Australia bans single use plastics
10 September 2020, UrduPoint
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South Australia bans single use plastics
10 September 2020, Xinhua Net
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South Australia becomes first state in the country to ban single use plastics
10 September 2020, SBS News
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More questions than answers from recent Australia shark bite
8 September 2020, Forbes
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SA bans single-use plastics in Australian first but new rules delayed due to coronavirus pandemic
9 September 2020, ABC news
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8 September 2020, ABC news
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Federal minister revokes Queensland fishery licence over inaction on threatened species
8 September 2020, Guardian Australia
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Great Barrier Reef export fishery banned for ‘disappointing’ failure
7 September 2020, Sydney Morning Herald
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Great Barrier Reef and more Aussie destinations ‘under threat’
7 September 2020, Yahoo News
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Australian conservationists warn UNESCO of ‘alarming moves’ to weaken environmental protections
7 September 2020, SBS
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Unesco urged to oppose ‘alarming’ changes to Australian environment laws
7 September 2020, Yahoo News
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UNESCO warned of threat to heritage sites
7 September 2020, Daily Mail Australia
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Unsustainable fishing worsens threats to Great Barrier Reef
4 September 2020, Guardian Australia
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Save our oceans: Shark attack victim Chantelle Doyle launches conservation campaign
2 September 2020, Macquarie Port News
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NSW shark attack survivor recalls ordeal
31 August 2020, Daily Mail Australia
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Chantelle Doyle: Port Macquarie shark attack victim reveals she is ‘paralysed’ below the knee
31 August 2020, Daily Telegraph
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‘Environmental vindication’: Government puts controversial Ningaloo proposal on hold
28 August 2020, Sydney Morning Herald
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Oil and gas pipeline near Ningaloo reef put on hold until 2021
28 August 2020, West Australian
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Pipeline neat WA’s Ningaloo put on hold
28 August 2020, 7news.com.au
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Ooh Media launches Great Barrier Reef campaign
28 August 2020, Mumbrella
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Exmouth Gulf development on ice as Minister orders review
28 August 2020, ABC Pilbara
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27 August 2020, Daily Mail Australia
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‘A sigh of relief’: World Heritage-listed Ningaloo, Shark Bay spared from oil and gas exploration
27 August 2020, WA Today
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Australian surfer whose partner fought off great white shark tells why she wants to save them
27 August 2020, Guardian Australia
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27 August 2020, Fremantle Herald
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‘Catastrophic’ Mauritius oil spill impacts could be felt for decades, conservation groups say
14 August 2020, 9 News
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Great Barrier Reef MP Warren Entsch urges climate spending
13 August 2020, The Australian
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Great Barrier Reef envoy Warren Entsch urges fellow Liberal MPs to do more on climate change
13 August 2020, Guardian Australia
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13 August 2020, Fishing World
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13 August 2020, Cairns Post
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Unmasking the impact of COVID-19 on our natural environments
12 August 2020, 9News
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A brief history of shark attacks and close encounters in Tasmanian waters
11 August 2020, Illawarra Mercury
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Rise in endangered dolphins, turtles, sharks and rays drowning in Australia’s killer shark nets
10 August 2020, Independent
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Northern beaches: Call for shark net ban after dolphins, turtles drown
8 August 2020, Daily Telegraph
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3 August 2020, World Animal News
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Mackay growers lead charge in reef bill battle
27 July 2020, Whitsunday Times
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26 July 2020, The Advertiser
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Queensland LNP rules out taxpayer funds for new coal generator
24 July 2020, Renew Economy
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Conservationists criticise Coalition plan to rush through new environment laws
22 July 2020, Guardian Australia
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Queensland is looking to ban all single-use plastic straws, plates and cutlery by mid-2021
21 July 2020, pedestrian.tv
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Queensland moves to ban single-use plastic straws and plates in bid to save marine life
15 July 2020, Guardian Australia
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The endangered school shark is being sold as food in Australia
14 July 2020, A Green Living
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Australians unknowingly eat a critically endangered fish sold in takeaway stores
14 July 2020, Whatsnew2day
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The threatened fish species going through a rough time
15 July 2020, 2SER
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Australians are unknowingly eating a critically endangered fish
14 July 2020, Daily Mail Online
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Critically endangered shark being sold at fish and chip shops
14 July 2020, 3AW
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13 July 2020, Guardian Australia
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School shark listed as critically endangered by International Union for the Conservation of Nature
13 July 2020, Jimboomba Times
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Australia’s orange roughy fishery recommended for MSC certification
9 July 2020, SeafoodSource.com
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Save endangered marine animals in Australia
9 July 2020, onegreenplanet.org
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5 July 2020, ABC online
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Calls to block drilling near WA’s Ningaloo
1 July 2020, 7News
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Whitsundays’ history with a touch of green
26 June 2020, Whitsunday Times
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25 June 2020, Daily Mail Online
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Burleigh Heads beach protest over ‘killer’ shark nets
25 June 2020, Gold Coast Bulletin
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Fishers praised for sustainability
23 June 2020, Sentinel Times
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Endangered Australian fish being sold in shops and restaurants
23 June 2020, Guardian Australia
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Bowen photographer gathers following with underwater wonders
22 June 2020, Whitsunday Times
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Government’s COVID-19 commission accused of shutting out green groups
17 June 2020, 9News
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Environment groups say they’ve been shut out of COVID consultation
17 June 2020, Sydney Morning Herald
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WA’s World Heritage listed Ningaloo Reef on oil, gas exploration map
16 June 2020, ABC online
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‘We will fight’: Oil and gas move off Ningaloo shocks protection groups
15 June 2020, WA Today
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As fear lifts, we plan bucket-list trips – but Ningaloo faces its own existential threat
15 June 2020, WA Today
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Diveplanit shares ways to explore Australia’s amazing underwater world
12 June 2020, Travel Monitor
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Unesco urged to declare Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger’
11 June 2020, Guardian Australia
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10 June 2020, Cairns Post
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Listen up, here’s how to celebrate World Oceans Day from home
8 June 2020, Urban: List
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8 June 2020, 2SER
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Gold Coast whale rescuer Django donates thousands of dollars to marine conservation
5 June 2020, 7News
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It’s World Environment Day so take a gander at these orgs doing 10/10 work in the bush
5 June 2020, Pedestrian.tv
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Top ten ways you can help boost Australia’s biodiversity
5 June 2020, RMIT University
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Marine Conservationists would welcome support for hard hit reef tourism sector
25 May 2020, My Sunshine Coast
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Ipswich filmmakers take shark net problem to world
16 May 2020, Fraser Coast Chronicle
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This is how you can eat more sustainable seafood
13 May 2020, SBS
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Envoy: Cull doco claims Queensland’s shark cull program is outdated and costs lives
6 May 2020, Courier Mail
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6 May 2020, ABC News
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Missing: South African great white sharks. The reason: Australian appetites
4 May 2020, Forbes
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False Bay’s great white sharks have vanished, and the answer may be in our fish and chips
2 May 2020, ABC Radio National
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Great Barrier Reef hit with another mass bleaching event. Our governments must do more
27 April 2020, Herald Sun
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Imogen Zethoven: The coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef continues
22 April 2020, Pearls and Irritations
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5 independent jewellery brands with noteworthy sustainable agendas
21 April 2020, Vogue UK
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Fight to save Great Barrier Reef after third bleaching event
21 April 2020, news.com.au
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Scientists get $300 million toward saving the Reef
16 April 2020, msn.com
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Heat tolerant coral and cloud manipulation: $300 million earmarked for new Reef research
16 April 2020, 9 News
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Great Barrier Reef bleached from top to bottom
10 April 2020, Courier Mail
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9 April 2020, Kiddipedia
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Great Barrier Reef on ‘knife edge’ after widespread bleaching event
8 April 2020, Asia-Pacific Boating
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Covid-19 turmoil could save our Great Barrier Reef! (If the gov clamps down on mining)
8 April 2020, Accom News
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Groups propose $4 billion stimulus to create 24,000 land improvement jobs
8 April 2020, Beef Central
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Great Barrier Reef now bleached from north to south
7 April 2020, Inter News Cast
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Great Barrier Reef’s third mass bleaching in five years ‘most widespread yet’
7 April 2020, 9 News
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We must unite to face coming challenges
6 April 2020, The Canberra Times
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Japan scales back its whaling program
3 April 2020, The Maritime Executive
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Japanese whaling is down but not out
3 April 2020, Lowy Institute for International Policy
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Fishers join forces to push for job protection
2 April 2020, Fraser Coast Chronicle
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Great Barrier Reef suffers mass coral bleaching event
27 March 2020, Line Today
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Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching
27 March 2020, The Free Press Journal
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Great Barrier Reef suffers mass coral bleaching event
27 March 2020, RTL Today
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Great Barrier Reef’s latest bleaching confirmed by marine park authority
26 March 2020, Guardian Australia
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7 reasons to dive in Australia in 2020
23 March 2020, Travel Monitor
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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on high alert ahead of predicted bleaching
16 March 2020, 7News Cairns
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This is how you can eat more sustainable seafood
10 March 2020, SBS Food
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After the bushfires comes the bleaching
10 March 2020, Pearls and Irritations
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Supreme Court to consider whether foreigners are immune to NT law once overseas
10 March 2020, news.com.au
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Almost 90 percent of dolphin population killed off by overfishing
28 February 2020, 10 Daily
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Great Barrier Reef could be hit with coral bleaching ‘disaster’ in weeks as temperatures rise
20 February 2020, ABC Far North
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Coral reefs could be completely lost to the climate crisis by 2100, new study finds
20 February 2020, EcoWatch
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Great Barrier Reef on brink of third major coral bleaching in five years, scientists warn
20 February 2020, Guardian Australia
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By 2100, coral reefs might completely disappear
20 February 2020, World Economic Forum
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6 February 2020, Surf Simply Magazine
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Shark drumlines to return to Queensland water
4 February 2020, WA Today
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When reef ecosystems fail to recover
3 February 2020, China Daily
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Australia’s marine animals will be bushfires’ unseen victims
2 February 2020, Scientific American
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DDT and other banned chemicals pose threat to vulnerable dolphins on Great Barrier Reef
30 January 2020, Guardian Australia
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Cruising whale sharks could damage bid to industrialise Exmouth Gulf
21 January 2020, WA Today
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Fish stocks now threatened by bushfire run-off
20 January 2020, The Age
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Tropical with a dash of elegance: award winning chef Sam Moore’s new kitchen at Orpheus Island
10 January 2020, Australian Good Food Guide Blog
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What we’ll be eating and drinking in 2020
9 January 2020, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
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Sustainable seafood: how to navigate the fish market this Christmas
24 December 2019, Guardian Australia
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New threat for grey nurse sharks, as Batemans Bay sanctuary open to fishing
16 December 2019, Canberra Times
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Science with Jonathan Webb: The silent extinction in our oceans
13 December 2019, ABC Radio National
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Calls to ban scalloped hammerhead shark fishing
12 December 2019, Mix 104.9
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11 December 2019, ABC News
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3 December 2019, RTRFM
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Climate change has diminished the Great Barrier Reef’s ‘outstanding values’, report shows
3 December 2019, SBS
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Great Barrier Reef world heritage values damaged by climate change, government admits
2 December 2019, Guardian Australia
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Limmen Bight photographic art depicts remote NT marine park’s scars and beauty
1 December 2019, ABC online
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Call for Australia to show Unesco it’s ‘walking the walk’ on Great Barrier Reef
29 November 2019, Guardian Australia
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How to buy and cook the best seafood for Christmas
27 November 2019, Courier Mail
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KISS is playing a concert for our great white sharks
18 November 2019, Australian Geographic
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Ministers assess protection of ‘very poor’ Great Barrier Reef ahead of UN scrutiny
18 November 2019, Brisbane Times
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Darwin oil spill court case continues
15 November 2019, ABC News
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Plastic straws would be banned under new Queensland single-use plastics plan
07 November 2019, ABC News
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Tourism industry breaks silence over shark control programs
04 November 2019, 7News Cairns
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04 November 2019, 10 News First Queensland
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09 September 2019, The Project, Network Ten
Great Barrier Reef Outlook is “very poor”
31 August 2019, BBC News
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in “very poor” condition: agency
31 August 2019, Reuters
31 August 2019, The Australian
Great Barrier Reef long-term outlook ‘very poor’, Federal Government reef report finds
31 August 2019, ABC News
Only 10% of sugarcane growers in reef catchment properly managing runoff
30 August 2019, Guardian Australia
Australia pressures Unesco over impact of climate change on Great Barrier Reef
29 August 2019, Guardian Australia
‘Hero for the Planet’ picks Exmouth Gulf for global publicity campaign
22 August 2019, WA Today
The Shark Show – what do we know? What should we know?
17 August 2019, It’s Just Not Cricket, ABC Radio National
Great Barrier Reef run-off rules riles farmers
10 August 2019, The Australian
COAG agenda covers Great Barrier Reef, infrastructure and recycling
09 August 2019, Cairns Post
Warming waters killing Great Barrier Reef faster than expected
09 August 2019, ABC Radio National, AM
Shark nets catching non-target species
05 August 2019, Sydney Morning Herald
Sugarcane farmers label scientific consensus on reef ‘unsubstantiated scaremongering’
01 August 2019, Guardian Australia
‘Cut greenhouse gases quickly’ to save reef
19 July 2019, The Australian
Great Barrier Reef authority urges ‘fastest possible action’ on emissions
19 July 2019, Guardian Australia
Traditional Owner knowledge pivotal to protecting Great Barrier Reef
17 July 2019, National Indigenous Times
‘What the hell?’ Man’s morbid act after catching tiny hammerhead shark
17 July 2019, Yahoo News Australia
Health check finds Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in trouble
11 July 2019, 9 News
Great Barrier Reef hard coral cover close to record lows
11 July 2019, Guardian Australia
Carmichael approval a death-knell for the Great Barrier Reef
08 July 2019, Down to Earth (India)
04 July 2019, The Australian
Japan restarts commercial whaling after 31 years
01 July 2019, Financial Times
Japan renews whaling after 30 years
01 July 2019, Triple J Hack, ABC Radio
Demand for whale meat is down. So why did Japan just resume commercial whaling?
01 July 2019, USA Today
Fears northern Australian mangrove forests could ‘drown’ due to rising seas
01 July 2019, ABC News
Humpback whale freed from shark nets in delicate rescue off Broadbeach
27 June 2019, ABC News
Campaign kicks off to make Great Barrier Reef an Australian citizen
26 June 2019, SBS News
Whale food shortage to blame for mass deaths in US
18 June 2019, The World Today, ABC Radio National
Seahorses Under Threat Because of Human Sex Treatment
15 June 2019, 10 Daily
Australia, in a Victory for Coal, Clears the Way for a Disputed Mine
13 June 2019, The New York Times
Adani mine: Australia approves controversial coal project
13 June 2019, BBC News
30 May 2019, Primer
Australian state leader calls for timeline on Adani coal mine approvals
23 May 2019, Reuters
Coral bleaching event underway in French Polynesia despite no El Nino
21 May 2019, ABC, Science
‘Vote for the climate’: NSW demands environmental short film’s removal from internet
18 May 2019, Guardian Australia
30 Sharks from Australia have died in a French Aquarium
15 May 2019, ABC, Triple J Hack
Thirty sharks captured on Great Barrier Reef died in captivity at French aquarium
15 May 2019, 9 News Digital, Guardian Australia
Thirty sharks captured on barrier reef and exported to France all died in captivity
15 May 2019, Guardian Australia
PM’s claim Coalition saved reef from nonexistent ‘endangered list’ condemned as ‘ridiculous’
13 May 2019, Guardian Australia
Conservationists call for ‘true ban’ on super trawlers
07 May 2019, ABC Radio National, AM
Supertrawlers have Aust ‘in their sights’
07 May 2019, SBS News – and other outlets
Plastic pollution features in Australian election
02 May 2019, Plastics News
‘A bigger responsibility’: why sustainable seafood is close to Ben Shewry’s heart
01 May 2019, Guardian Australia
20 April 2019, Sky News Australia
Sustainable seafood on the menu at Australia’s top restaurants
18 April, 2019 – ProBono Australia
Australia’s top restaurants pledge to serve only sustainable seafood
18 April, 2019 – Guardian Australia
What fish should you eat this Easter?
16 April, 2019 – Taste, The Courier-Mail
Pro shark groups blame Palaszczuk government for shark fishing in Great Barrier Reef
11 April, 2019 – The Courier-Mail
Grey nurse sharks discovered in NT waters could be genetic lifeline for species
06 April, 2019 – ABC News
Japan’s war on whales isn’t over – the Australian government must keep fighting
02 April, 2019 – Guardian Australia
Plastic Plan: Bill Shorten will ban single use plastic bags and micro-beads
31 March, 2019 – Nine News
Is your favourite seafood sustainable? Here’s how to find out
23 March, 2019 – ABC Radio National
Shocking photos show dead sharks made to ‘suffer and die’ on baited hooks
20 March, 2019 – The Mirror, UK
Popular shark deterrent actually a great white nope
19 March, 2019 – The Courier-Mail
Threat of sediment runoff to Great Barrier Reef worse than thought
12 March, 2019 – Brisbane Times
Experts warn we’re killing our oceans — and it starts with what you eat
12 March, 2019 – news.com.au
How to swap out your seafood for more sustainable choices
11 March, 2019 – SBS Food
Scientists, conservation groups welcome senators’ call for Great Barrier Reef cash to be returned
15 February, 2019 – SBS News
Calls for inquiry as Adani confirms it released contaminated water
12 February, 2019 – Guardian Australia