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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

Big wet 'a stay of execution' for Aussie environment

A new report says three successive wet years have enabled Australia's environment to bounce back. (Brendan McCarthy/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia's big wet has given nature a boost but overarching threats mean it probably won't last, the author of a new report card says.

Professor Albert Van Dijk says last year was one of relative good health for most of Australia with flooding rains filling rivers, topping up wetlands, saturating soils and fuelling strong vegetation growth.

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