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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Fate of many species rests on stemming bush bulldozing

Dozens of native species have been added to Australia's threatened list. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Ten Sydney harbours worth of threatened-species habitat was approved for destruction in 2025 - twice as much as the previous year - to make way for development green-lit under federal environment protections.

Representing the Australian Conservation Foundation's last audit under the old nature laws, which will finally be toughened up in 2026, the environmental group is hoping for an improvement in habitat loss rates.

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