The Latest Breaking News from Department of Primary Industries

Technology more effective than shark nets at keeping beaches safe.

Most Australian food waste ends up in landfill. Rotting in the absence of oxygen produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. While some facilities capture this “landfill gas” to produce energy, or burn it off to release carbon dioxide instead, it’s a major contributor to climate change. Valuable resources such as…

As the planet heats up, many marine plants and animals are moving locations to keep pace with their preferred temperatures. In the Southern Hemisphere, this means species are setting up home further south.

MORNING BRIEFING: Sydney house prices have slipped 1.9 per cent over the past month as interest rate hikes have taken a toll— the fastest rate of decline in 40 years.

An $18 million compensation package has been developed for registered beekeepers affected by the varroa mite outbreak - which was first identified at the Port of Newcastle last month - under an agreement reached by governments and industry.

Devastated apiarists are demanding to know how they will be compensated as millions of bees are killed in NSW. Meanwhile, Queensland has become the latest state to impose border restrictions amid the varroa mite outbreak.

As more NSW apiarists prepare to have their bees euthanased and hives burnt, authorities work on a plan to release a chemical "in certain parts of those eradication zones" to target feral bees.

Thousands of bees to be euthanised in Newcastle.

Seven months after the New South Wales government pledged $21 million to expand its shark management programs there are no shark listening stations in Wollongong or Shellharbour.