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Marine ecosystems can capture and store carbon while also improving foreshore protection, water quality, biodiversity and fisheries.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is under increasing pressure to reveal the legal advice it has received about the legality of a pollution exemption provided to Vales Point power station.

The NSW government wants Canberra to summon the country's environment ministers to develop a united strategy to combat threats.

Clearing has risen by 73% since new laws allowing the clearing of native flora were introduced as independent MP criticises lack of action

‘Seabirds to Seascapes’ project aims to boost biodiversity and improve water quality, encouraging seals and penguins back to the harbour

Scientists in NSW are conducting a clinical trial of a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, to give the endangered species a better chance of survival in the wild.

Koala populations will be protected under a conservation plan that also allows more than 73,000 new homes built in western Sydney, the NSW government says.

The animals were bred in a specialised 18-hectare captive research and breeding facility in Canberra, which replicates the habitat of the forest.

It is hoped the release of 13 critically endangered smoky mice into a NSW national park will save a species that is on the brink of extinction.

Officials raised concerns water level targets would not ensure river health or meet needs of downstream communities, documents show

After listening to hours of child abuse horror stories from victims and family members, the head of Tasmania's health department took her turn in the witness box, tearfully apologising for their hurt and pledging the department she now leads would never again fail so badly.