Murray Watt is also considering ditching the ‘nature positive’ title for Labor’s overhaul of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
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Legislating a federal environment protection agency is a “very high and immediate” priority for the re-elected Labor government, new minister Murray Watt has said, signalling he wants nature laws passed quickly to avoid another drawn-out political fight.
In an early statement of intent, Watt will next week travel to Western Australia where he intends to meet face to face with the premier, Roger Cook, and mining industry leaders whose lobbying helped sink the proposed EPA in the previous term.
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05/16/2025 - 03:06
05/16/2025 - 01:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
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05/16/2025 - 00:01
In Melbourne, 14C was the forecast maximum for Saturday, with a high chance of showers, the BoM says
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Winter is coming for south-eastern Australia this weekend, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting rain, hail and even snow for some parts of the country.
In New South Wales, wet and windy conditions could see a “really rough end to the weekend”, Miriam Bradbury, a senior meteorologist at the bureau, said.
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05/15/2025 - 23:00
For 1,500 years, Mexico’s Mixtec people have extracted ink from the rare purpura snail to dye yarn. But they fear the species – and their rich tradition – may soon be lost for ever
Photographs by Mauricio Palos
The site for the camp is well chosen. Mangrove trees provide shade from the sun; from their hammocks, the two men can look out over the yellow sand of Chachacual Bay. Rocks rise at both ends of the beach, breakers crashing against them. Next to the camp, turtles have left their tracks in the sand. “They often come at night and keep us company,” says Mauro Habacuc Avendaño Luis, 81, known to everyone as Habacuc.
While Habacuc lights a campfire to make coffee, his son Rafael, 42, sets up a small tent for the night. Rain is forecast. “We’ve been camping in the same spot for many years,” says Habacuc. “From here, we roam the coast in search of the purpura snail.”
White cotton skeins dyed with snail ink turn from yellow to green and finally ‘tixinda’ purple in the sun
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05/15/2025 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00131-8
Opportunities to enhance conservation success for sharks
05/15/2025 - 19:31
West Coast Game Park Safari, popular attraction that has more than 450 animals, accused of multiple violations
A dead tiger, left in a freezer for months. Starving lions and leopards. Animals dying without medical attention. One full-time staffer feeding over 300 animals. According to police and USDA inspection reports, that’s the state of affairs at Oregon’s West Coast Game Park Safari.
State police served multiple search warrants at the south Oregon property on Thursday as part of a “lengthy” criminal investigation. The park is a regional attraction, with over 450 animals across 75 species, and has been in operation since 1969. USDA reports in recent years have noted consistent violations.
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05/15/2025 - 18:01
Report says proposals ‘threaten to affect most vulnerable’, who would be helped by more time to seek advice
A group of influential MPs has urged the government to delay controversial planned changes to inheritance tax for farmers to “allow for better formulation of tax policy” and to protect vulnerable farmers by giving them more time to seek advice.
The environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) committee has called on the government to hold off announcing its overhaul of agricultural property relief and business property relief until October 2026, before bringing them into effect from April 2027.
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05/14/2025 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00119-4
Marine spatial planning and marine protected area planning are not the same and both are key for sustainability in a changing ocean
05/12/2025 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00122-9
Roadmap to sustainably develop the European seaweed industry
05/09/2025 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 10 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00127-4
The false promise of deep-sea mining
