**An Australian community for everything from your backyard to beyond the black stump.**
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Topics may include Aussie plants and animals, environmental, farming, energy, and climate news and stories (mostly Aus specific), etc.
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Want a news or information source? Try one of these links below!
::: spoiler **News**
[**The Conversation
(Envt)**](https://theconversation.com/au/environment)
[**The Guardian
(Envt)**](https://www.theguardian.com/au/environment)
[**ABC News
(Envt)**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/environment)
[**ABC News
(Sci)**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/science)
[**ABC News
(Rrl)**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural)
[**Independent Australia
(Envt)**](https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-news/)
[**Michael West Media**](https://michaelwest.com.au/)
[**The Fifth Estate**](https://thefifthestate.com.au/)
[**The New Daily
(Life, Sci, Envt)**](https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment)
[**SBS News
(Envt)**](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/topic/environment)
[**The Saturday Paper
(Envt)**](https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment)
[**New Matilda
(Envt)**](https://newmatilda.com/category/environment/)
[**John Menadue
(Envt)**](https://johnmenadue.com/category/enviroment/)
[**John Menadue
(Pub Pcy/Climate)**](https://johnmenadue.com/category/public-policy/climate/)
[**In Queensland News**](https://www.inqld.com.au/news)
[**InDaily
(Sci and Tech)**](https://www.indaily.com.au/news/science-and-tech)
[**The AIMN
(Envt)**](https://theaimn.com/category/environment/)
[**Westender
(Envt and Climate)**](https://westender.com.au/discussing/environment-and-climate/)
[**Crikey
(Envt)**](https://www.crikey.com.au/environment/)
[**The Shot**](https://theshot.net.au/)
[**4zzz**](https://4zzz.org.au/news/)
[**Sunshine Coast News**](https://www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/category/news/)
[**NoFibs**](https://nofibs.com.au/)
[**Sydney Morning Herald
(Envt)**](https://www.smh.com.au/environment)
[**The Age
(Envt)**](https://www.theage.com.au/environment)
[**Eureka Street
(Aus)**](https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/search/section/australia)
[**Open Forum**](https://www.openforum.com.au/)
[**National Indigenous Times
(Envt)**](https://nit.com.au/search-results/environment)
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::: spoiler **Science**
[**Phys.org
(Aus)**](https://phys.org/tags/Australia/)
[**Phys.org
(Aus and Envt)**](https://phys.org/search/?search=Australia+environment)
[**Phys.org
(Plants and Animals)**](https://phys.org/biology-news/plants-animals/)
[**Science.org
(News)**](https://www.science.org/news)
[**Particle.Scitech
(Earth)**](https://particle.scitech.org.au/category/earth/)
[**Nature**](https://www.nature.com/)
[**CSIRO
(News)**](https://www.csiro.au/en/news)
[**AIMS
(Stories)**](https://www.aims.gov.au/information-centre/news-and-stories)
[**Botany.One**](https://botany.one/)
[**Science Daily
(Envt)**](https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/top/environment/)
[**Online Library.Wiley
(Srch Earliest)**](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?SeriesKey=14429993&%3BsortBy=Earliest)
[**Online Library.Wiley**](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/1526100x)
[**The BOM
(Media Releases)**](https://media.bom.gov.au/releases/)
[**Australia Institute
(News)**](https://australiainstitute.org.au/news/)
[**Science in Public**](https://www.scienceinpublic.com.au/category/media-releases)
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::: spoiler **Conservation**
[**Rainforest Reserves Aus**](https://www.rainforestreserves.org.au/meet-the-team)
[**Nature Australia
(Newsroom)**](https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/newsroom/)
[**Wilderness**](https://www.wilderness.org.au/news-events/)
[**Australian Conservation Foundation ACF**](https://www.acf.org.au/media-releases)
[**Biodiversity Council
(Stories)**](https://biodiversitycouncil.org.au/#stories)
[**Conservation Council of WA**](https://www.ccwa.org.au/news)
[**Marine Conservation**](https://www.marineconservation.org.au/media-releases-2/)
[**Greening Australia**](https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/news-media/)
[**WWF, World-Wide Fund for Nature**](https://wwf.org.au/news/)
[**WWF, World-Wide Fund for Nature
(Blogs)**](https://wwf.org.au/blogs/)
[**Australian Wildlife**](https://www.australianwildlife.org/news/)
[**Nature Conservation Council for NSW**](https://www.nature.org.au/media)
[**Bob Brown**](https://bobbrown.org.au/media/)
[**Bush Heritage**](https://www.bushheritage.org.au/news)
[**Threatened Species Index**](https://tsx.org.au/updates/)
[**Queensland Conservation Council
(Blog)**](https://www.queenslandconservation.org.au/blog)
[**Greenpeace**](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/news/)
[**Minderoo Foundation
(Media)**](https://www.minderoo.org/media/)
[**Tangaroa Blue
(Features)**](https://tangaroablue.org/category/features/)
[**Environmental Defenders Office**](https://www.edo.org.au/the-latest/)
[**North East Forrest Alliance**](https://www.nefa.org.au/media)
[**Aussie Bird Count**](https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/media/)
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::: spoiler **Education Institutions**
[**Australia National University**](https://www.anu.edu.au/news)
[**Science @ ANU**](https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/news)
[**University of Queensland**](https://www.uq.edu.au/news/)
[**University of the Sunshine Coast**](https://www.usc.edu.au/about/unisc-news)
[**University of Technology, Sydney**](https://www.uts.edu.au/news)
[**University NSW**](https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom)
[**Queensland University of Technology**](https://www.qut.edu.au/news)
[**Griffith**](https://news.griffith.edu.au/)
[**University of Southern Queensland**](https://www.unisq.edu.au/news)
[**University of Melbourne**](https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom)
[**Monash
(Lens)**](https://lens.monash.edu/)
[**Southern Cross**](https://www.scu.edu.au/news/?newsAreaOfInterest=Science%2C)
[**RMIT**](https://www.rmit.edu.au/news)
[**Macquarie
(Lighthouse)**](https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/for-media)
[**James Cook**](https://www.jcu.edu.au/this-is-uni)
[**Charles Darwin**](https://www.cdu.edu.au/news)
[**University of Adelaide**](https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/news/list)
[**Deakin**](https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/news-and-media-releases)
[**University of Newcastle**](https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom)
[**University of New England
(Connect)**](https://www.une.edu.au/connect)
[**University of Western Australia**](https://www.uwa.edu.au/news)
[**Flinders**](https://news.flinders.edu.au/)
[**Murdoch**](https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news)
[**University of Western Sydney**](https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre)
[**Curtin**](https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/)
[**Edith Cowan**](https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/overview)
[**Charles Sturt**](https://news.csu.edu.au/home)
[**University of Tasmania**](https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories)
[**University of South Australia**](https://www.unisa.edu.au/news/)
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::: spoiler **Misc**
[**Farmers for Climate Action**](https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/news/)
[**Carbon Brief**](https://www.carbonbrief.org/)
[**TERN Ecosystem Research**](https://www.tern.org.au/news/)
[**Climate Council**](https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resource/media-releases/)
[**EcoVoice**](https://www.ecovoice.com.au/)
[**Takvera (J,Englart)
(Climate Citizen Blog)**](https://takvera.blogspot.com/)
[**Steven Nowakowski Panoscapes**](https://www.stevennowakowski.com/)
[**Enviro Justice**](https://envirojustice.org.au/press-release/)
[**Climate and Health Alliance**](https://www.caha.org.au/news)
[**Australian Youth Climate Coalition**](https://www.aycc.org.au/about)
[**Jagun Alliance**](https://www.jagunalliance.org.au/)
[**Mongabay (Aus)**](https://news.mongabay.com/list/australia/)
[**Australian Geographic**](https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/)
[**Greenleft**](https://www.greenleft.org.au/sections/news)
[**Carbon Pulse (Biodiversity)**](https://carbon-pulse.com/category/biodiversity/)
[**Treehugger**](https://www.treehugger.com/)
[**EcoWatch (Aus)**](https://www.ecowatch.com/?s=Australia)
[**Resilience**](https://www.resilience.org/)
[**Regenfarming News**](https://regenfarming.news/)
[**Modern Farmer**](https://modernfarmer.com/)
[**Renew Economy**](https://reneweconomy.com.au/)
[**Ecogeneration**](https://www.ecogeneration.com.au/)
[**InnovationAus**](https://www.innovationaus.com/news/)
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