Antonio Dasiparu/EPA

Double trouble: floods and COVID‑19 have merged to pose great danger for Timor‑Leste

In flood-ravaged Dili, COVID-19 restrictions were abandoned as the disaster unfolded. But it means an already escalating pandemic situation may spiral out of control.
Muddy water from debris flows like those in the Macalister catchment (West Gippsland, February 2007) can disrupt a region’s drinking water supply for years. Photo: Adrian Murphy (Melbourne Water)

Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk

Australia’s water supplies are at risk as climate extremes provoke erosion events that threaten lakes and dams.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack visiting the Mulloon Creek Natural Farm. Lukas Coch/AAP

Why is everyone talking about natural sequence farming?

The farming system, lauded as a solution to drought, involves slowing water flow in streams using ‘leaky weirs’.
Australia already has a world-leading system for managing the environment - why are we dumbing it down? Andrew Campbell

Another broken promise: budget switches Landcare for Green Army

Among the environmental fallout of the federal budget, Australia’s Landcare program has taken a hit, losing A$484 million. In return, the government’s environmental centrepiece, the Green Army, receives…

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