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Bianca Hall

Bianca Hall

Bianca Hall is The Age's environment and climate reporter, and has worked in a range of roles including as a senior writer, city editor, and in the federal politics bureau in Canberra.

The future of Woodside Energy’s operations in Karratha has been assured.

‘We got there!’: Text messages reveal Woodside’s negotiating tactics

Private text messages between Woodside officials and senior Australian decision-makers lift the lid on how the industry engages with government to get results.

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Camping with an EV? It can be done.

A bush camping holiday with a runabout city EV? It can be done

Eight nights’ remote bush camping with two kids, towing a fully loaded trailer – in an EV. Yes, it can be done. But there are a few things to keep in mind.

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Lake Eyre/Kati Thanda flooding as seen from the air in October.

Fires and floods, fires and floods: Australia’s summer of extremes

Australia’s summer has been marked by repeated cycles of bushfires followed by floods, as Lake Eyre is set to be flooded for the second time in two years.

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A southern ray in water off the coast of the SA town of Port Victoria, as Karenia levels began to rise.

SA’s algal bloom spreading north towards one of the world’s marine wonders

The annual aggregation of giant cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf attracts photographers, divers and researchers from across the globe. But a microscopic menace could endanger the phenomenon.

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The future of Woodside Energy’s operations in Karratha has been assured.

Released emails reveal heavy political lobbying as massive gas project extended

Woodside asked the government to ensure its media messaging “aligned” with the gas giant’s, as negotiations over its North West Shelf project continued.

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Decomposing sea sponges at the Ardrossan Big Jetty are among the casualties of the algal bloom off South Australia’s coast.

‘The water was completely dead’: Inside the grim race with a microscopic enemy

‘Seen the worst I can see’: On this remote stretch of beach, a new ground zero has emerged.

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This juvenile humpback whale has been seen entangled in ropes and in distress between NSW and Victoria over the past fortnight.

Young entangled humpback whale leads rescuers on multi-state rescue mission

Authorities are in a race against time to find a juvenile humpback whale spotted multiple times along the NSW and Victorian coasts, which is entangled in ropes.

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Lemuroid ringtail possums are now listed as critically endangered.

Dozens more plants and animals added to Australia’s endangered lists

The list now includes a charismatic possum, a flightless fly and a glossy skink.

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Squaky Beach, with its sparkling torquoise water and glistening white sand, is one of Australia’s top beaches.

This beach was crowned Australia’s best. Is it being ‘loved to death’?

An increasing number of Australian natural wonders have become so popular, so rapidly, authorities are being forced to consider limiting public access to them. 

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Wilkerr, found in the Big Desert region, are a genetically distinct group of dingoes.

Drinks delivered for dingoes in bushfire-ravaged national park

Authorities have installed temporary water stations amid concerns that fires that tore through the Mallee are driving parched dingoes onto private farms.

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