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Skirted lures have been the choice favourite, proving to work in both small and medium sizes.

Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed a table made of wood sourced from the bottom of a lake in Tasmania, Australia.

Environment minister visited Tasmania for two days and insists she’s taking mine decision seriously but Brown wanted her to visit rainforest with him

Conservationists say judgment is one of the most significant in environmental law since the environmental protection act was introduced in 1999

Switch to remote: Australia has a wealth of stunning places where you can leave the crowds behind.

London-based designer Brodie Neill has used over three kilometres of reclaimed timber to create ReCoil, an oval dining table.

“Its sudden cessation of work after receiving our letter indicating we would take court action indicates that their own legal advice concurs with ours,” he said. “The arrogance of this company proceeding as it has is monumental.” The company rejected the suggestion it had acted unlawfully, or that its works at the proposed tailings dam site affected old-growth forest. It said it had been limited to trackwork. It had been forced to “pause” its operation while it de...

Rosebery mine: Protests in Australia over MMG waste storage plan © Provided by Al Jazeera Chinese-owned MMG wants to build a new Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) at the Rosebery mine in Tasmania [Courtesy of Bob Brown Foundation] Rosebery, Australia – On June 17, Anthony Houston was arrested after attempting to block all industrial traffic into an area of rainforest on the island of Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state. The local businessman and farmer had set up a chair in the middl...

Rosebery Mine: Australian protests over MMG waste storage plan Environmental News Rosebery, Australia – On June 17, Anthony Houston was arrested after trying to block all industrial traffic on the island of Tasmania, in the southern Australian state of the rainforest. A local businessman and farmer put up a chair in the middle of an entrance path to protest the clearing of a large part of a 439,000-acre (1,085,000-acre) old forest tree. , Known as Tarkine or Takanya. Tarkine, remote and spars...

Rosebery, Australia – On June 17, Anthony Houston was arrested after attempting to block all industrial traffic into an area of rainforest on the island of Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state. The local businessman and farmer had set up a chair in the middle of an entrance road to protest against a proposed mining operation that would result in the clearing of a vast section of old-growth trees in the 439,000-hectare (1,085,000-acre) rainforest, known as the Tarkine or the Takanya. Re...