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Stories tagged “australia”
15 stories on The Good Press tagged with this topic.
Human Achievements
Retired GP, 76, Regrows 120 Hectares of WA Bush
Susan Downes bought a run-down 200-hectare farm in her 60s — nearly two decades and 45,000 trees later, 120 hectares are protected forever.
News
17 Snakes Spark a World-First Comeback in Australia
Conservationists confirm more than half of Australia's reintroduced Broad-headed Snakes are alive and thriving in the wild, a world-first result.
Technology
Australia's Coal Plant Getting an 8,600 MWh Battery
Origin Energy is expanding the battery built beside Australia's biggest coal station into what would be the largest grid battery in the country.
Science
Tasmania Has Lost 95% of Its Kelp — Divers Fix It
Warming seas and invasive sea urchins wiped out most of Tasmania's giant kelp forests. Now divers are hand-planting nursery-grown kelp to bring them back.
News
6 Species Reclaim Australia's Outback After 100 Years
Bilbies, quolls and bandicoots are breeding in the wild for the first time in a century after a decade-long rewilding project in outback New South Wales.
Human Achievements
500 Spider Orchids Return to the Wild After Years in the Lab
Scientists and volunteers at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria have planted 500 lab-grown spider orchids in the wild — tripling the population from its 2000 low.
Science
Great Barrier Reef Recovers: Coral Cover Up 16% After Monsoon
A 2026 monsoon gave the reef critical relief: AIMS data shows coral cover grew 16.7% in the Northern Region and 10.2% in the Central Region.
News
Australia's Numbat Upgraded From Endangered After 40 Years
Australia's iconic numbat has been officially downlisted from Endangered to Near Threatened, with numbers rebounding from just 300 in the 1970s to around 3,000 today.
Human Achievements
Aussie Climber Sets New Sea-to-Summit Everest Record in 50 Days
Brisbane mountaineer Oliver Foran cycled, kayaked and hiked from the Bay of Bengal to the summit of Everest in just 50 days — beating a 12-year record by more than two weeks.
News
Eastern Barred Bandicoots Return to Mainland Australia After 35 Years
Up to 100 once-extinct-in-the-wild bandicoots were released on Phillip Island — the largest reintroduction of the species in Australia's history, and a 35-year comeback.
Technology
Monash Builds First Chip That Generates, Steers and Reads Light in One Device
A single Monash University chip can now generate, route and read information carried by light — solving a stubborn obstacle that has held back the field of valleytronics for years.
News
Lord Howe Island's Insects Bounce Back After Rats Gone
Researchers found total invertebrate abundance soared on Lord Howe Island after the 2019 rodent eradication — a textbook win for one of Australia's boldest conservation projects.
Technology
Monash Builds a Tiny Chip That Computes With Light, Not Electricity
Australian researchers have packed multiple optical functions onto a single chip, opening a path to faster, lower-power computing — and quantum-inspired tech that runs at room temperature.
News
Platypuses Are Breeding Again in Australia's Oldest National Park
Three years after their historic reintroduction, the platypus population in Sydney's Royal National Park has grown to 20 — and the next generation is being born in the wild.