Bianca Hall

Melbourne records its warmest winter on record, as bushfire season looms Melbourne has officially recorded the warmest winter since records began in 1855, with a mean temperature of 12.8 degrees – just above the 2013 record of 12.7 degrees. On Tuesday, th... See more

Deadly bird flu could decimate our wildlife. Experts say we’re doing almost nothing to stop it Federal funding to combat the deadly bird flu gripping Australia is being disproportionately spent on biosecurity measures including for commercial chicken farm... See more

Cry me a river: Murray Darling Basin review to feel One Nation effect Bianca Hall One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce is on the phone talking water policy, and getting animated. “The Murray Darling Basin system is a big old dry carpet, not interconnected garden h... See more

‘There is no public account of the funding’: Questions over $1.5 billion forestry fund A forestry sector organisation that took at least $71 million in public funding to deliver skills and training to Victorian forestry workers and their families failed t... See more

One city has a fraction of the access to nature as its neighbour Melburnians have the poorest access to national parks and protected landscapes in Australia, a deficit that has accelerated as the population booms and threatens the famed world-class liveab... See more