The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has announced plans to temporarily withdraw all 24 expeditioners from the Macquarie Island research station due to the severe psychosocial and operational risks posed by an anticipated H5 high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak. The sub-Antarctic research facility located approximately 1,500 km southeast of Tasmania will undergo a planned closure in […]

Greencross Pet Wellness Company has been formally recognised as an Advanced Workplace under the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia Workplace Recognition Program, following structured investment in psychological safety and mental health education across its national workforce of over 7,000 employees. The accreditation evaluates corporate organisations on their capacity to embed MHFA principles into daily […]

Despite the global moratorium on commercial whaling – established in 1982 by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) – Norway, Iceland and Japan have failed to fully comply with the ban, but with IWC’s biennial meeting being held in Hobart towards the end of September, a global petition calling for the complete abolition of commercial whaling […]

Two decades of intensive ex situ conservation work by Taronga Conservation Society Australia has been marked by the group’s release of its largest-ever cohort of southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) eggs into subalpine habitat within Kosciuszko National Park. A total of 1,450 eggs, propagated under biosecure conditions at Taronga Zoo Sydney, were translocated to targeted […]

A performance audit by the New South Wales Auditor-General has found that while the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission (GWIC) has strengthened its monitoring and enforcement in individual welfare cases, significant gaps remain in its strategic reporting, industry-wide compliance oversight, and case management efficiency. The audit assessed the effectiveness of GWIC’s regulatory framework in protecting […]