Lisa Cox

Sydney

Environment and Climate Correspondent at The Guardian Australia

Environment and climate correspondent @GuardianAus. Tips: [email protected]. DM for Signal etc.

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Articles

Endangered greater gliders recorded in proposed great koala national park in NSW as logging continues

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

Government surveys have found tens of thousands of endangered greater gliders could be living within the proposed area for a great koala national park in New South Wales, prompting new calls for the area to be quickly protected from logging. Data from aerial drone and ground-based surveys at 169 sites within the proposed park were used to model the likely presence of Australia’s largest gliding possum across the entire 176,000 hectares the NSW government is considering for protection.
Nine-year-old boy dies after accidental shooting near Goulburn in rural NSW

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

A nine-year-old boy has died after he was accidentally shot on a property near Goulburn in New South Wales. Emergency services were called to a property in Windellama about 11.20am on Sunday by reports of a shooting, NSW police said. Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletterWhen officers attached to the Hume police district arrived, they were told a nine-year-old boy had been injured after the accidental discharge of a firearm.
Bondi Westfield attack victims ‘should still be here’, Anthony Albanese says in first anniversary tribute

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to the victims of the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbings one year on from the tragedy. Forty-year-old Joel Cauchi killed Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Yixuan Cheng, Pikria Darchia, 55, Dawn Singleton, 25, and Faraz Tahrir, 30, and injured a further 10 people at Westfield Bondi Junction on 13 April 2024 before he was shot and killed by police inspector Amy Scott.
Tell us about the people in your community working to protect our endangered species

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

Australia is in the midst of what experts say is an extinction crisis, but the decline of the country’s unique wildlife and the state of the environment has not been mentioned by the major parties this election campaign. This week, Guardian Australia launched a new series, Last Chance, to put a spotlight on everyday people standing up for endangered species in their local environment.
Endangered bum-breathing turtles and the town working to save them - video

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Lisa Favazzo |Lisa Cox |Sanjana Jose |Miles Martignoni |Shelley Hepworth

In December 2024, when unseasonable flooding threatened the breeding season of a critically endangered turtle, Marilyn Connell and other members of a Queensland community conservation group sprang into action.
Endangered far eastern curlews, and the scientist standing up for them - video

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Lisa Favazzo |Lisa Cox |Shelley Hepworth |Sanjana Jose

Dr Amanda Lilleyman, a shorebird expert and advocate, says a defence housing project and an industrial development plan in Darwin are threatening the habitat of the critically endangered far eastern curlew. The bird relies on undisturbed Australian shorelines to fatten up before making an epic migration to the northern hemisphere.
A high-flying visitor - the wondrous far eastern curlew - faces fresh threat in NT wetlands haven

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

Hundreds of far eastern curlews fly non-stop more than 10,000km every year to Darwin Harbour from Russia and China. But their southern habitat is under threat from a large industrial development backed by more than $1bn in federal government funding. Known for its long curved bill and soft brown feathers, the far eastern curlew is the world’s largest migratory shorebird and one of 22 priority bird species the Albanese government has promised to support.
Last chance: the extinction crisis this election is ignoring - video

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Camilla Hannan |Lisa Favazzo |Adam Morton |Lisa Cox |Shelley Hepworth | +4 more

Australia is facing an extinction crisis. Over the next week, we will bring you stories of hope, resilience and determination as passionate volunteers across Australia stand up for Australia’s endangered species. Most parliamentarians might be surprised to learn it, but Australians care about nature. Late last year, the not-for-profit Biodiversity Council commissioned a survey of 3,500 Australians to gauge what they thought about the environment.
Small town flown out as ‘dynamic’ flooding hits large parts of Queensland

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

Flood warnings remain in place for large parts of Queensland with heavy rainfall to continue on Saturday after significant falls overnight. Inland parts of the state affected by severe floods in recent days are subject to major flood warnings, including on the Thomson, Barcoo, Bullo, Paroo and Warrego rivers. Floodwaters have cut off roads and isolated central and southwest communities after days of rain, forcing many to flee – including an entire town.
Why does Leonardo DiCaprio care so much about Australian wildlife?

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

When a fiery parliament debate erupted this week about Tasmania’s salmon industry, support for the endangered fish at the centre of the fight – the Maugean skate – came from an unlikely corner. Hours before the Albanese government’s controversial legislation to protect fish farming in the state’s Macquarie Harbour passed on Wednesday, global star Leonardo DiCaprio weighed in.