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The CoveOscar for activist dolphin film

Sara Phillips |

"They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning..."

So went the theme song to the 1960s TV series which featured a friendly dolphin who helped catch criminals and do good in the style of Lassie and Skippy the bush kangaroo. Conveniently, in this show most of the bad guys tried to escape by boat, which is where Flipper came to the fore.

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Trouble at Mill

Trouble at Mill    

Landline |

Almost a year and a half has passed since Landline reported on a world-first green energy development that was all set to revolutionise the New South Wales sugar-cane industry. However the project that promised to cement the financial future and environmental credentials of the s ...

Dr Megan Clark says there is not doubt humans have caused a change in the climate

CSIRO boss says climate change is real    

AM |
Environmentalists, credit union buy basin water

Environmentalists, credit union buy basin water 

News Online |
Lawyers are squaring up for the climate change fights in the courts

Lawyers gear up for climate court work    

AM |

The president of REIWA Alan Bourke says speculators are sitting on land in the expectation prices will rise  

The president of REIWA Alan Bourke says speculators are sitting on land in the expectation prices will rise
News Audio |

The Urban Development Institute's Deborah Goostrey says more land should be released as the population jumps in Perth and demand increases  

The Urban Development Institute's Deborah Goostrey says more land should be released as the population jumps in Perth and demand increases
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Bligh tours St George flood zone  

Premier Anna Bligh speaks about the St George floods in southern inland Qld to the ABCs Craig Zonca.
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Balonne Shire Mayor Donna Stewart speaks about St George floods  

Balonne Shire Mayor Donna Stewart speaks to the ABCs Craig Zonca about the St George floods in southern inland Qld
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Toodyay fire survivor Laurie Biggs says there are still many unanswered questions about December's devastating blaze.  

Toodyay fire survivor Laurie Biggs says there are still many unanswered questions about December's devastating blaze.
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Volunteer fire fighter James Knapp tells reporters the investigation into December's devastating Toodyay fire should be re-opened  

Volunteer fire fighter James Knapp tells reporters the investigation into December's devastating Toodyay fire should be re-opened
News Audio |

Adelaide Ladder project helps young  

Andrew Crowell talks about the Adelaide Ladder project, which involves restoring the Black Diamond Hotel at Port Adelaide.
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Testing appears to confirm that crude oil from the Montara spill went into Indonesian waters as Dave Weber reports  

Testing appears to confirm that crude oil from the Montara spill went into Indonesian waters as Dave Weber reports
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Million-dollar grant for zoo which starved tigers to death 

News Online |

Fisherman feared for his life  

News Online |

Thousands flee as cyclone slams into Fiji 

News Online |

Details of water price rise revealed 

News Online |

The parable of the wise ones 

Ockham's Razor |

A new shade of radioactive green  

ABC Environment |

Arsenic Toenails 

Catalyst |

Nuclear power in Sweden 

Science Show |

Baring it all against cars in Peru

News Video |

Peru cyclists let it all hang out as they protest against the car culture in the nations capital Lima.

Naked cyclists campaign against cars

Baring it all against cars in Peru  

Peru cyclists let it all hang out as they protest against the car culture in the nations capital Lima.
News Video |
Seeds of Life

Seeds of Life  

Eight years since independence, massive amounts of international aid continue to pour into East Timor. The majority of its people live in rural areas in grinding poverty, surviving on less than $1 dollar a day and enduring several months a year of near starvation. An Australian-f ...
Landline |
Trouble at Mill

Trouble at Mill  

Almost a year and a half has passed since Landline reported on a world-first green energy development that was all set to revolutionise the New South Wales sugar-cane industry. However the project that promised to cement the financial future and environmental credentials of the s ...
Landline |
Luck in the wine market

Fortune in the wine market  

One entrepreneur has joined the wine business despite the glut facing the market, and it has paid off.
Inside Business |

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