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City life
Would you swim in the Brisbane River?
The Greens want to follow Paris’s lead and make the Brisbane River swimmable in time for the 2032 Olympics, but do locals want to take the plunge?
- by Courtney Kruk
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Sydney Metro
‘We are flying blind’: No air quality rules for polluted underground stations
There are no regulations, limits, controls or monitoring of air pollution levels on Sydney’s underground train platforms.
- by Nigel Gladstone
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Shocking air quality on rail network threatens passengers and staff
Anyone using Sydney’s underground train network system is exposed to poisonous air containing more than twice the safe daily limits for particle pollution - and they’ve have been kept in the dark for years.
- The Herald's View
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Sydney asbestos crisis
Mulch processing site previously contaminated with asbestos
The site at the centre of the EPA’s asbestos mulch investigation was repeatedly contaminated with asbestos before the current company took over the facility.
- by Amber Schultz and Ben Cubby
Editorial
Sydney asbestos crisis
A taskforce to track asbestos contamination of Sydney parks is welcome
The taskforce to oversee the investigation of asbestos-contaminated parks and other sites around Sydney is a welcome response to a problem that has lain dormant for years.
- The Herald's View
Carnival, Rio’s biggest party, makes urgent plea to save the Amazon
With the eyes of the world on the celebrations, samba dancers asked for the removal of illegal miners and “destroyers of mother Earth” from the rainforest.
- by Diane Jeantet and Fabiano Maisonnave
Swimmers warned after steep rise in diarrhoea cases
There have been almost 500 cases of cryptosporidiosis so far this year, a marked increase on the five-year average. Here’s how to avoid it.
- by Angus Thomson
Sydney is having a scorcher. Think twice before you get in the ocean
Warm seawater, crumbling pipes and sudden downpours combine to create a potentially deadly cocktail.
- by Angus Dalton
Body found after suspected drowning at newly opened Penrith Beach
The Boxing Day tragedy comes after two men died in suspected medical episodes at Central Coast beaches on Christmas Day.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Angus Thomson
Opinion
Aviation
The future has arrived: Fat and sugar fuel world’s first transatlantic biofuel flight
Richard Branson’s latest publicity stunt is proof that the technology to solve the airline industry’s carbon emissions dilemma is finally here.
- by Elizabeth Knight
CSIRO accused of allowing BP to vet research on catastrophic oil spill
A US law firm claims that BP has used CSIRO research it was allowed to vet in its defence against lawsuits launched over injuries allegedly caused by the world’s largest oil spill.
- by Nick O'Malley