‘You just hope for the best’: rarely seen froglets – the length of a grain of rice – released into small patch of Victorian wilds

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Exclusive: More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs set free in a high-altitude forest to bolster dwindling population

More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs have been released in Victoria’s east as part of a record-breaking conservation breeding program.

Zoos Victoria’s reintroduction of 3,000 tiny froglets and 40 adult frogs into the high-altitude forests of the Baw Baw plateau, about 120km east of Melbourne, was the largest in its breeding program for the species.

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Welfare recipients told to perform mutual obligations as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on Queensland

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Disability employment provider Help asked jobseekers to perform telephone appointments before later clarifying they were voluntary

Private employment agencies across Queensland have given jobseekers the impression they still need to perform their mutual obligations, despite there being a pause across large swaths of the state while it prepares for Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

The mutual obligations scheme forces jobseekers to complete tasks such as applying for jobs or attending training, or risk their payments being stopped.

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Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?

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The multi-billion dollar deal was heralded as ensuring the security of the Indo-Pacific. But with America an increasingly unreliable ally, doubts are rising above the waves

Maybe Australia’s boats just never turn up.

To fanfare and flags, the Aukus deal was presented as a sure bet, papering over an uncertainty that such an ambitious deal could ever be delivered.

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Former NSW asbestos investigator calls for more controls on waste disposal

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As chief scientist says state should drop ‘zero tolerance’, former EPA official says many problems could be solved during demolition process

A former senior New South Wales environment watchdog officer says more needs to be done to stop asbestos from being mixed into waste materials as the state government considers overhauling the regime for dealing with the toxic contaminant.

Jason Scarborough, who led an Environment Protection Authority (EPA) investigation that found potentially contaminated soil fill could have been applied to land across the state, said many of these issues could be solved at the time of demolition.

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Why some Africans see opportunity in foreign-aid cuts – The Economist

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  1. Why some Africans see opportunity in foreign-aid cuts  The Economist
  2. Spotlight Libya, Morocco Washington rows back on financial aid for North Africa  Africa Intelligence
  3. Director of Twin Cities-based group shares how federal cuts are impacting the Horn of Africa  MPR News
  4. America first? USAID budget cuts could hit Ethiopia hard  Hardnews Media
  5. The road ahead for Africa: The battle for sovereignty amidst USAID cuts and global diplomacy  Ark Republic
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Chinese student found guilty in British court of drugging and raping 10 women – NBC News

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  1. Chinese student found guilty in British court of drugging and raping 10 women  NBC News
  2. PhD student guilty of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China - as police fear more than 50 other victims  Sky News
  3. ‘They suffer in silence’: case of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou highlights barriers to justice for east Asian women in UK  The Guardian
  4. Chinese student may have drugged and raped more than 60 women in five-year reign of terror  The Telegraph
  5. UCL statement following criminal conviction of Zhenhao Zou | UCL News - UCL  University College London
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