Tracey Shelton

Zoos and wildlife parks are try­ing to keep an­i­mals oc­cu­pied and peo­ple en­gaged as lock­down keeps vis­i­tors away.

Hong Kong and Sin­ga­pore have also seen shelves cleared as peo­ple wor­ry whether they will have enough for self-iso­la­tion.

Ta moko, the tra­di­tion­al tat­too sym­bol­is­ing a Maori’s her­itage, is mak­ing a come­back af­ter colo­nial sup­pres­sion.

Tens of mil­lions of dol­lars raised for fire ser­vice, an­i­mals and com­mu­ni­ties through do­na­tions, cre­ative fundrais­ers.

The fire­fight­ers bat­tling the mas­sive fires that rav­aged Aus­tralia this year are vol­un­teers, and more are sign­ing up.

Res­cuers race to save an­i­mals in dis­tress amid re­ports that half a bil­lion mam­mals, bird and rep­tiles have died.

Ex­perts say Aus­tralia is on ‘front line’ of the cli­mate cri­sis and the gov­ern­ment has to do more to tack­le prob­lem.

Com­mis­sion was due to sub­mit find­ings this week, but wants time to con­sid­er is­sues such as racism and dis­crim­i­na­tion.

Bush­fires blaz­ing in state of New South Wales merge into what fire­fight­ers have dubbed a ‘mega fire’.

Budj Bim is the first site in Aus­tralia recog­nised specif­i­cal­ly for its cul­tur­al sig­nif­i­cance to the In­dige­nous peo­ple.