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Ace Business Desk

Kmart Australia in Court Over ‘Safety Concerns’ With Cosmetic Nail Glue & Button Batteries

Ace Business Desk – The ACCC has commenced Federal Court action against Kmart Australia Ltd, a subsidiary of Wesfarmers (ASX: WES), alleging it breached the Australian Consumer Law by selling millions of units of cosmetic nail glue without adequate warnings and thousands of units of button battery products which did not comply with mandatory standards: […]

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Ace News Desk

Logging Took Trees the Bears Called Home, so the Haida Nation Built Them New Dens

Ace News Desk – Elijah Washington pushes through wet ferns and branches left by logging, crossing the mossy forest floor on Haida Gwaii. He kneels beside a massive western red cedar stump. “it’s got to be just right, just like the Goldilocks.” Sonal Gupta This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of […]

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Ace News Desk

China’s Blue Mirage Investigation: Sold as Technology But Built on Forced Labour

Ace News Desk – China’s Blue Mirage: Fish farming in Xinjiang is sold as proof that technology can overcome geography. The reality is a desert seafood boom built on political control and forced labor Part of Investigation by Team of Journalists Based at The Outlaw Ocean Project By Ian Urbina  Published: October 9, 2026 This […]

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Ace History Desk

Australia Victoria Survival of Warrnambool’s Little Penguins & Maremma Guardian Dogs

Ace History Desk – Fears for survival of Warrnambool’s little penguins and famous Maremma guardian dog project: By Violette Storm Of ABC South West Vic: Published: Fri 25 Sep 2026 at 6:30am For 20 years, a penguin colony on a small island by the Victorian coastal city of Warrnambool has been protected from fox attacks […]

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Ace Health Desk

Indonesia Battles Worst Wildfire Season as El Nino Impact Increases With Toxic Smoke Poisoning People We Look at Causes

Ace Health Desk – As Indonesia battles its worst wildfire season in a decade, a toxic smog is choking millions of residents in the region: BBC & Greenpeace News reports Published: 13 October 2026 The air on the islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra has turned an ominous amber, with air quality recorded at hazardous levels. […]

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Ace Business Desk

Tasmania’s Salmon Company Tassal Will Inject With Anti-Biotic’s Ahead of Expected Marine Heatwaves

Ace Business Desk – In short: Seafood giant Tassal will begin injecting salmon in a Tasmanian pen with the antibiotic oxytetracycline. The industry has been grappling with how to prevent mass fish deaths during the past two summers: By Sandy Powell – Topic:Fishing and Aquaculture Industry Published: Wed 7 Oct 2026 at 11:58am What’s next?  […]

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GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk

Midway to 2030 Deadline Countries Falling Fail Far Short on Promise to Protect Nature

GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk – Reuters says governments attending the COP17 biodiversity conference in Armenia next week will be meeting “against a backdrop of patchy progress” by Mark Hillsdon, Reuters The newswire details a number of recent nature assessments, including one from the Campaign for Nature that finds that government commitments could take the […]