Alice Bishop

is an award-winning novelist.

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News November 22, 2025

Starvation threatens koalas on French Island

Starvation now threatens one of Australia’s few disease-free koala populations due to a lack of habitat, as wildlife rescue volunteers are overwhelmed with calls for help.

Life July 19, 2025

The real problem with feral deer

As populations of feral deer increase across the country – spilling out of forests, where they cause significant damage, and into suburbs – the conversation about management needs to shift.

News August 09, 2025

Hope for critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters

Three months after a group of critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters were released onto Bunurong Country in Victoria, experts report back on their progress.

News September 28, 2024

How the CFA prepares for bushfire season

CFA advice on how to survive extreme bushfire changed following the royal commission from ‘Prepare, Stay and Defend or Leave Early’ to ‘Leave Early and Live’ – a message that has become more urgent for this year’s fire season.

Culture July 04, 2020

Birthday pony

“I still have the dog my mother loved. See that lavender heeler, roan, smiling and straining in the rear-view. See her chasing after my mother, at least a kilometre from home. See that dog flatten herself out as she stretches to reach metal – low and …”