Thousands of backpackers flock to Australia every year. For many, one year of adventure is not enough. To extend their stay, they are required to undertake 88 days of  labour in regional areas.
Reporters Lucy Marks and Courtney Taylor followed two backpackers to Mildura to investigate the poor conditions that they experienced in regards to accommodation, pay and actual farm work.
Watch their shocking story of how backpackers in Australia get exploited and have to work for only $12 per day.

Amid rising concerns about human impacts on the environment, a group of Australians are working to clean up their local beaches. Sivert Eimhjellen reports.

A UTS scientist and his team is training the endangered Northern Quoll to think twice before tucking into poisonous toads. Joe Gorman reports.

One of the world’s leading marine scientists has warned Australians that if we continue in the same direction, the Barrier Reef will be reduced to a seaweed-covered lump in the water. Tim Roxburgh reports.

Bella Papadopoulou Dobrowolska and Morgan Pettersson are in a group of 30 young environmental ambassadors. The two filed this story about their Antarctica project.

After cyclone Evan hit the South Pacific islands late last year, Fijian towns were severely battered and many people were left homeless. Months later, the devastation is still widespread. Julia Thiemann reports.

Humans should be more like bees to save the environment, writes Brendan Gallagher.

How does religion fare when it comes to organic or ethically grown food? Environment journalist Brendan Gallagher reports on the issue.

The City of Sydney makes solar panels a priority on its own buildings, reports Brendan Gallagher.

Brendan Gallagher discovered how residents turned their street verge into lush garden.