The Latest Breaking News from Lake Eyre

Steven Miles has delivered on two of the environment movement’s most pressing concerns within a week of being sworn-in as premier

The Lake Eyre plan commits the Queensland government to restore protections in the wild rivers and ultimately limit gas exploration in the Channel Country.

The heart-shaped Lake Eyre Basin covers about one-sixth of Australia. It contains one of the few remaining pristine river systems in the world.

The gas industry has been mining Australia's Lake Eyre Basin for decades, but possible future extraction techniques like fracking could devastate its fragile ecosystem.

A new report from an anti-fracking group says projects in the Lake Eyre basin are unviable, as evidenced by one energy company recently abandoning its plans.

A report commissioned by an environmental group claims gas extraction in Queensland's Lake Eyre Basin will cost millions, but proponents say the fossil fuel has an important role in Australia's transition to renewable energy.

Economic analysis suggests any proposal to allow fracking in Queensland basin would not be commercially viable

Floodwaters are a "tonic" for the deserts of central Australia. From wildflowers to bird life and the rare watering of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, it's leaving tourists gobsmacked.

Level Post Bay marks the deepest point of the lake when it fills, a prime destination for outback adventurers. But its public access route has been closed throughout much of the latest flooding event.