Green turtles and dugongs have been on the global ''red list'' of threatened species for many years, but the situation is looking up for Australian populations as a community-based protection approach evolves.

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Loggerhead turtles are returning to Queensland beaches in record numbers, with the highest number of recorded adult females returning to lay eggs since 1984.

Marine scientists from five research agencies have pooled their skills and resources to compile a directory of life on Australia’s continental shelf.

In 2008 the HMAS Sydney and German cruiser the Kormoran were found off the Western Australian coast, three years on and the shipwrecks have been added to Australia's National Heritage lists.

The 29-year-old from Melbourne was well-known in diving circles both in Australia and around the world, and had worked as a stunt diver on James Cameron's 3D diving film Sanctum.

A monitoring program is in place in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park to assess any possible damage to the reef, as a result of the flodwaters.

The Coral Reef Ecology Lab of the Global Change Institute has developed the world’s first climate change observatory on Heron Island.

The Australian government has now extended the declaration that gives extra protection to "special interest whales" until December 31, 2011.

The inaugural Oceania Dive Expo and 5th Underwater Festival are being developed as must see & participate events on the international scuba diving calendar.