Solar and wind firmed by storage and backed by gas remains the cheapest pathway to meet Australia's growing demand for electricity while reaching climate goals
Poppy Johnston
Millions of Aussies are bracing for a scorching week - amid forecasts of a 50C temperature range across the country for the first week of summer.
Blake Antrobus
The company behind the proposal for a gold mine north-east of Katanning has shared its environmental strategy in a bid to ease concerns over its potential impact on the Badgebup site.
Claire Middleton
Tributes have flowed for a veteran NSW firefighter crushed by a fallen tree in a bushfire zone, with his family remembering him as a “great father” and “loving brother”.
Pamela Rontziokos
Data centres supporting artificial intelligence technology could use as much as 20 per cent of the water supply in some cities unless policies change.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Millions of Aussies are bracing for a perfect storm of extreme heat and dry thunderstorms, with temperatures climbing into the 40s just days after fires ripped through multiple homes.
Alexandra Feiam and Eli Green
Locals have come forward to share their terrifying moments escaping the bushfires raging across NSW, with one man filming his chaotic escape via water.
Cameron Micallef
NSW is taking action after multiple deadly shark attacks in recent months.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
New details have emerged after an experienced firefighter died when he was crushed by a fallen tree in a bushfire zone.
Alexandra Feiam, Cameron Micallef, Steve Zemek
Four numbats have been released into the Dryandra Woodland National Park as part of WA’s ongoing efforts to conserve one of the State’s most endangered native marsupials.
Amy Towers
A ferocious bushfire has destroyed 12 homes on the Central Coast as NSW swelters in 40C heat, with more than 75 fires burning across the region.
Clareese Packer, Emma Kirk and Andrew Hedgman
Six native Australian trees have been deliberately poisoned in Noosa, prompting a council investigation with fines reaching $141,865.
A major bushfire has claimed four homes and threatens more properties as authorities in one state warn of dangerous winds and heat on the weekend.
Alexandra Feiam and Emma Kirk
A form of rat poison that inadvertently kills possums, eagles and owls has been removed from a major e-commerce platform, amid calls to ban the product.
Kat Wong
Anthony Albanese’s top diplomat has addressed a key question on Labor’s nuclear stance after a high-level defence official dropped a bombshell.
A Wheatbelt shire has been awarded the top gong for the Statewide tidy towns award, with the chief executive of the winning shire saying the program “makes the world a better place”.
Hannah Whitehead
Arson detectives have found the ignition point of a suspicious fire which tore through suburbs destroying one home and several cars.
Emma Kirk
Millions are in the firing line for extreme fire danger as a widespread and sweltering heatwave secures its hold across the country.
Alexandra Feiam
Fired-up conservationists gathered at the summit of Mount Clare outside Walpole at the weekend to protest the proposed burning of red tingle trees in the South West.
Craig Duncan
The Bureau of Meteorology’s controversial $96m website upgrade has been slammed as a “nightmare case study in contract failure”.
Nathan Schmidt
Australia is heading into a volatile summer, with the Bureau of Meteorology confirming a La Nina and warning of hotter, drier months ahead.
Alexandra Feiam and Andrew Hedgman
Greatland Resources’ chief Shaun Day says “overdue but welcome” environmental approval reforms are unlikely to speed up the development of its new $1.7 billion underground gold mine in the Pilbara.
Simone Grogan
A long weekend climate "protestival" has disrupted coal shipping and landed scores of activists under arrest but smaller protests continue.
Tom Wark and Alex Mitchell
Authorities have provided a shocking update on what caused a bushfire that has destroyed at least one home and left thousands without power.
