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Rain records to fall in Queensland with Townsville to set new annual high

1 Apr 2025

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Queensland cities and towns are dealing with the effects of flooding – including extensive stock losses and widespread damage – after a year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of days.

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Energy Australia is in court accused of greenwashing. What is the case about and why is it significant?

Fri 16 May 2025

Climate group alleges energy giant misled 400,000 customers about ‘Go Neutral’ product, arguing that carbon credits don’t actually remove emissions.

Anthony Albanese

Five huge climate opportunities await the next Australian parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver

Mon 12 May 2025

Australians have returned an expanded Labor Party to government alongside a suite of climate-progressive independents. Meanwhile, the Coalition – which promoted nuclear energy and a slower renewables transition – suffered a historic defeat.

Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds

6 May 2025

US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades.

Australia’s centre-left Labor Party retains power in vote seen as test of anti-Trump sentiment

5 May 2025

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a second term in office in a disastrous night for his conservative rivals, as voters chose stability over change against a backdrop of global turmoil inflicted by US President Donald Trump.

Where Labor and the Coalition stand on nature and environment policies this federal election

2 May 2025

So what are political parties offering when it comes to our nature laws?

Shadow climate minister Ted O'Brien

Australia: Coalition under fire for planning to scrap Labor climate policies

22 Apr 2025

With Peter Dutton’s views on climate change in the spotlight, the focus has turned onto whether there will be any policies to reduce emissions in the next decade.

Australia: Climate change pushing up insurance risk

17 Apr 2025

With flood waters rising, there are warnings of a “climate-induced credit crunch” as natural disasters threaten the viability of home insurance.

Garbage bag giant fined $8.25m for falsely claiming products were recycled plastic

16 Apr 2025

The company behind GLAD garbage bags has been fined $8.25m for falsely claiming the products were made from recycled ocean plastics.

Shadow energy minister Ted O'Brien

Australia: Coalition clarifies commitment to Paris Agreement after confusion on climate targets

14 Apr 2025

The federal Coalition has clarified it remains committed to the Paris climate accord, despite earlier comments from the shadow energy minister indicating it could leave the agreement.

Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign

11 Apr 2025

The federal election should be an earnest contest over the fundamentals of Australia’s climate and energy policies.

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