Australia

Australian activists fined for plans to damage energy CEO's home

Today 10:45am - Three activists who planned to damage the home of Woodside boss Meg O'Neill were fined at their sentencing hearing in a Perth court.

'A house battery you can drive around': how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid

Friday - Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there's another step you could take. If you have a bidirectional charger, you can set it to sell power back to the grid when demand is high.

Australians are being misled by 'dodgy' offsets, say Fortescue

Thursday - Australians are being misled into believing that low-quality carbon offset schemes will lead to a net zero future, despite evidence that only reducing fossil fuels will work, iron ore mining giant Fortescue says.

Thousands flee homes as floods hit Australia

4 Feb 25 - A woman has died in Australia and thousands have been forced to flee their homes after torrential rainfall caused flooding in northern Queensland.

Developers abandon applications to build wind farm off Australia's South West coast

28 Jan 25 - Two of the earliest proponents of an offshore wind farm in WA's South West are among several developers who are no longer applying to work on the project.

Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds

23 Jan 25 - More than 40% of individual corals monitored around a Great Barrier Reef island were killed last year in the most widespread coral bleaching outbreak to hit the reef system, a study has found.

Saving the ‘kidneys’ of the Great Barrier Reef

20 Dec 24 - In Queensland, Australia, once-unlivable wetlands are now attracting birds and fish while also reconnecting Indigenous youth with the land.

No glue, chains or locks: Victoria’s antisemitism crackdown a smokescreen to target climate protesters, critics say

20 Dec 24 - The Victorian government has been accused of “shoehorning” new anti-protest measures that could be used to crack down on the climate movement into reforms touted as necessary to combat antisemitism.

As the heat soars, dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds

18 Dec 24 - In the state’s far west, the temperature was oppressive on Monday, reaching well into the 40s as residents braced for the prospect of Australian heat records being shattered.

Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters

17 Dec 24 - Australian police are world leaders at arresting climate and environmental protesters.

Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court

4 Dec 24 - Vanuatu leads the charge of several nations arguing developed nations have a legal responsibility beyond UN commitments.

‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change

4 Dec 24 - Extreme temperature and rainfall events are increasing around the world, including Australia. What makes them extreme is their rarity and severity compared to the typical climate.

Albanese government says Australia on target to reduce emissions – but campaigners say it could do more

2 Dec 24 - Departmental analysis includes contentious measurements but climate minister says government is cleaning up after ‘decade of denial, delay, dysfunction and utter neglect’.

Carbon footprint of a total knee replacement in Australia on par with driving a car from Brisbane to Sydney

27 Nov 24 - Researchers have calculated the greenhouse gas impact from a single knee replacement. A three-hour operation has similar emissions compared to a 914-kilometre car trip.

170 climate protesters arrested after allegedly disrupting shipping in New South Wales

26 Nov 24 - Two protesters have been granted bail after facing court on charges relating to an anti-fossil fuel demonstration that allegedly disrupted the shipping channel leading into the world's largest coal...

Australia commits additional $50 million to deal with climate change

21 Nov 24 - The Australian government has committed an extra $50 million towards a global fund to deal with the loss and damage caused by climate change.

Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans

20 Nov 24 - Pacific governments at a UN climate summit are criticising Australia’s plans for a massive gas industry expansion in Western Australia, saying it could result in 125 times more greenhouse gas...

Is Australia's migration system ready for rising numbers of climate refugees?

19 Nov 24 - Australia is now obligated to help Tuvalu when it calls for help to respond to "the devastating impacts of climate change."

Australian engineer says Elon Musk, JD Vance key to US climate policy under Donald Trump

13 Nov 24 - An Australian engineer says billionaire Elon Musk and vice-president-elect JD Vance could become unexpected climate allies under the Trump administration.