Australia

Mining head calls 'net' in net zero a 'weasel word'

Monday - Fortescue chair wants companies to focus on 'real zero' as he explains $6.2bn plan to transform business.

Ex-Cyclone Alfred sends 'phenomenal' levels of rainfall to Brisbane and Gold Coast

11 Mar 25 - About 240,000 homes and businesses are without power in Queensland in the wake of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, according to the state's premier.

Australia's biggest coal-fired power station is 'driving up energy bills'

10 Mar 25 - Australia's largest coal-fired power station is unreliable and driving up electricity prices, according to a new report that argues against the viability of keeping coal plants open beyond their scheduled closure dates.

Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia's east coast

6 Mar 25 - Millions of residents along Australia's eastern coast are preparing for the impact of the most southerly cyclone to threaten the region in more than five decades.

Albanese Government vows to secure future of Australia's food supply chain by developing new national strategy

6 Mar 25 - The Albanese Government has promised to help secure the future of Australia's food supply chain by developing a new national strategy if it wins the election.

From drill to grill: Continued fossil fuel use puts us all in the hot seat

3 Mar 25 - The Climate Council is warning that Australia's biggest cities could face dangerously hot temperatures, unless action is taken to slow down climate change. The Council has released a 'heat map' which also shows that continuing to cut climate pollution can safeguard Australians from the worst impacts of soaring heat.

Nuclear path would blow out Australia's emissions targets, new modelling shows

25 Feb 25 - Australia's peak climate body has published new modelling showing the Coalition's proposed nuclear pathway would result in an additional 2 billion tonnes of emissions in the atmosphere.

The climate crisis is a cost-of-living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it

21 Feb 25 - OPINION: Politicians have divorced the issue of global heating from soaring prices - Australians must take bold action at the ballot box.

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

17 Feb 25 - 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

14 Feb 25 - 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...

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

13 Feb 25 - 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...

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.