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  • Green light for koala park a decade in the making

    Australian General News

    A state parliament has passed legislation establishing the creation of a major national park designed to protect koala habitats in the state.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 23 October 2026
    Koala in habitat
  • Greenhouse gas plume at massive Aussie gas plant

    Australian General News

    Satellite monitoring has detected a massive methane cloud coming from one of the world's largest oil and gas complexes in Western Australia.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 23 October 2026
    Grogon
  • Almost all reef ecosystems face risk of collapse: study

    AAP News

    An assessment of the world's coral reef ecosystems has found that almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 22 October 2026
  • Aussie sun meets US tech in carbon capture experiment

    AAP News

    Technology that captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and uses sunlight to release it will be tested in Australia as part of an international partnership.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 22 October 2026
  • Bushfire bill blows out to $6b a year as climate warms

    Climate

    Researchers have put a figure on the growing toll of bushfires in Australia but say better preparation could prevent billions of dollars in losses.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 21 October 2026
    Rural Fire Service volunteers battle a bushfire at Dragan, NSW
  • 'No surrender': UN urges action as 1.5C goal slips away

    Climate

    Global temperatures are on track to rise by 2.8C by the end of the century unless nations make deep emission cuts, including those from coal, oil and gas.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 20 October 2026
    Sunrise on a beach (file image)
  • Radical climate action urged to save Pacific nation

    Climate

    Kiribati needs to take radical action to boost the height of the archipelago if it is to survive rising sea levels, a clean energy summit has been told.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 19 October 2026
    Anote Tong
  • Ill winds: calm weather puts Great Barrier Reef at risk

    Climate

    Australian researchers have identified weather patterns that can raise the risk of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, and winds play a key role.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 19 October 2026
    Coral bleaching
  • Over-tyred: inquiry calls for a recycling overhaul

    Climate

    Fewer end-of-life tyres would be buried in the ground and more recycled into new roads under changes recommended by a parliamentary inquiry.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 15 October 2026
    tyres
  • Gas industry urged to pull 'emergency brake' on warming

    Climate

    A powerful greenhouse gas responsible for about a third of global warming is not being accurately measured by many oil and gas producers, a report has found.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 15 October 2026
    Traffic
  • Warming seas threaten billion-dollar salmon industry

    Climate

    Climate change could cost Tasmania's salmon industry millions of dollars in revenue and force major changes to farming operations, a report has warned.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 14 October 2026
    Salmon to be sold at a fish store
  • 'Long memory': Pacific faces decades of global warming

    Climate

    Cutting all greenhouse gas emissions will not immediately reverse the effects of climate change on the world's largest ocean, a study has found.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 13 October 2026
    A digger and pipes are seen at the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project
  • National plan to put electric vehicle charging on a map

    Climate

    Electric vehicle charging bottlenecks and areas of high demand will be targeted by a $1.43 million national project as more motorists make the switch.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 13 October 2026
    EV infrastructure investment announced.
  • It was all yellow: bumper canola crop after tough start

    Agriculture

    Australia's canola crop is forecast to bring home the gold, with forecasts of a record crop and high prices despite tough conditions in some key growing areas.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 13 October 2026
    A tree is seen in a field of Canola crops
  • Scientists solve mystery behind honeybee's sting

    Australian General News

    The design that allows the honeybee's stinger to continue pumping after coming free of its owner has been discovered, and filmed, for the first time.

    Australian Associated Press
    / 12 October 2026
    bee stings
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