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Melbourne teenager Bianca Adler has summitted Mount Everest, making her the youngest Australian to summit the world's tallest mountain.

The search is on for a ball-obsessed rescue dog to help save endangered koalas from fires and floods, after a beloved veteran retired.

Two whales have stunned scientists by making made record-breaking crossings between Australia and Brazil, journeying farther than any humpbacks before them.

Climate change has the potential to widen the gap between renters and homeowners without fairer policy support directed at the worst off.

A government wants to end a ban on fracking to unlock much-needed gas supplies but opponents say it could create environmental risks in a sensitive region.

Budget announcements for green industry and nature protection fall short as climate costs mount and opportunities to extract more fossil fuel income go missed.

Households with solar panels and batteries could benefit from changes in the budget but big renewable energy changes were overlooked.

Australia will provide a range of aid measures to neighbours in the Pacific as the region prepares to help host a major climate change summit.

A community environment group will fight on after a court dismissed its challenge over a water project that will damage critical native habitat.

A High Court case examining the local impacts of a coal mine expansion could exert far-reaching influence on fossil fuel project approvals.

A major renewables partnership is in the works for Nauru as the diesel-dependent nation seeks emancipation from energy markets while cutting emissions.

A supermarket giant says its scheme to collect and recycle soft plastic packaging from consumers is available in 700 of its stores across five states.

Investors are largely being kept in the dark about the financial impact of climate threats and little is being done to shield companies from looming risks.