Millions are bracing for frigid temperatures as a cold front sweeps across the southeast – sending the mercury plummeting to 8C below average in some cities.
Paige Fryer
The former Liberal Party leader who was dumped seven months ago has been appointed to a new role by the Labor government.
Nathan Schmidt
Australia needs to phase out coal, gas and oil faster than planned to meet its climate commitments, a report says, with changes in energy, transport and mining.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
With an average global surface air temperature of 16.96C, August tied with July 2023 as the world's hottest month on record.
Kate Abnett and Marta Fiorin
Margaret River is set to host WA’s first dedicated regional wildlife hospital with the State Government today announcing $1.5 million of funding to establish a new state of the art facility.
Craig Duncan
Rising seas and storm surges could cost Australia more than $855 billion, endangering homes, businesses, infrastructure and land.
A team of conservation champions with the goal of protecting one of WA’s most iconic birds is set to be assembled, with the South West’s leading conservation group leading the charge.
A tiny outback Aussie town that typically receives just 10mm of rain over all September has smashed its all-time Spring record.
Blair Jackson
A carbon credit scheme has divided environmental groups and caused a rift in the Greens leading up to a key senate vote that could end a planned Koala Park.
Duncan Murray
Residents of a densely populated suburb have been waiting with bated breath as firefighters try to contain a blaze near their homes.
Jack Nivison
A team of Aussie rescue specialists and drone operators have landed in Nepal after catastrophic flooding.
Malaysia has declared an emergency in a town in Sarawak state due to severe air pollution linked to fires in Indonesia.
Staff Writers
Record-breaking early spring heat has swept across parts of Australia before a cool change, damaging winds and rain move through.
Alexandra Feiam, Jack Nivison and Andrew Hedgman
More than $100m could be generated under green reforms in key One Nation and Nationals seats – despite efforts by the rural party to block the changes.
Hundreds of Tasmanians face a second night without power after an enormous fire tore through a power station.
Alexandra Feiam
A new international study has called into question the Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre’s practice of feeding dolphins, claiming it could lead to the total collapse of the region’s dolphin population.
Earth is on track to exceed 1.5 degrees of warming within years, the United Nations has warned, exposing communities to more extreme weather.
WA’s leading conservation group is set to bring together environmental advocates and climate warriors this October, as part of a new event.
Several hundred-year-old tingle trees are back in the firing line with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions putting tingle forests on this year’s burn list.
A plot of Kendenup bushland used for hands-on education had a lovely spruce up recently after a group of rangers saw the management group were short of numbers and stepped up to lend a hand.
Melissa Sheil
Australia's carbon credit scheme is working, according to a review, but some of the nation's biggest polluters have become its biggest customers.
Scientists believe the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot is particularly susceptible to the H5 bird flu strain which is spreading across Australia.
Ethan James
Millions of Aussies are set for an unusually warm start to spring, with temperatures in one major city to match a 2013 feat.
The campaign against the Water Corporation’s proposed desalination plant at Nanarup Beach took another turn on Thursday when Greens MLC Jess Beckerling came to the site to hear local concerns.
Claire Middleton
