It's hot enough to melt a bushman's boots. But cranking up the air-conditioning is not the only way to stay cool. More
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While you're sweating it out, you're paying for your neighbour's air-conditioning to be running. How? It's because the electricity market in Australia needs changing. More
Comment"The flip side is if they manage to spread the pricing more equatibly then the most vunerable will not be able to afford heating and cooling." - Kate
Some 70 fires are burning across Victoria, the State's north west is evacuating its homes, one woman has died, and emergency workers are warning of dangerous days yet to come. More
Some 70 fires are burning across Victoria, the State's north west is evacuating its homes, one woman has died, and emergency workers are warning of dangerous days yet to come. More
Three deaths in six months in WA's iron ore mines, and two of those at the same mine run by Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group, have raised safety questions for the company, the industry, and the state's mining watchdog.… More
Victoria's Deputy Fire Controller, Alan Goodwin, warns that there is plenty of time left in the bushfire season and that people should take that into consideration in their home and travel plans. More
The mother of a man killed in a Western Australian mine last year says she was horrified to learn of another death at the same mine in December. The Electrical Trade Union says it had warned Fortescue Metals Group and its con… More
'Souteigai' or 'beyond imagination', said the Japanese government spokesman when the tsunami waves rolled across a 300-kilometre-long… More
Growing up near the Arctic on Baffin Island, Paul Nicklen was destined to be involved in the area. He first worked as a biologist but… More
A biological pest control project in southern Queensland is having some success at controlling one of the state's worst pests. More
The Wilderness Society has slammed a proposal to build an agricultural hub of massive proportions in North Queensland. More