The health threat that is 'falling through the cracks'
Less than one dollar in a thousand spent on health in Australia goes to one of the biggest threats facing the sector, a new paper finds.
Environment
Sydney marks hottest month ever with every site setting records
Sydney has marked its hottest ever month, with extended warm spells setting records at all metropolitan sites.
Santos lodges controversial CSG plans, igniting 'massive battle'
Energy giant lodges its long-delayed application to develop the controversial Narrabri coal seam gas project.
Lost and found
Claims of a cover-up as a plant lost for two centuries turns up on a development site.
Mining plans for Sydney's catchment pose Gladys a 'crucial test'
Coal mining in Sydney's water catchment could prove an early test for new Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Wide Gulf between rhetoric and reality for fossil fuels and renewables
Do big investments in solar energy point to a different future for the oil-rich nations of the Middle East?
Shark!
Have a spate of bites and sightings up and down the NSW coast raised the odds that an attack awaits beachgoers this summer? Peter Hannam investigates.
NSW Energy Minister pleads for help to avoid heatwave power blackout
Authorities are pleading for public help to avoid blackouts and limit fire risks as a record-breaking heatwave sets in across eastern Australia.
Hospitals on alert, sport off, as 39 degree Saturday looms
Sydney has sweltered through another record-breaking day in summer of peak heat, with hospitals remaining on alert, power cuts hitting businesses and sports competitions scrambling to cancel weekend events.
The Sydney playground that's too hot to handle
As Sydney endures another heatwave, sweltering through what is likely to be its hottest summer on record, there are places where the heat is not just extreme but excruciating.
'Health risk': health insurer divests from fossil fuels
HCF has become the first Australian health insurer to commit to divesting from fossil fuels, saying it cannot keep funding activities that could threaten its members' health.
Heatwaves hit ACT, SA and NSW, while Tasmania prepares for snow
Snow is expected to fall in Tasmania this weekend while most of the nation swelters in a heatwave.
Clive Hamilton resigns from Climate Change Authority, blasts Turnbull
The Turnbull government's recent embrace of coal-fired power shows it has "abandoned all pretense of taking global warming seriously", prompting Clive Hamilton to resign as a member of the Climate Change Authority.
How to stay cool in the Sydney heatwave
Sydney and the rest of NSW are expected to bake from Friday to Sunday, with authorities expecting a spike in electricity use as fans and air conditioners whir into action across the state.
'Going to be a big day': Heatwave to strain hospitals, power supplies
NSW faces biggest test of the summer, with soaring temperatures set to bring "catastrophic" fire conditions to some areas.
Warning of future blackouts as politics rules energy debate
Victoria and NSW have been warned they could follow South Australia in being hit by electricity blackouts in years ahead unless Canberra comes up with a bipartisan national plan to deal with energy and climate change.
Pangolin meat banquet stirs outrage in China
China has ordered an investigation after online images showed officials holding a lavish banquet of meat from the endangered pangolin, the most trafficked mammal on earth.
Warning of NSW power shortages after soaring temperatures stoke demand
NSW faces potential power shortages during the coming heatwave, prompting the electricity market operator to demand additional supply.
Gecko that looks like a fish until you grab it, then it looks like a naked chicken breast
Newly discovered gecko looks like a fish until you grab it, and then it looks like a naked chicken breast.
'This could be the hottest three days on record'
The most extensive heatwave of the summer is building over inland Australia, setting up Sydney and much of the state for record-tilting heat over the coming weekend.
Hurricane-force Atlantic storm to push North Pole to melting point
A gigantic, powerhouse winter storm is charging through the North Atlantic and threatens to flood the high Arctic with abnormally mild air.
Man struck by lightning and killed as wild weather continues across NSW
A man has been struck by a lightning and killed while battling grassfires in central western NSW, as a series of severe thunderstorms swept across the state and delivered a day of wild weather.
'Never seen anything like it': storms soak Sydney with more to come
A house collapsed, major roads slowed to a crawl, lightning strikes closed the airport and even the Salvation Army needed emergency help as a series of intense thunderstorms drenched many parts of Sydney.
Michael Mann, target of climate deniers, says fake news must be fought
Climate change has long been the target of fake news and its researchers can offer lessons for the wider society in how to handle deliberate misinformation, a leading US scientist said.
Sydney weather: Marrickville unit block threatening to collapse following storms
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for heavy rainfall and damaging winds across the Sydney metropolitan, Hunter, Illawarra and Central Tablelands districts.
Severe thunderstorms hit Sydney, flash flooding and damaging wind likely
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for heavy rainfall and damaging winds in the Sydney metropolitan and parts of the Illawarra forecast districts on Tuesday morning in what is expected to be the city's wettest day since late last year.
Sydney sweats through summer without peer as NSW records melt
Sydneysiders to get a couple of days of relief from the abnormal warmth before another tide of heat arrives, all but assuring this summer will be the city's hottest on record.
Sydney heat could break century-old record, before cool change hits
Sydneysiders who tossed and turned their way through yet another stifling night can rest assured: relief is on its way on Monday afternoon.
Sydney sweats through a sweltering Sunday with 120-year record in play
Sydneysiders are sweltering through a hot and sticky Sunday, with temperatures passing the 30-degree mark since 9.30am.
CSIRO climate science proves its worth one year after deep cuts
Climate science at the CSIRO is bouncing back one year after executives modelled its demise, securing new revenue streams in the Pacific and China and looking to hire new staff.
The town that won't cool down
It's 5.40am in Moree, northern NSW, as Ben Adams wakes up and prepares for work.
Canberra sweats through steamy Sunday with hot, blustery week ahead
Canberrans who sweltered through a hot and humid Sunday should brace themselves for an uncomfortably warm night.
Sydney weather: City braces for sweltering Sunday
Sydney prepares for a hot February weekend ahead of what is likely to be another month of sweltering temperatures.
Our first weather chart fed a hunger for forecasts that keeps growing
Early colonists thought weather systems moved from east to west.
'We should assume our worst fears will be realised'
"We are all very worried here," Rahmstorf, a professor at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, says.
'Clean coal' would push up power bills more than wind, solar or gas: analysts
"Clean coal" plants that the Turnbull government has flagged could get clean energy subsidies are more expensive than solar, wind and gas-fired power and would lead to higher electricity price rises, analysts have warned.