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Expert panel calls for dramatic re-think on Reef
Expert panel calls for urgent action on threats to the natural wonder.
Expert panel calls for urgent action on threats to the natural wonder.
The government has quietly axed environmental conditions aimed at protecting turtle species set to be affected by Adani's proposed $3 billion coal terminal expansion.
CSIRO's re-embracing of climate change research will be stressed on Monday when the national science agency announces a new centre partly funded by Chinese interests.
To consumers across the country who believed they were buying solar panels for their homes, he is the man who stole their savings.
Climate scientists warn Sydney will have tropical waters by 2040-60.
Queensland holds door open to providing 'royalties holiday' for Indian mining conglomerate.
Businesses and households to be offered cash to use less electricity at peak times next summer.
Consumers are set to pay higher energy prices but it has little to do with looming "gas shortages", researchers say.
Hazelwood's demise has triggered a surge in gas - and a prediction electricity prices will rise by up to 40%.
Thousands have abandoned their homes in northern NSW and hundreds of people rescued from floodwaters as the remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Debbie bore down, dumping a staggering amount of rain on the region.
Human societies and a multitude of species are going to be tested by climate change in ways that are barely understood, a new study finds.
If you're wondering why battery storage is still on the fringe of the energy debate in Australia, and also perhaps why power prices are high, just ask Tony Marxsen, the head of the country's energy markets.
The world is 33 months into its biggest recorded coral bleaching event with little sign of it ending, raising the prospect that coral mortality on the Great Barrier Reef will increase "significantly" from the quarter already lost in the past year, scientists say.
What if the biggest government announcement in electricity generation in years was both a great breakthrough and a distraction?
Two resignations from the board of the Climate Change Authority come with criticism of the Turnbull government.
Australia's original climate change-focused think-tank and lobby group will shut after it failed to replace the multi-million-dollar bequest it relied on.
As parts of Australia set heatwave records and the government considered building new coal-fired power stations, the vast continent to the south last week quietly marked a milestone.
After years of failed promises, Victoria is on the cusp of getting its first large-scale solar power stations.
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.
The creation of a long-mooted national park on Melbourne's fringe could create up to 750 jobs by turning the area into an eco-tourism hub, an analysis has found.
Sydney has marked its hottest ever month, with extended warm spells setting records at all metropolitan sites.
Sydney's Taronga Zoo is celebrating the birth of a male Asian elephant.
Prospects for the controversial Adani coal mine have dimmed further with the Queensland government saying it wants no role in any federal loan to support the project.
Global warming might affect how well we sleep at night.
The future of Adani's proposed multibillion-dollar Carmichael coal mine remains under a cloud even after Queensland declared it had settled on a royalty regime.
Some chilly mornings ahead but otherwise the scene is set for a pleasant start to winter.
Humans consider standing on one leg something best done in a yoga class. Flamingos, on the other hand, consider it the most comfortable sleeping position.
Public faith in the $3 billion coal seam gas field proposed by Santos is unlikely without independent monitoring of its environmental impacts, according to the head of planning at Narrabri Shire Council.
A poll finds almost half of residents near the proposed Hume Coal mine are strongly opposed to the project.
Reintroducing dingoes to areas from where humans have removed them could help control the feral red fox that hunts native animals such as the bilby and wallaby.
The giant ice sheets of Antarctica are melting faster than previously estimated, placing low-lying areas of Sydney and similar exposed cities at risk by the turn of the century.
Taxpayers would pay tens of billions for Australia to meet targets under direct action policy.
Dugong calf numbers, wiped out on the Great Barrier Reef six years ago, have recovered and are thriving, new research has found.
The Berejiklian government will issue warnings of potential threats to electricity supplies from this summer after its review of February's heatwave found the power sector to be vulnerable.
Warning - distressing images: Activists say thousands of dogs are slaughtered at the festival each year.
The animal rose from the water, grabbed the girl by her dress and dragged her into the water, a video shows.
Sydney's unusually warm May looks set to continue with sunny dry conditions forecast for the rest of the week.
Friday was Canberra's wettest day of the year but forecasters are calling it a "one hit wonder".
A severe weather warning has been issued for the Perth Metropolitan area and the South West and Great Southern regions as a heavy storm front bears down.
Striking the balance between environmental asset use and maximizing economic returns.
"There's a thousand different long range forecasters out there and I don't believe any of them."
Every 15 minutes, an elephant is killed by poachers in Africa. Despite this, there is new cause for optimism.
A former top oil, gas and coal executive says the government and opposition are failing the world.
Street smarts are the key to boosting the wild population of Tasmanian devils, scientists say.
James was used to seeing koalas in odd locations, but the one clinging to his bull bar took the biscuit.
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