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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.
Geoscience Australia said those who felt the quake noted a "rolling sensation and small vibrations".
Subsidies for new coal mines in Queensland's Galilee Basin will have "devastating consequences" for NSW coal industry.
When fisherman Patrick Melograna felt a tug on his line near Gladesville Bridge, he knew he was onto something big.
Luke Hunter, president and chief conservation officer of the global wild cat organisation Panthera, received an email last week from one of his group's partners in Tanzania. When he opened the attached photos, Hunter said, "My jaw just dropped."
There were fears Sydney would experience its coldest day in two years on Sunday morning, but thanks to a change in air temperatures, the city will enjoy a slightly below average day.
Supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles have announced that its stores across Australia will stop giving out single-use plastic bags over the next 12 months.
The avalanche of lightweight plastic bags pouring into landfill and the environment is about to come to an end. Woolworths and Coles have announced a ban from mid-2018. Importantly this should also tell Australia's environment ministers who meet on July 28 that the time has come to pass legislation that will cover all stores.
Four east coast states will go it alone in drawing up plans for a clean energy target.
It was meant to be a harmless selfie, designed to highlight the plight of the endangered crested black macaque.
The Turnbull government has warned the states their threat to "go it alone" on a clean energy target will only create chaos and inefficiency.
US President Donald Trump is holding the door open to a reversal of his decision to pull his country out of the Paris climate accord.
Incredible video has emerged of an elephant being rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy, 16 kilometres off the Sri Lankan coast.
If you were planning to get out of bed on Sunday morning, you've been warned to rug up or change your plans with temperatures expected to be the coldest in two years.
Fraser Coast whale watch pioneers sell 30-year business on to friends.
There'll be snow on the Brindabellas and a low of minus 7 this weekend.
Prepare for a shock. On July 1 electricity prices jumped 15 to 20 per cent.
The iceberg has broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, changing the shape of the Antarctic Peninsula forever.
Attempts to blame renewable energy for high electricity prices are misguided says expert report.
Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg is now embracing the waves in hunt for new energy sources.
Drinking straws, coffee cups, bait bags and releasing helium balloons need to be banned in Queensland, environmental groups argue.
The state government says it will protect fertile farmland from the activities of a Chinese-owned coal miner.
Australia's punishing climate has made invasive cane toads tougher than their country of origin counterparts.
Plants can't run or hide, but they have powerful ways to alter the minds of herbivores that try to eat them.
Australia's famous white whale Migaloo has swum into Queensland waters as he makes his annual migration towards the Great Barrier Reef.
About 100 activists took part in the rescue in Guangzhou, confronting the driver and stopping the truck.
A G20 communique has been agreed despite the US stalling over a fossil fuel clause.
More than 30,000 whales will head north this year.
One way Melbourne can plan for climate change's warmer temperatures is by becoming more like Sydney (but only in terms of vegetation).
Two partners believe there are hundreds of sites containing US military equipment around the country.
The federal government has answered calls to release greenhouse gas pollution data it had been sitting on since last year.
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