Environment
Shorten comes clean on Adani
Labor leader Bill Shorten has revealed just where he stands on the Adani coal mine, amid criticism he was fence sitting on the issue.
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BOM reveals weather outlook for autumn
The end-of-month Climate and Water Outlook video covers rainfall, streamflow and temperature for the next three months.
Heat on Shorten over Adani
Labor leader Bill Shorten is under pressure to reveal what his party's policy is on the Adani coal mine, with the government saying he's playing both sides.
Carbon capture and storage 'unlikely to be economic': CEFC
The CEO of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation told Senate estimates nobody pays you in Australia to sequester carbon in the ground, and so the capital cost could not be offset.
Sydney water levels reveal city suburbs with the most and least rainfall
Sydney got past the big dry 10 years ago, but some suburbs fare better than others.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Science
Caught in amber: ancient spider with a whip-like tail
Deep in a tropical rain forest, during a time when dinosaurs walked the earth, four tiny spiders crawled down a tree, got stuck in some sticky resin and never climbed up again.
- by Sarah Kaplan
Scourge of NSW reefs are best served well done
Craig Shephard will be showcasing the briny sweetness of freshly-harvested sea urchin roe at Carriageworks' Night Market.
- by Linda Morris
Capital Recycling Solution's recycling plant plan to undergo health assessment
The company behind a proposed recycling plant will have to prove it won't be dangerous to public health.
- by Katie Burgess
Hundreds rescued as fires rage in Royal National Park
The Royal National Park was closed and hundreds of people escorted to safety on Saturday, as firefighters battled two out-of control bushfires near Wattamolla in Sydney's south.
- by Miriam Webber
Hopes for Tasmania's 'Battery of the Nation' dangle by a cable, or two
Tasmania could become a renewable energy powerhouse for the nation, but the concept largely hinges on interconnection issues that have not always gone well.
- by Peter Hannam
Severe weekend heatwave could match last summer's record hot days
Parts of the city's west will swelter through 40-degree-plus temperatures on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and into Monday.
- by Jenny Noyes