Environment
'Exceptionally hot, exceptionally dry': January was Australia's hottest month on record
As temperature records tumbled across the country, Victorians experienced one of our hottest and driest Januaries since records began.
- by Simone Fox Koob & Rachel Clun
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Extreme weather
January was Australia's hottest month on record, Bureau says
January was Australia's second record-breaking month of high temperatures in a row.
- by Rachel Clun
Editorial
Editorial
Drop the pretence about the Murray-Darling plan
The South Australian royal commission says political compromise is not science.
Biosecurity
Senate to hear evidence on koalas, finches and Cleveland's wading birds
The Senate's Environment and Communications Reference Committee will meet in Brisbane on Friday.
- by Tony Moore
Darling Disaster
Barilaro's backing of federal Murray-Darling Basin royal commission muddies waters
The NSW Deputy Premier has signalled support for a federal royal commission into water.
- by Peter Hannam & Alexandra Smith
Pollution
'Blue in the face': NSW power plants in Labor's electoral sights
A Daley Labor government would review the emissions standards of all NSW's coal-fired power plants and finalise a 10-year to improve air quality in the state.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
Global warming hasn't gone away despite cold as Trump suggests in tweet
While the Midwest is in the grip of a chill that's likely to set records, the earth is still considerably warmer than it was 30 years ago and especially 100 years ago.
Thirsty Koala gets sprinkler relief
A koala living at Ninety Mile Beach takes a drink from a sprinkler during the January heatwave.
Water
Fish kill in the Murrumbidgee River leaves 'thousands' more dead
Fishery authorities were heading to the lower Murrumbidgee River on Tuesday afternoon to investigate reports of another fish kill on NSW rivers.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
'A January to forget': Hot end to month puts heat records in play
Sydney is tracking its hottest January on record, and the oppressive humidity has only made temperatures less bearable.
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
'Worse than last time': Darling fish kill strikes again at Menindee
Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in the Darling River at Menindee, the second such event in three weeks, in what Niall Blair, the fisheries minister, described as "an environmental catastrophe".
- by Peter Hannam