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Paris Agreement
Sydney wins bid to host major climate conference for women in 2020
Hundreds of climate leaders are expected to flock to Sydney next year after the City of Sydney won its bid to host a global conference for women.
- by Peter Hannam
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Extreme weather
'Extraordinarily fortunate': How NSW has dodged the worst fire weather
NSW has so far been spared the severe fire dangers this summer that might have been expected given the record heat for the state - and Australia overall - for both December and January.
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
'Insane': split emerges among irrigators as focus shifts to floodplains
Unity among irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin is beginning to fray with one large group in the southern region breaking ranks, dubbing the lack of monitoring of water use in northern areas as "insane".
- by Peter Hannam
Sex & relationships
Miriam Margolyes: 'Men still hold the balance, but it’s getting better'
Actor Miriam Margolyes speaks on her career and the men who have influenced her.
- by Robyn Doreian
City life
Can't see the park for the trees
Why LachIan Swamp is my favourite Centennial Park spot.
- by Helen Pitt
Environmental Protection
Facebook glitch emboldens student climate protesters
The battle cry for climate-conscious students to take part in a school strike had been launched, but on Friday, they hit a glitch.
- by Nicole Precel
Extreme weather
'Dome of hot air': Australia blows away heat records
Sophie Lewis, a climate researcher at the University of NSW, specialising in heatwaves ,says it's like nothing she has seen before.
- by Peter Hannam & Rachel Clun
Darling Disaster
'Bizarre': Niall Blair rejects royal commissioner's 'crude' critique
The SA Royal Commissioner has called for an overhaul of the $13 billion basin plan, claiming "maladministration" and "politics rather than science" had effectively made it "unlawful".
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
'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
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.