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Cyclone Veronica makes landfall in WA
Cyclone Veronica is battering Western Australia's Pilbara Coast, leaving towns in lockdown as they are lashed with rain and wild winds.
NT residents begin clean-up following Cyclone Trevor
As Cyclone Trevor is downgraded, residents in the Northern Territory are assessing the damage to their homes.
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Wildlife
Deadbeat dad replaced by feather duster as zoo rescues orphaned chicks
It's Australia's most important bird with fewer than 1000 left in the wild. So zookeepers were 'over the moon' when their plains-wanderer population doubled this week.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Red alert issued for Cyclone Veronica
A red alert has been issued for parts of Western Australia's Pilbara region, with residents in lockdown as Cyclone Veronica barrels towards the coast.
Cyclone Trevor leaves behind trail of damage
Cyclone Trevor has crossed the coast, hammering the mainland with destructive winds and heavy rainfall, and leaving behind a trail of damage.
Thousands evacuated as NT prepares for cyclone
Thousands of people have been evacuated in the Northern Territory as Cyclone Trevor make its way towards the north coast of Australia.
Good Weekend
Why are insects dying in such numbers?
It's been dubbed the bugalypse – study after study rolling in from countries across the globe pointing to dramatic declines in insect populations.
- by Greg Callaghan
NSW Votes
Factories planned for a section of 'the lungs of Sydney's west'
A region of western Sydney set aside 15 years ago by former Labor premier Bob Carr as permanent parkland is to be turned into a factory site.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
'Dangerous' cyclones to soak and batter Australia's north
Twin severe tropical cyclones will hammer northern Australia over the weekend, smashing ecosystems and potentially leaving a hefty repair bill from damaging winds, storm surges and flooding.
- by Peter Hannam