Environment
Opinion
Electric cars
Australia in the slow lane as Coalition stalls on EV strategy
The Coalition will not release it's electric car strategy until next year.
- by Bryce Gaton
Latest
Skiing
'Hey winter you're early!' Snow falls at Perisher, Thredbo
And Canberra is also set to have a few more brisk starts to the morning this week, after a chilly low of 3.9 degrees on Sunday.
- by Sally Whyte
Australia's early winter wonderland
The first snow falls this year have arrived in the Australian Alps.
Extreme weather
Fire season extended as conditions remain 'extraordinarily dry' in parts of NSW
Fire restrictions will be extended at least to the end of April in many parts of NSW as the ongoing drought continues to elevate bushfire risks, the Rural Fire Service said.
- by Peter Hannam
Cold weather hits many parts of the country with snow predicted in Victoria
Much of the country is in for a cold and wet weekend, with chilly conditions, strong winds and flash flooding forecast.
Weather
Sydney set for coldest March morning in 15 years this weekend
It may have only just ticked into autumn, but Sydneysiders will be reaching for their winter coats this Sunday as temperatures plummet, marking possibly the coldest March day in 15 years.
- by Matt Bungard
Biodiversity
Frogs face mass destruction from imported disease: ANU scientists
The pandemic ripping through populations of frogs, toads and other amphibians.
- by Steve Evans
Extreme weather
'Great concern': world meteorology agency reports bad climate tidings
The world's ocean heat content reached a record high last year and extreme weather events affected the lives of about 62 million people, displacing more than 2 million of them, the World Meteorological Organisation said.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
Canberra waterways - and platypus - suffer under record temperatures
Poorer water quality may have driven Canberra's celebrated platypus to Lake Burley Griffin.
- by Steve Evans
Recycling
Australia faces deepening recycling crisis as India bans plastic waste imports
India will stop taking Australia's plastic rubbish a year after China’s drastic restrictions sparked a national recycling crisis. So where will we send our plastic bottles?
- by Jewel Topsfield