Environment
Sydney lashed by heavy rain, warning of flash flooding
Flash flooding impacting Sydney roads after heavy rain hits city.
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Bushfires rage near Perth as residents warned it is too late to leave
Bushfire emergency continues in Perth's north as residents told it's too late to leave.
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest steps up fight against big oil and gas
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has escalated his war against oil and gas producers, and Woodside in particular, taking to a helicopter off the remote WA coast to lambast its $18 billion Scarborough gas export project as a “carbon dioxide bomb”.
- by Peter Milne
Fierce bushfires rage near Perth as residents told to leave now
Lives and homes are under threat from fierce bushfires burning in Western Australia, with an out of control fire raging through an area north of Perth.
WA swelters on one of the hottest days in years
Communities around Perth have sweltered through some of the hottest temperatures in two years.
Rain deluge continues across Far North Queensland
Roads are closed and water restrictions continue in parts of Far North Queensland as a monsoonal trough crosses the state, drenching communities.
Andrew Forrest is flying the flag for wind farms, but they face stiff headwinds
More than other renewables, wind projects and the transmission lines needed to carry their power impose themselves on the landscape.
- by Nick O'Malley
The Last Word
Climate crisis
We’ll be stuck like shags on a rock when sea levels really surge
The sea rises, and having witnessed a preview years ago on my own beach, I am here to report that the future is ugly.
- by Tony Wright
