Glass Wings Blog: Australia

1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia – here’s why everyone may ultimately end up applying
100 years of boom and bust: a potted history of Hollywood’s long relationship with Australia
The 1920s desecration of a Gutenberg Bible shocked the US – but miraculously gave a Jewish family new life in Australia
20 Deaths A Day: Australia’s Ongoing Covid Toll
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
The 2025 federal budget fails the millions of voters who want action on Australia’s struggling environment
30 years ago Australia confronted its Stolen Generation past – then the Howard government blew it
5 charts that show how young Australians are getting screwed
5 ways to tackle Australia’s backlog of asylum cases
50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin – and Australia’s attitude to disasters changed forever
55 million years: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells found in Queensland
61 leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks: logging the grim tally of death in South Australia’s algal bloom
7 things we can do today to meet Australia’s new climate goal
97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report
98% of Queensland prawn areas at risk of inundation by rising seas this century
A 1980s cost-of-living crisis gave Australia a thriving arts program – could we do it again?
“A big deal:” Bowen says hosting Cop31 will lift Australia’s standing and help accelerate renewable shift
A carbon levy on global shipping promises to slash emissions. We calculated what that means for Australia’s biggest export
A cornucopia of tiny, bizarre whales used to live in Australian waters – here’s one of them
A crucial store of carbon in Australia’s tropical forests has switched from carbon sink to carbon source
A deadly bird flu strain is headed for Australia – and First Nations people have the know-how to tackle it
‘A defiant stand’: histories of Australia’s frontier wars are revealing their true complexity, but there’s more to be done
‘A female Donald Trump’: how Gina Rinehart is pushing the Maga message in Australia
A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia’s stark choice on water justice
A First Nations writer’s fellowship was withdrawn by Queensland’s government. What’s going on?
A history of Australia’s Nazi hunters reveals a troubling tolerance for war criminals
‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia
‘A hugely significant sighting’: red goshawk photographed for first time in central Australia
A law change will expand who we remember on Anzac Day – the New Zealand Wars should be included too
A look into the decades of labour that helped bring LGBTQIA+ stories to Australian TV
A man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback – and now scientists know what caused it
A marine heatwave in northwest Australia is killing huge numbers of fish. It’s heading south
‘A moral crisis’: how the Sydney writers’ festival grappled with the Israel-Gaza war
A new exhibition is a thoughtful examination of the lasting relationship between Asia and Australia
A new public statue of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter shows a bright future for Australian monuments
A new report card shows inequality in Australia isn’t as bad as in the US – but we’re headed in the wrong direction
A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early
A new soft plastics recycling scheme is replacing Australia’s failed REDcycle. Will it mean consumers have to pay more?
‘A plea for connection’: Gaza musicians perform at Sydney Opera House as cultural institutions destroyed at home
A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act
A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits
A rubbish election: voting in Australia produces mountains of waste - but there’s a better way
‘A serious wake-up call’: Cyclone Alfred exposes weaknesses in Australia’s vital infrastructure
‘A significant disaster’: extreme floods risk conservation efforts in outback Queensland
A top court has urged nations to clamp down on fossil fuel production. When will Australia finally start listening?
A trial is testing ways to enforce Australia’s under-16s social media ban. But the tech is flawed
A US fascism expert warns: Australia is not immune and undoing the damage is ‘very, very hard’
‘A very real possibility of being detained’: LGBTQ+ Australians cancel travel to US for World Pride
Abnormally hot days may hit Australia’s south-east after rare sudden warming over Antarctica
Abu Dhabi’s takeover bid for Santos raises Australian national interest concerns
Academics who say they are ‘pro-white’ and have ‘ethnic conception’ of Australia turn spotlight on Sydney’s Campion College
“Act of bastardry”: Queensland LNP government kills another giant wind project
Acts of hate are on the rise in Australia – but naming them is proving fraught
Adelaide Hills water crisis: a local problem is a global wake-up call
Adelaide specialists continue battle over long Covid
After 65,000 years caring for this land, First Nations peoples are now key to Australia’s clean energy revolution
After a century of Monday to Friday, could the 4-day week finally be coming to Australia?
Ahead of the Brisbane Olympics, it’s time for Australia to get serious about esports
AI Darwin Awards 2025 Nominees
Albanese government must redirect Australia’s near $600 per person annual fossil fuel giveaway
Albanese names Adelaide as host of COP31, while experts remind Labor that coal must go
Albanese says our laws would stop Elon Musk interfering in the Australian election. In truth, there’s little to stop him
Albanese sets emissions target of 62 to 70 pct, CEFC gets extra $2 billion to fast-track stalled renewables
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding
Almost 1 million Australians are LGBTQIA+ – and for the first time, there’s a new national health plan for them
American science is in crisis. It’s a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists
An annual roadshow is helping kids from remote Australia realise their dreams of becoming a scientist
An Australian chemist just won the Nobel prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world
An Australian state promised to turn native forest into a national koala park. It’s still being logged
An ecological disaster has been unfolding on Australia’s coast
An impending gas shortfall in eastern Australia? This is just gas market Groundhog Day
Analysis: Australia had the opportunity to be a climate champion, but it’s not in the business of being bold
And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
Andrew Leigh says Australia one generation from ‘US-style inequality’ as Productivity Commission targets corporate tax
Another Australian delivery giant signs up for 55 electric vans and trucks
Anthony Albanese names his top 10 Australian songs of all time – and there’s one big surprise
Anthony Albanese under pressure on salmon farming from both conservationists and industry
The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters
ANU sources Australia-made PV cells to power solar car for 3,000km cross-country epic
Are we there yet? Everything you need to know about the electric vehicle revolution in Australia
Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia?
Around 9,000 species have already gone extinct in Australia and we’ll likely lose another this week – new study
Arsenic in the damper, campers driven off a cliff: the murky historical links of AACo, Australia’s largest beef producer
As Australia privatises nature repair, the cheapest approach won’t save our threatened species
As Australia welcomes its millionth refugee, its hardline border policies endure. We can lead by example again
As Australia’s carbon offset industry grapples with integrity concerns, how can companies genuinely tackle climate change?
As Australia’s giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we’re racing to preserve their vital genetic data
As coal crumbles, failure to pivot to green iron risks halving Australian export revenues
As Dutton champions nuclear power, Indigenous artists recall the profound loss of land and life that came from it
As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?
As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia
As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk
Asio chief reveals foreign spies plotted to lure Australia-based activist overseas to injure or kill them
At $4.5bn each year, extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say
At anti-immigration marches, Peter Drew spreads his renowned ‘Aussie’ posters – and waits
At first glance, Australia’s new treaty with Nauru seems to be a win-win. But questions remain
At least 29 Americans have sought asylum in Australia since second Trump presidency began
At Sydney’s mighty arms convention, weapons are sold as ‘solutions’. No one mentions the people they will target
At this remote outpost, Australians are racing to find the world’s oldest ice and unlock the secrets it holds
Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say
Aukus should expand to other shipbuilding nations, US congressman suggests, as Albanese returns to Australia
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
Australia aims for home-made cells, materials and packs in new $500m “battery breakthrough” fund
Australia and North America have long fought fires together – but new research reveals that has to change
Australia and Turkey in standoff to be host of crucial 2026 climate talks
Australia boasts some of the world’s most stunning beetles. Look out for these 5 beauties this summer
Australia can hit an 85% emissions cut by 2035 – if government and business seize the moment
Australia commits additional $50 million to deal with climate change
Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube
Australia could become the world’s first net-zero exporter of fossil fuels – here’s how
Australia could host 73GW of solar in abandoned coal mines: study
Australia doesn’t have a federal Human Rights Act – but the election clears the way for overdue reform
Australia doesn’t have to choose between energy affordability and emission reductions
Australia doesn’t need another migration ‘debate’. We need leaders brave enough to tackle inequality for all
Australia faces a home insurance reckoning – and we can learn from California’s bold move
Australia formally misses UN climate deadline, only one country makes pledge close to 1.5°C
Australia got off on a technicality for its climate inaction. But there are plenty more judgement days to come
Australia has a $1 solution for the global housing crisis: a pattern book of architecturally designed homes
Australia has a remarkable history of outdoor cinema. Here’s why Netflix will never beat it
Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000 as a precaution
Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next
Australia has elected its youngest senator. With Gen Z wielding more political power, is it a sign of things to come?
Australia has had record flu cases this year – and that’s before winter arrives. What’s going on?
Australia has long aligned with the US on sanctions. With Trump’s return, this is an increasingly dangerous approach
Australia improves on global corruption rankings, but there is still work to be done
Australia is about to ban under-16s from social media. Here’s what kids can do right now to prepare
Australia is about to see a step change in its renewable transition strategy
Australia is connected to the world by cables no thicker than a garden hose – and at risk from sharks, accidents and sabotage
Australia is forecast to fall 262,000 homes short of its housing target. We need bold action
Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?
Australia is in the firing line of Trump’s looming ‘revenge tax’. It’s a fight we’re unlikely to win
Australia is making mixed progress on emissions, and rapid cuts are needed, says CCA
Australia is more reliant on imported oil than ever before. It needs more EVs
Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor’s win, there’s no turning back
Australia is set to get more AI data centres. Local communities need to be more involved
Australia is too often a leader in conspiracy thinking – from Port Arthur ‘trutherism’ to Christchurch
Australia joins global 'wake-up call' to end plastic pollution, eyeing packaging importers
Australia lays out red carpet for rapid green energy transition. Can Labor seize the moment?
Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters
Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers
Australia must not become complacent to China’s aggression in the South China Sea
Australia must ‘step up to prevent catastrophic and preventable loss of life’ amid Trump cuts, former CDC boss says
Australia needs better ways of storing renewable electricity for later. That’s where ‘flow batteries’ can help
Australia needs five million EVs on its roads to meet 2035 climate target: Here’s how to do it
Australia needs to drop its obsession with large EVs if it wants to meet climate targets
Australia on track to meet 2030 43% emission’s reduction target, on latest figures
Australia once had ‘immigration amnesties’ to grant legal status to undocumented people. Could we again?
Australia opens door to Pacific climate refugees weeks after approving gas “carbon bomb”
Australia Post to roll out 500 electric three-wheelers to replace petrol bikes by Christmas
Australia Post unveils its first heavy-duty electric truck
Australia posts record-breaking flu numbers as vaccination rates stall
Australia says US beef will soon be welcome here again. It’s unlikely we’ll buy much of it
Australia should hitch its solar wagon to the China juggernaut
Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling
Australia stands firm behind its foreign aid in the budget, but the future remains precarious
Australia storage start up says it is ready to produce lower cost sodium batteries from 2025
Australia to lobby Unesco over barring of ancient rock site from world heritage list due to Woodside emissions
Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list
Australia urgently needs long duration energy storage, but first we need a target
Australia used to lead the world on shorter work hours – we could do it again
Australia, why are you still obsessed with freeways – when they’re driving us away from net zero?
Australia will need a lot of big charging hubs: ARENA says electrifying road freight no longer optional
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
Australian battery innovator raises $A20m to help commercialise its “remarkable” lithium-sulfur tech
Australian betadine-inspired battery breakthrough could add 1000km to EV range
Australian CEOs are still getting their bonuses. Performance doesn’t seem to matter so much
Australian classrooms have worse air quality protections than many pet shelters and greenhouses
Australian coal mine emissions accounting trick could be hiding more than 10 million tonnes a year
Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes
Australian Council of Trade Unions says it's time for a shorter work week to boost performance and reduce burnout
Australian culture, resources and democracy for $4,300 a year? Thanks for the offer, tech bros, but no thanks
Australian democracy is not dead, but needs help to ensure its survival
Australian doctors call for clampdown on social media influencers allegedly glamorising poker machines
Australian drone company raises $US91 million to string high voltage power lines across the world
Australian employers view their older workforce with contempt. They need to understand 70s are the new 50s
Australian engineers hail new supercapacitor tech that may store enough energy to replace batteries
Australian eVTOL pioneer harnesses F1 cooling technology for long-range flight
Australian fashion retail group's collapse leaves thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh in limbo
The Australian first that could save thousands worldwide
Australian foreign aid workers fear ‘deaths and suffering’ will result from Trump’s halt to USAid
Australian gas industry is the biggest user of Australian gas, says new report
Australian Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel complain of ‘degrading and humiliating’ treatment
Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2025 winners – in pictures
Australian government criticised over ‘disgraceful’ $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru
The Australian government has launched a new strategy to boost vaccination rates. Will it work?
Australian homes could slash energy bills by two thirds by cutting out gas and petrol, AEMC says
Australian industries still using only one fifth of their roof space for solar
Australian innovation helped launch China solar juggernaut – now it’s time to hitch a ride with PV giants
Australian inventor brothers Edward and Donald Both changed lives, but 'no-one's heard of them'
Australian last-mile delivery giant surpasses 100 EVs, beats its own targets
Australian LGBTIQ+ politicians were hit with vile online abuse at the last federal election. The coming campaign could be even worse
Australian Life photography competition 2025 finalists – in pictures
Australian logistics company adds 60 new EVs to its delivery fleet
Australian logistics provider rolls out 20-strong electric truck fleet, powered by solar
Australian made rooftop solar module tops charts on power output
Australian manufacturers get federal backing to slash dependence on fossil gas for industrial heat
Australian Maverick solar innovator 5B says costs to fall 25 pct after landing first Sunshot grant
Australian mining group promotes nuclear with memes about The Grinch and seasoning steak with sawdust
Australian network engineer tests V2G with his Geely EX5, offers glimpse of the future
Australian politicians rally behind ABC journalist after clash with Donald Trump
Australian printmaker Ruth Faerber has died aged 102. She never stopped making art
Australian researchers almost double perovskite cell efficiency with graphene layer
Australian researchers claim world record PV efficiency for kesterite solar cell
Australian researchers hope to put fresh spin on next-gen vertical wind turbines
Australian researchers set efficiency record for cheaper, greener tin-based solar cells
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Australian scientists build quantum battery with instantaneous charge, 1,000-fold gain in storage
Australian solar tile company raises funds to tap “absurdly large” US market, and take on Tesla
Australian students just recorded the lowest civics scores since testing began. But young people do care about politics
Australian 'trash parrots' have now developed a local 'drinking tradition'
Australian university to lead international solar panel recycling project focusing on high purity silicon
The Australian War Memorial’s prize controversy betrays the institution’s purpose: to tell the messy truth about war
Australian weather forecasts under threat from US President Donald Trump's cuts to climate agencies
Australian wet rainforests may be switching from absorbing carbon to emitting it
Australian whose blood saved 2.4 million babies dies
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
Australian women are wary of AI being used in breast cancer screening – new research
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
Australian-made bidirectional (V2X) EV charger hits the market
Australian-made “world-first” battery with no inverter hits the market, backed by new grant from ARENA
Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
Australians are reading less than other countries, a new report shows. Why?
Australians’ cars are typically larger, heavier and less efficient than in Europe – here’s why
Australians don’t drive much, so why all the fuss about public EV chargers?
Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and reuse it
Australians have lost hope in the fair go, with profound implications for the election
The Australians helping to evacuate Ukrainian zoos and caring for animals displaced by war
Australians install 100,000 home battery systems in 17 weeks, and they are getting bigger
Australians love batteries. They would also love efficient electric homes to go with them
Australians on income support payments for longer as entry-level jobs disappear, report reveals
Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
Australians want nature protected. These 3 environmental problems should be top of the next government’s to-do list
Australians want renewables to replace coal, but don’t realise how soon this needs to happen
Australians with disability are 4 times more likely to die early – often not due to their disability
Australia-PNG defence treaty: what we can learn from history to make this new alliance work
Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?
Australia’s best small museums: celebrating apples, bottles, country music, dinosaurs …
Australia’s big four banks caught napping on methane emissions, and still supporting coal
Australia's black cockatoos could be extinct in 20 years. Can local efforts save them?
Australia’s business lobbies seem happy to let the country burn. What will federal Labor do?
Australia’s charity sector is growing – but many smaller charities are doing it tough
Australia’s climate rating slips because of plans to increase coal and gas production
Australia’s comfortable advantage in geothermal heating and cooling
Australia’s Cop31 bid teeters as rival Turkey refuses to withdraw
Australia’s cults crisis: why more people are falling prey to insidious high-control groups
Australia’s cutest mammal is now Australia’s cutest three mammals
Australia’s deadliest natural disaster you’ve never heard of
Australia’s election result echoes that of Canada. Should its policies as well?
Australia’s EV transition is stuck in the slow lane
Australia’s first DC-coupled wind and battery project prepares to power up
Australia’s first ever mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility opens doors in Melbourne: See inside
Australia’s first fully off-grid and renewable battery truck project now fully operational
Australia’s government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas – but will it work?
Australia’s house of the year goes to a prefab beach shack trio on Stradbroke Island
Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests
Australia's housing crisis is driven by lip-service, hypocrisy and an investment culture
Australia’s innovative new policies are designed to cut smoking rates – here are 6 ideas NZ could borrow
Australia’s knowledge of Russia is dwindling. We need to start training our future experts now
Australia’s latest brush with extreme heat shows just how good weather forecasting really is
Australia’s latest emissions data reveal we still have a giant fossil fuel problem
Australia’s modest climate target: This is what collective failure looks like
Australia’s moment: How Trump’s fossil turn can supercharge our energy revolution
Australia’s most advanced wind and solar state orders 60 electric buses in first big move on transport
Australia’s most renewable grid sets spectacular new wind record as it awaits word on COP hosting bid
Australia’s national AI plan has just been released. Who exactly will benefit?
Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world-first solution brought them buzzing back
Australia’s new food security strategy: what’s on the table, and what’s missing?
Australia’s new National Food Council: lots of industry reps, at the cost of health and environment
Australia's newest rice mill funded largely by farmers
Australia’s next government may be Great Barrier Reef’s last chance after sixth mass bleaching, conservationist says
Australia’s plan to protect its trade in war is flawed. We can’t do it with nuclear submarines
Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action – and the risk of arrest
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them
Australia’s rat uprising: footage provides first evidence of native rakali attacking introduced black rat
Australia’s real economic challenge isn’t welfare dependency — it’s inequality
Australia’s renewable future depends on trust, not just technology
Australia’s rivers play secret symphonies. Click to hear what this underwater world is telling us
Australia’s small business shipments are caught in the US-China trade war crossfire
Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery
Australia’s social media ban shows how extreme the technology debate has become – there’s a better way
Australia’s student strikers for climate believed they could change their future. Where are they now?
Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature
Australia’s university system is ‘battered’ and ‘broken’ – a new book surveys the wreckage and offers some solutions
Australia’s whooping cough surge is not over – and it doesn’t just affect babies
Australia’s youngest-ever senator Charlotte Walker has a lot to learn but says she is ‘not naive’
Autonomous electric tractors headed to Australia with pitch to farmers
Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials
Backyard biobank project sets out to save Tasmania's 'spectacular' alpine plants from bushfire threat
Bagpipers play tribute to AC/DC in world record attempt in Melbourne
Banning combustion engine cars by 2035 will be necessary to get Australia moving on electric vehicles
Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 4 central claims don’t stack up
Bids for Australia’s biggest wind and solar tender close on Tuesday. Will it be the last?
Big pharma is taking aim at Australia’s PBS. Could Trump force us to pay more for medicines?
Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods
Biggest threat to affordable and reliable electricity in Victoria? It might just be Peter Dutton
Blaming ‘extremists’ for March For Australia rallies lets ‘mainstream’ Australia off the hook
Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control
Book about cane farming creates joy in Queensland and war-torn Ukraine
Boom-mounted EV chargers to be trialled on Australia suburban streets
‘Breaking down the walls’: the long journey towards Indigenous inclusion at University of Melbourne
Brisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be ‘climate positive’. Will it still leave a green legacy?
Brisbane biotech Vaxxas secures $3.2m from US medical research body BARDA to develop COVID patch
Brisbane council accused of ‘cruel’ and ‘heartless’ crackdown on homeless in wake of Cyclone Alfred
Brisbane ports deploys first electric truck carrying 88 tonne shipping containers
Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia
Brush-tailed bettongs are the ecosystem engineers helping South Australia's Yorke Peninsula
Buckling rails and lines underwater: how Australia’s ageing train networks are crumbling as the climate changes
Building nuclear power plants in Australia could cost double CSIRO predictions, energy experts warn
By sending non-visa holders to Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities
“Cakes of coal, volumes of gas:” Australia accused of being climate wrecker as it seeks to host COP31
Can a book help the left rebuild the good life? Ezra Klein’s "Abundance" is the talk of Washington – and Canberra
Can Albanese claim ‘success’ with Trump? Beyond the banter, the vague commitments should be viewed with scepticism
Can Citizen Scientists Avert Australia’s Biodiversity Crisis?
Can Florida really end vaccine mandates? What would this mean for the US and countries like Australia?
Can we end racism in Australia? Yes, according to the first-ever national plan
Cape York deserves World Heritage status – and Queensland may need it to become a global leader in tourism
Capping Australia’s biggest fossil subsidy is the productivity reform we can’t afford to ignore
Carbon time bomb: Dutton’s nuclear plan will blow up Paris and emissions targets, CCA says
Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show
Cars in Australian cities are emitting less – but in the regions exhaust emissions are growing
Cars sold in Australia still use more petrol and emit more toxic fumes than advertised, new real-world testing shows
‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
Catalyst for change or community menace? What’s next for Australia’s e-bike revolution
CEFC’s Debelle says Trump energy moves leave Australia well placed to lure US clean tech investment
Chance find in a video store prompts US release of a cult Australian movie
Chart of the Day: Australia is the global solar pathfinder, because it has to be
Cheap overseas, ruinous in Australia: here’s how to make double-glazed windows the norm
Cheaper housing and better transport? What you need to know about Australia’s new National Urban Policy
Cherry blossoms and eucalypts: this Japanese war cemetery remembers fallen Australians
Children will get sentences ‘more punitive than necessary’ under new crime law, Queensland LNP admits
China didn’t violate any rules with its live-fire naval exercises. So, why are Australia and NZ so worried?
China’s greening steel industry signals an economic reality check for Australia
China’s military follows Australian and Canadian warships in Taiwan Strait accusing them of ‘provocation’
The Chinese blessing scam becoming more prominent in Australia as FIFO operators re-emerge
Chinese robot does job of three to four humans installing thousands of panels at Australian solar project
Circular economy of a new age of old stuff flourishes as Australians scrimp and save
City of Sydney to ban gas from new-build homes, despite intense corporate lobbying
Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship
Climate change is causing ever more disruption. Can Australia’s new adaptation plan help?
Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests
Climate damage: Australia faces $7 trillion hit to standard of living
Clive Palmer ordered to pay $13m after claim of being ‘foreign investor’ in Australian mining project thrown out
Coalition may rethink rules that push car makers to create cheaper EVs and hybrids for Australians
Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?
Coalition refuses to back Australia and Pacific Island nations hosting 2026 UN climate summit
Coalition’s nuclear plan most expensive option for Australia, former US climate official says
Coalition’s nuclear plan would consume an extra Sydney Harbour’s worth of water a year, Labor says
Companies could have profits from breaking environment laws stripped under Australian reforms
Confidential Western Australian government report warns gas exports risk slowing Asia’s move to clean energy
Control fire and ferals in Australia’s tropical savannas to bring the small mammals back
Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds
Creative Australia’s backflip on Venice Biennale representatives exposes deep governance failures
Crisis Survivors in Australia Are Rebuilding Their Wardrobes in Style
CSIRO patiently and methodically slaps down Peter Dutton’s nuclear nonsense
CSIRO, WWF and Australian government team up to launch AdaptLog conservation solutions project
CSL and Optus pay millions to executives despite paying no company tax in Australia
Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader
Dangerous climate change threatens Northern Australia’s big ‘food bowl’ dreams
Darwin residents are worried about toxic chemicals and gas leaks. We need laws to protect clean air
Data reveals worst sectors for gender pay inequality in Australia
David Stratton, esteemed Australian film critic, dies aged 85
David Stratton was always ‘doing it for the audience’. In this, he had a huge impact on Australian film
Dealer lecturing addicts? Australia backs coal power ban but continues to sell the stuff
The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better
Demolition should be the last resort for Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers – retrofit and upgrade instead
Denied citizenship by the country he died for, this Anzac Day Aboriginal war hero Bill Allen is being honoured in France
“Desperate” Liberals urge Dutton to “stop this stupid nuclear palaver”
Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent
Different croaks: new frog and gecko species discovered on remote island in Australia’s north
“Dirty and expensive:” City of Sydney bans gas as it votes to electrify all new big buildings
The dirty Australian loophole in plug-in hybrid emissions ratings
‘Disgusting’ antisemitic tactics used to threaten exiled Hong Kong man in Adelaide, Jewish group says
Disinformation and deepfakes played a part in the US election. Australia should expect the same
The Dixson family were great Australian philanthropists, but their wealth was built on slave labour
Donald Trump has declared war on international justice. Australia must speak up
Donald Trump’s war on statistics is an authoritarian attack on democracy and countries like Australia should call it out
Don’t go chasing waterfalls: slippery rocks, currents and daredevil jumpers make Australia’s waterways surprisingly deadly
Dozens of refugees are still stranded in precarious situations in PNG – and support from Australia is dwindling
Dozens of South Australian townships fear a recurring disaster without future-proofing water supply
Drones with thermal cameras are revealing the secrets of elusive Australian forest wildlife
The drought in southern Australia is not over – it just looks that way
Dutton brings back old-school climate denial in second leaders debate
Dutton goes full Trump on climate, energy and industry as Albanese sets May 3 election date
Dutton hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected
Dutton’s nuclear plan a “con job” and a recipe for blackouts, says Bowen
Dutton’s weird energy claims in leaders debate show he’s living in opposite-world
Earless dragons were presumed extinct in Australia – now Daisy and Kip have sniffed out 13 of them
Earth from Space: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Earth’s oldest impact crater was just found in Australia – exactly where geologists hoped it would be
Economists want a carbon price comeback – but does Australia have the political courage?
The election could be called any day – but Peter Dutton still hasn’t explained how his nuclear proposal will work
Election Watch: Dutton’s anti-EV subsidy is a policy car crash
Elephants trumpet, squeak and flap their ears after their complex move across an Australian city
Emperor penguin that travelled 3,000km to West Australian beach begins long journey home
Environment group mounts legal challenge to stop massive expansion of Queensland coal mine
Environmentalists condemn ‘devastating’ move to open nine new gas exploration areas in Queensland
Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, ASIO boss Mike Burgess says
Europe is racing ahead on electric trucks, but here’s why Australia can’t be a carbon copy
European energy giant tips millions into Australian shared rooftop solar pioneer
EV and hybrid sales soar in Australia as internal combustion cars fall below 70% market share for first time
EV ‘charging deserts’ in regional Australia are slowing the shift to clean transport
Even Australia's EV owners believe misinformation about cars, study finds
“Even the most powerful must answer questions:” Australia ranks 2nd in world on climate litigation
‘Every year matters’: Queensland’s critically endangered ‘bum-breathing’ turtle battles the odds
Excuse my cynicism, but after 25 years of the same housing policies, could Australian leaders try something else?
Expensive and high risk: Queensland LNP’s coal-keeper policy will cost consumers a bomb, critics say
Extra 10,000 Australians becoming homeless each month, up 22% in three years, report says
Extremists are targeting young Australians who crave belonging. What can we do?
Eyes of the energy world on Australian vanadium battery tech
Farmer owners get federal green tick for Australia’s southern-most solar farm and a big battery
Fast food chains are mushrooming across Australia – but at what cost?
Fewer than 1 in 4 Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. Fixing it is in all our interests
Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt
Fire revival: How Australia's desert people use ancient wisdom to protect the endangered bilby
Fireys pour water on Peter Dutton’s “potentially catastrophic” nuclear power plan
First electric buses begin operating in Perth’s suburban network
First heatwave of 2025 engulfs Australia's south-east while monsoon and cyclones mysteriously missing in action
First person arrives on Nauru triggering Australia’s $2.5bn deal with island nation
Fish and chips shouldn’t come with a catch: how Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates
Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family
Floating solar tech that harvests clean power and water heads to Australia under new deal
Floods have devalued Australian homes by $42bn. Experts say that’s the cost of ‘a changing climate’
For the sake of our democracy, Australia urgently needs a whistleblower protection authority
Foreign interference can be hidden in plain sight. Here’s how countries use ‘sharp power’ in Australia
Forest home of ‘polar dinosaurs’ 120 million years ago in southern Australia recreated in detail for the first time
Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says leaders must stand up to bullies after being lashed by Donald Trump
Former Miss America’s Australian nuclear tour clouded by Chinese AI blow to her employer
Former pro-democracy Hong Kong politician Ted Hui granted asylum in Australia
Fortescue lays out plans for biggest wind farm in Australia to help eliminate fossil fuels at giant mines
“Fossil fuel behemoth:” The climate cost of Australia’s bipartisan addiction to coal and gas
Fossil fuel companies ‘poisoned the well’ of public debate with climate disinformation. Here’s how Australia can break free
Fossil fuel expansion or Pacific security? Albanese is learning Australia can’t have both
The four accounting tricks behind Peter Dutton’s nuclear cost claims
Four-day work week? Six weeks of holidays? Australians have a choice about how to bank productivity gains
Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu residents. An expert explains
Friday essay: how ASIO spied on Australia’s Greek migrants during the Cold War
Friday essay: let’s rethink Australia’s national security – and focus on fairness and climate action, not blind fealty to the US
Friday essay: ‘the Boy-Girl’, a crime journalist and a Black activist – meet the radical ratbags of 19th-century Melbourne
Friday essay: ‘War has made me a pacifist’. Why are we so reluctant to acknowledge Australia’s anti-war veterans?
Friendly fire: a nuclear push by allies at COP29 poses a sticky problem for Albanese
Friends with benefits: Gina Rinehart and Peter Dutton’s ideological love-in
From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America
From GPS to weather forecasts: the hidden ways Australia relies on foreign satellites
From grasslands to killing fields: why trees are bad news for one of Australia’s most stunning birds
From shared gas to shared savings: How this inner Melbourne apartment block electrified
From South Australia to Spain: Does blackout disinformation kill climate progress?
From strip searches to sexual harassment, Australian policing has long been plagued by sexism
From the sublime to the cringeworthy: Tim Ross on Australia’s housing dream (and nightmare)
Frustrated with failing ID checks, migrants change their names to fit Australian databases
‘Full-service schools’ redefine how education works. Here’s why Australia needs them
Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start here
‘Generational change’: why more young Australians are identifying as LGBTQ+
‘Giant colouring book’: how money and paint mix in Melbourne’s street art scene
Global ‘gigantism’ hotspot: Tasmanian tree standing at almost 100m tallest in the country
Global group accused of attacking gay rights backs South Australian woman over school presentation
Going extinct ‘right under our noses’: the quiet plight of Australia’s rarest bird of prey
Going to waste: two years after REDcycle’s collapse, Australia’s soft plastics are hitting the environment hard
“Golden age of gas” has not paid off for Australian consumers, manufacturers
Good news, beach lovers: our research found 39% less plastic waste around Australian coastal cities than a decade ago
Goodbye to all that? Rethinking Australia’s alliance with Trump’s America
Google to build new AI datacentre on tiny Australian Indian Ocean outpost after signing defence deal
The Great Smog of London made the British act on air pollution. Experts say the case holds lessons for Tasmania
Gupta company tests scrap steel for Australian wind towers to cut emissions and materials
Half the remaining habitat of Australia’s most at-risk species is outside protected areas
Hate over love: conservative influencers have brought angrier anti-abortion politics to Australia
Heat, terror and resistance: Henry Reynolds’ bold, new book takes a top-end view of Australian history
Heatwave descends on south-east Australia with temperatures forecast to exceed 40C
Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds
“Heaviest road going electric truck in the world:” First electric road train takes to Australian roads
Here’s something absolutely cooked about books in Australia
Hidden gems and secret corners: a rare glimpse inside Melbourne’s most captivating buildings
Hidden, lost and dramatic: tour Melbourne’s most treasured heritage interiors – in pictures
Hollow Knight Silksong: how 3 people in Australia made the world’s hottest game
Homeless people at Sydney’s Central station have belongings removed with advocates condemning ‘heavy-handed’ tactics
Honest Government Ad | Peter Dutton
Hopes new Australian fabric will revitalise domestic clothing manufacturing
Hosting the UN climate summit is far from ‘madness’ – here’s how Australia stands to benefit
Hot weekend for south-east Australia, with Melbourne to get warmest April day in four years
How a Sydney scientist became enamoured with the ‘Ferraris of the crustacean world’ – and discovered a new shrimp species
How anger at Australia’s rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network
How are Australians adapting to climate change? Here are 729 ways
How Australians are slowly dominating the K-pop music industry
How Australia’s anti-immigration rallies were amplified online by the global far right
How Australia’s first outback mosque was built 600km north of Adelaide, 150 years ago
How Christianity was weaponised to justify theft in Australia
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
How electrification could more than halve Australia’s energy needs
How fossil fuel cash is powering Peter Dutton’s anti-climate election push
How gambling companies are copying the Big Tobacco playbook in Australian sport
How historic is what we’re seeing in the Queensland floods? It’s hard to grasp the full magnitude
How Japan and Korea financed Australian gas and used it to lock Asia into fossil fuels
How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s
How Sydney’s cultural festivals cultivate a sense of hope and optimism for Australia’s future
How to avoid a Trumpian Australia
How to protect more Australian homes from the growing risks of floods, fires and other climate disasters
Howard-era Asio questioning powers ‘never intended to be permanent’, Australia’s human rights chief warns
Huge data centres queue to join Australia’s grid, but not where wind and solar industry wants them
Huge model train set discovered under Melbourne house of train engineer
Human rights report lashes Australia’s ‘diabolical’ asylum seeker treatment and ‘appalling’ youth crime laws
Hundreds form human chain to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop relocate after more than a century
Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct – but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive
Hypocrisy and folly: why Australia’s subservience to Trump’s America is past its use-by date
‘I am exhausted’: Australian teachers speak about how compassion fatigue is harming them and their work
I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify
‘I dropped a C-bomb into Tolstoy’: one man’s quest to translate War and Peace into ‘bogan Australian’
‘I have done nothing wrong’: Juanita quit her job at a Melbourne brothel to work from home. Now she’s being evicted
‘I’d rather be bored than in danger’: Muslim women change how they behave in public because of racist attacks in Australia
If Australia is serious about recycling more bottles and cans, look to Europe and double the 10c refund, campaigners say
If Australia switched to EVs, we’d be more reliant on China’s car factories – but wean ourselves off foreign oil
If crypto is incorporated into Australia’s financial system, we will be lucky to avoid contagious collapse
If data centres can be built in Canberra, then why not the Riverina?
“Ignore the green fluff:” Australians are often being misled about sustainable electrical appliance choices
‘Imagine if it died on my watch?’ The fight to save one ‘ancient’ Adelaide tree
In Australia, it's 'easier to get a permit to destroy nature' than fix it. Here's why
In Brazil, climate standoff between Australia and Türkiye remains as divided as their drinking habits
In the middle of a trade war, this is one tariff the world really needs, and Australia should take the lead
In the shadow of the Hiroshima blast: the secret romance that bloomed in defiance of the white Australia policy
In the trade war, China has moved to curb supply of critical minerals. Can Australia seize the moment?
In the trade wars, there are lessons for the US from Brexit. Australia and our trading partners should take note
‘Increasingly worried’: more than a quarter of a million waterbirds disappear from eastern Australia
Incredible reason behind Aussie council's move to install 'tiny cardboard teepees' on roadside
Independent running against Dutton wants bipartisan focus on home batteries after cyclone outages
Indigenous affairs minister says Dutton ‘unfit to be prime minister’ after he pledges not to display First Nations flags
Indigenous Australians are crucial to hitting our 2035 climate targets. That transition has to be fairer
Industrial-scale deepfake abuse caused a crisis in South Korean schools. Here’s how Australia can avoid the same fate
Industry accused of “gaslighting” Australians over future of Beetaloo fracking operations
Influenza cases nearly 20 per cent higher than 2024 as Queensland faces one of its worst flu seasons in years
Inside Australia's billion-dollar bid to take on China's rare earth dominance
Inside the fight to save ancient Australian forests from Asia's paper mills
Inside the homes of six prominent Australian architects – in pictures
Instead of ‘winners and losers’, why not build an economy that’s good for all Australians?
Intense rain, landslides and potholes everywhere: how climate change is trashing Australia’s roads
International law is now on our side: Australia must follow Pacific’s lead on climate action
Is Australia becoming a more violent country?
Is Australia in a youth crime crisis? Here’s what the numbers say
Is Australia still a lucky country – or has the ‘Australian way’ lost its way?
Is climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia?
Is eating Tasmanian farmed salmon worth snuffing out 40m years of evolution?
Is it a cost-of-living election or a nuclear power election? Peter Dutton can’t have it both ways
Is it too late to solve some of our most wicked problems? The Australia Institute won’t let us die wondering
Is the F-word offensive in Queensland? The tiny record shop that faced down a culture war in court – and won
Is this Australia’s climate wake-up call? A hotter, harder future awaits if we don’t act now
‘Is this the same Melbourne I migrated to?’ Indians targeted by racist messaging are asking why them
Israeli weapons companies should be removed from Sydney defence expo, MPs and human rights experts say
“It makes my blood boil:” Bowen fumes as Dutton leads new attack on CSIRO integrity
It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara
It took more than a century, but women are taking charge of Australia’s economy – here’s why it matters
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Italian company behind “carbon dome” energy storage sets up a base in Melbourne
‘It’s about life and dance and colour’: inclusivity still in fashion on Australian runways
It’s almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?
It’s getting hot down under: Hot rock geothermal energy is making a comeback in Australia
‘It’s not Chinese assistance’: Australia accuses China of taking undue credit for aid projects in the Pacific
It’s official: Australia’s ocean surface was the hottest on record in 2024
It’s science, not fiction: high-tech drones may soon be fighting bushfires in Australia
I’ve seen the energy future and it’s in China, and Australia must ditch its distrust and collaborate
Jacaranda, black locust and London plane: common street trees show surprising resilience to growing heat in Australia
Jane Rawson moved to ‘unspoiled’ Tasmania to outrun climate change, but the fearful questions followed
John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31
Juan arrived in Australia to a stocked pantry and kind faces. The government pilot that allowed it is here to stay, too
Junk science, vaccine refusers and the return of smallpox: what worries one of Australia’s top epidemiologists
Jurassic-era trees have grown in Tasmania for millions of years. Now they face their biggest threat: fire
Killing Queensland hydrogen project is a spectacular own goal by LNP at the worst possible time
Kmart supply chains under scrutiny for potential Uyghur forced labour links in Australian court case
LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?
Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved
Labor is promising a national food security strategy – but there’s no mention of Australians who are going hungry
Labor made a mess of Queensland youth justice – now the LNP seems hellbent on making it worse
Labor now has the political clout to reset Australia’s refugee policy. Here’s where to start
Labor’s dumping of Australia’s new nature laws means the environment is shaping as a key 2025 election issue
Labor’s green aluminium play is canny politics, not least for exposing Dutton’s wilful energy ignorance
Land of a ‘fair go’ or Fortress Australia? A globetrotting journalist questions Australia’s myths – and nationality itself
Landmark report makes 54 recommendations to combat Islamophobia in Australia. Now government must act
Last diesel bus to be made in Australian state leaves production line, all electric from now
“Last ditch:” Australia’s richest woman takes on local environment laws in Canada coal power play
The last gasp of theatre restaurants in Melbourne? Witches in Britches prepares to take a final bow
Last resort: when the only option left amid Australia’s housing crisis is a motel
Latest data suggests Australia is overcoming its sugar addiction
“Launchpad to the world:” SunDrive inks deal to get Aussie solar innovation to global market
Legal aid is a lifeline for vulnerable Australians, but consistent underfunding puts the system at risk
"Lesbian Space Princess" is South Australia's ticket to Berlin International Film Festival
Lethal second-generation rat poisons are killing endangered quolls and Tasmanian devils
Liberal-aligned thinktank running anti-Greens ads received $600,000 from coal industry in Queensland election
The Liberals dropped net zero. Will it make any difference to Australia’s climate response?
Lies, damned lies and Coalition energy economics: Dutton’s latest nuclear claim slammed
Lightweight and low maintenance: Australian solar pioneer unveils integrated PV for metal rooftops
‘Like finding gold’: plains-wanderers spotted in Melbourne’s west for first time in 30 years with help of AI
Logistics giant rolls out another 12 electric trucks for Coca-Cola in Australia
Long COVID is becoming a serious social and economic issue for Australia
Long-hidden methane leak in Darwin raises fresh doubts over Australia’s climate action
Loopholes risk giving fossil fuel lobbyists “outsized impact” on Australian politics
Majority of Australian voters expect fair and humane approach to refugees, poll shows
Maker or faker? Australia’s handicraft markets face rise in mass-produced goods
Malaria has returned to the Torres Strait. What does this mean for mainland Australia?
Many Australians are frustrated by hard-to-recycle items. These women want to change that
Many Australians 'don't know that Chinese-Aboriginal people exist' — a National Museum exhibition hopes to change that
Many migrant women facing having to 'start from scratch' in Australia but an employment program is trying to help
Marine ecologists fear Australia's kelp forests will disappear unnoticed
Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future
McKinsey paid $1.6m to ‘guide’ Australian climate policy despite working for fossil fuel companies
Measles is back. Now is the time to bolster Australian public health
Measles was eliminated from Australia. Experts warn US and Asia outbreaks may bring back this ‘heat-seeking missile’
Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
Melbourne Art Book Fair showcases the indie publishers who are 'having a moment'
Melbourne charity receives hate mail after senator and others post contact details in wake of Charlie Kirk killing
Melbourne residents receive letter offering $200k for information on Hong Kong pro-democracy activist
Melbourne tram drivers on track to compete in world championships in Vienna
Melting ice will strengthen the monsoon in northern Australia – but cause drier conditions north of the Equator
Meta and Google opt out of Sydney Mardi Gras amid move away from DEI in US
Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds
‘Mind-blowing’: inside the highest human-occupied ice age site found in Australia
Mining giants must pay rent tax so Australians don’t miss out on critical minerals cash boom, MPs say
Misleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising laws
Moe Turaga was a modern slavery victim on an Australian farm for 2 years before escaping
Monarch butterflies are in decline in NZ and Australia – they need your help to track where they gather
Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast-track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research
More coal and gas, less renewables: what a nuclear power plan for Australia would really mean
More dry lightning in Tasmania is sparking bushfires – challenging fire fighters and land managers
More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars, final massacre map shows
More than 60 dinosaur footprints found on boulder that sat at Queensland school for 20 years
Most Australian government agencies aren’t transparent about how they use AI
Most Australians look with horror at the Trump administration’s whirlwind of destruction, but what about the lads?
Most Australians wouldn’t tolerate power cuts nearly every week – why should First Nations?
Most bike lanes in inner Melbourne have less than 40% tree cover – that’ll get worse, new maps show
Most of Australia’s conservation efforts ignore climate risks – here are 3 fixes
Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight
Much of Australia enjoys the same Mediterranean climate as LA. When it comes to bushfires, that doesn’t bode well
‘Mutant’ Covid-19 wave hits Queensland
Nearly one in three single-parent households in Australia live in poverty, Hilda report shows
‘Neoliberalism lite’ is no solution to Australia’s cost-of-living and productivity crises. We must curb wealth concentration
Neo-Nazis and politicians among protesters at anti-immigration March for Australia rallies
Neo-Nazis and racist rallies: why it’s important the Australian media call them for what they are
New Australian data shows most of us have PFAS in our blood. How worried should we be?
New Australian electric truck company signs delivery deal with Who Gives A Crap
New data reveals how Australia’s threatened reptiles and frogs are disappearing – and what we have to do
New legal challenge emerges as Woodside gas plan declared worse than all Australia’s coal plants
New measles cases in Queensland show ‘herd immunity’ is more important than ever
The new Parliament can secure a sustainable future for Australian homes. Here’s how.
New report reveals glaring gaps between Australia’s future needs and science capabilities
New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate
New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets
New research reveals Australian authors say no to AI using their work – even if money is on the table
New Salvatore in town? Seal spotted in Yarra River brings excitement to Melbourne
New study shows Australia’s carbon majors cause hundreds of billions in climate damage
New Zealand is a poster child for industrial electrification. Can Australia follow suit?
New Zealand motorcycle maker bringing electric Streetdog to Australia
Newly discovered tropical oyster reefs are thriving across northern Australia – they deserve protection
The next round in the US trade war has the potential to be more damaging for Australia
Next week, millions of children across the globe will read this Australian book at the same time
Nio reaches 90 million EV battery swaps, eyes on Australia market
Nitrate tapes, VHS, and streaming. Behind the looming world of Australia's lost media
No batteries, no flexibility: Spain could have avoided blackout with lessons learned in South Australia
‘No idea what he’s talking about’: Dutton’s nuclear plan could raise – not cut – electricity bills, experts warn
No joke: Climate impacts “not a punchline:” Palau president takes swipe at Dutton
No room for the timid: setting Australia’s 2035 emissions target is a daring tightrope act
North West Shelf gas extension will deliver ‘almost nothing’ to Australia’s public purse
Not just ‘growing pains’: 1 in 5 Australian kids live with chronic pain, but it’s often invisible
Nothing new under the sun: Australia’s long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes
The not-so-little Murray cod that could: fish tracked swimming 900km along Australia’s biggest river system
NSW farmer fined record $1m for wiping out critical koala habitat for private airstrip larger than Sydney airport
NSW storms leave man dead, thousands without power and cause Sydney train delays
NT strips funding from green groups, boosts fossil fuels, in foretaste of Dutton administration
Nuclear energy debate draws stark gender split in Australia ahead of next year’s election
Oil and gas giant to quit Australian renewables despite CIS battery tender win
Older Australians are also hurting from the housing crisis. Where are the election policies to help them?
On yer bike! Australia needs to remove 5 million ICE vehicles by 2035, how we do it is up to us
One giant leap for bettongs released into sanctuary as wildlife conservancy aims to operate on 5% of Australia
Op-shopping, worm farms and cornstarch blood bags: how Australian theatre is staging a greener future
Origin hints at another extension for Australia’s biggest coal generator, says 2027 now just a “potential” date
Oscar-nominated documentary produced in Sydney kept secret for a year due to fears of Russian interference
Our analysis of wealth trends suggests Australia’s middle class may be ‘shrinking’
Our readers respond to Peter Dutton: We charge our EVs and home batteries with solar every day
Our sky turned red. In black summer, Australia stepped off ‘some kind of precipice’
Our uncommon future: How disunity, fear and sabotage threaten Australia’s climate future
OzAsia festival 2024: a celebration of Asian culture and art – and what it means to be Asian-Australian
Palestinian Australian brothers allege racist abuse on Sydney train
Papua New Guinea has played an important role in Australian history – it’s time we acknowledged that
Parched waterways, dead fish and trees ready to give up: historic big dry grips South Australia
Parkinson Report: Australia’s decision makers are ignoring climate, hailing coal and impersonating Elvis
Pentagon launches review of US-UK-Australia Aukus security alliance
People interviewed by AI for jobs face discrimination risks, Australian study warns
Perth’s water supply at ‘high risk’ from Alcoa bauxite mining, expert study finds
Perverse incentives leave young Australians locked out of community housing, study finds
Peter Dutton is promising to slash the public service. Voters won’t know how many jobs are lost until after the election
Peter Dutton vows to scrap offshore wind zone, “rip up contracts” and sink $10 billion project
Peter Dutton’s “always on” nuclear power is about as reliable as wind and solar – during a renewables drought
Peter Dutton’s bid to politicise top science agency is ‘absurd’, former CSIRO energy director says
Peter Dutton’s climate policy backslide threatens Australia’s clout in the Pacific – right when we need it most
Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #2: Pretend petrol and gas are free
Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #3: Hide the costs of keeping coal
Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #4: Assume climate change has no cost
Peter Dutton’s nuclear fantasy could slam brakes on EV uptake
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could blow out household electricity bills by up to $600 a year by 2030
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan: Mad, bad, and extremely dangerous
Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan could lead to major electricity shortages, analysis says
Pioneering Australian company marks new milestone on “mission” to upcycle end-of-life solar panels
Plan for Australia’s largest carbon capture project near Darwin criticised as creating ‘dumping ground’
Playing the crime card: do law and order campaigns win votes in Australia?
Podcasts have helped sway many young American men to the right. The same may well happen in Australia
Police detonated a ‘stinger’ grenade at a Melbourne protest. Now two activists may sue over their injuries
Politicians are pushing AI as a quick fix to Australia’s housing crisis. They’re risking another Robodebt
Politics and ‘free media’ can meet demands of moment, Albanese to say, after journalist shot with rubber bullet in US
The Potter Museum of Art relaunches with the outstanding "65,000 Years, a Short History of Australian Art"
Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid. Here are 3 steps to make them more efficient
PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?
Prominent Australians call for climate laws to protect future generations
“Prudent” for Australia to plan for 2-3ºC temp rise says grim climate assessment
Public Health Association calls for Australian CDC on Covid five-year anniversary
Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Queensland children as young as 10 face life sentences for murder as tough new laws pass parliament
Queensland council moves to evict homeless people from parks with public camping ban
Queensland council races to reverse mayor’s EV charger halt, with funding on the line
Queensland electricity users hit with $51m in natural disaster costs
Queensland government exploring how to preserve historic shipwreck sites
Queensland government held 21-minute consultation on puberty blocker ban at same time it announced decision
Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?
Queensland land-clearing figures show state remains ‘deforestation capital of Australia’, conservationists say
Queensland LNP accused of breaking election emissions vow with coal-keeper plan
Queensland LNP is trying to have its cake and eat it too: You can’t keep coal open and meet climate targets
Queensland LNP vows to burn coal “for many decades” as federal Labor wrestles with climate pledge
Queensland public servants forbidden from including acknowledgments of country in email signatures, Labor says
Queensland teachers are striking. It’s not just about money – they are asking for a profession worth staying in
Queensland to repeal diversity quotas for Brisbane Olympics board
Queensland’s bizarre coal-keeper matrix slams the door on renewables, and everyone will pay the price
Queensland’s forests are still being bulldozed — and new parks alone won’t save them
Queensland’s latest wind farm kill sends shockwaves through renewables industry
Queensland’s recovery to ‘take months and years’ after floods sweep across vast interior
The Racial Discrimination Act at 50: the bumpy, years-long journey to Australia’s first human rights laws
The radical new self-lifting turbines Andrew Forrest wants to install at Australia’s biggest wind project
Rain gave Australia’s environment a fourth year of reprieve in 2024 – but this masks deepening problems: report
Range anxiety – or charger drama? Australians are buying hybrid cars because they don’t trust public chargers
Recycling companies “on the brink” join Canberra delegation urging national solar stewardship levy
Reddit targeted by Australia’s under-16s social media ban as ‘dynamic’ list of online services grows
Remembering Toni Lamond: the Australian stage legend who made me fall in love with theatre
Renewable delays and stepping on the gas needlessly cost Australians $115 billion
Renewables giant says Australia among easiest places on planet to be green and competitive
Renewables superpower or climate coward? Albanese needs to make a choice before election
Renting a home in Australia means handing over too much sensitive info. It’s a national security risk
Repairing Australia – Community Repair Cafes and Hubs
Researchers puzzled as baby whales spotted in unexpected places along Australia’s ‘humpback highway’
Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’
Roadside colossi: the global allure of a really Big Thing and the Queensland expert plotting their rise
Robotics firm lands funding to help slash costs of delivering large scale solar projects in Australia
Robots and AI are helping Australia achieve its ambition of game-changing ultra low cost solar
Romance bookstores are booming in Australia and worldwide – and fans are lining up for love
Sara's partner, brother and father are Australian citizens. But she can never be one
Saving money and packing 'go bags': How Australians in the US are preparing for the worst
Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates
Scanning Australia’s bones
Scientists counted 49 ways Australia is destroying the ecosystems we hold dear – but there is hope
Scientists recommend limits on urban beekeeping to protect Australia’s native bees from honeybees
The screen queens building Brisbane’s answer to Pixar
Security without submarines: the military strategy Australia should pursue instead of AUKUS
See Eastern Quolls Get Released on Mainland Australia in a New Bid to Re-establish the ‘Magic Little Animal’
See how Australia’s first 3D-printed multi-storey house is being built: four bedrooms in five weeks
“Selling integrity:” Nearly two-thirds of Australia’s universities take fossil fuel money
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Sexual health info online is crucial for teens. Australia’s new tech codes may threaten their access
‘Shame, disgust, horror’: Kate Grenville faces her family history of stolen land in Australia – and asks us to feel it with her
Share of wealth held by Australia’s poorest falls sharply since 2004 – report
Sharna is sick of educating her GP. A landmark plan for LGBTQ+ Australians may help
Should Australia mandate cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks?
Should Australia worry about RFK Jr’s shock flu vaccine move?
Shuttered car factories in Australia could be repurposed to make houses faster and cheaper
Since 2020, 4 of Australia’s natural World Heritage properties have deteriorated
Single Queensland coal bore emits as much methane as 10,000 cars, new study shows
Six things we learned about the Australian government’s response to the climate crisis
Sixty years ago, 29 students took a bus ride that changed the way Australia thought about race
Slashing migration would actually lead to higher house prices in Australia. Here’s why
“Sliding doors moment:” Australia signs up to initiative to phase out oil, gas and coal
Small metals, big stakes: Inside Australia’s smelter reset
Smarter, better, cheaper: Brisbane battery maker unveils next-gen home storage system
Solar battery deal for giant smelter is a stunning game-changer for Australian energy
Solar developer unveils plan for “world’s deepest” undersea cable to link Australia and NZ grids
Solar is favourite energy choice for Australians, while climate deniers prefer nuclear and coal
Solar skyscraper: ClearVue wins contract for first ever high-rise – and first project in Sydney CBD
Solar, storage and EV charging in one: Australian battery maker announces “microgrid in a box”
Solar switch off: Dutton’s nuclear plan amounts to declaration of war against household energy systems
Some of Australia’s largest companies are failing to ‘know and show’ their respect for human rights
Someone spent 10 years recreating Melbourne in Minecraft
Something not in the water: why are Queensland councils voting to remove fluoride?
South Australia has the most wind and solar and no baseload: So why is it the only state not fretting about a vulnerable grid?
South Australia ‘helpless’ in face of deadly marine algal bloom spreading to Adelaide beaches
South Australia is banning fast food ads on public transport – will it have the desired effect?
South Australia’s algal bloom may shrink over winter – but this model suggests it will spread to new areas in summer
South Australia’s domestic and sexual violence royal commission recommendations should be embraced across the country
South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports
Sprawl or nothing: medium-density advocates despair as Brisbane swings back to urban expansion
'Still a drastic disease': Is Australia facing a Christmas COVID wave?
Stolen views, shipping containers and ‘shame signs’: do Australia’s tree wars need a new solution?
Suffering in Gaza reaches ‘new depths’ – Australia condemns ‘inhumane killing’ of Palestinians
SunCable signs “landmark” deal with traditional owners for Australia’s biggest solar project
Sunshot program backs “Sun King” to bring large-scale solar panel manufacturing back to Australia
The super tax debate is divorced from reality – and more proof that Australia’s tax system is built for the rich
Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?
Survey finds more than half of Australians experience Black Friday buyer’s remorse
Surviving swamps on South Australia’s parched Fleurieu Peninsula are a lifeline to wildlife – and farmers
Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research finds
Sydney can become its own renewable energy zone, take a load off NSW regions
Sydney gets ready for fossil gas ban, seeks views on how best to electrify homes, business
Sydney once produced its own food – but urban development has devoured the city’s food bowl
Sydney Opera House piano tuner Terry Harper retires after 40 years
Sydney to London flight emissions can be halved depending on route, plane and seating
Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright case
Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art is now charging for entry. It’s a sign our cultural sector needs help
Taking down wind turbines can be an explosive issue, but Australia is helping to spearhead solutions
Tasmania fires destroy huge swath of wilderness and could ‘burn for weeks’
Tasmania will compensate people for historical LGBTQIA+ convictions. Could others follow suit?
Tasmanian leaders struggle with a basic fact: environment laws should protect the environment
Tasmania's south-east coast 'glows' with bioluminescent algae, pointing to imbalance in marine ecosystem
Tax relief and Carmen Sandiego: Australia’s once-dismissed video game industry is finally getting a leg-up
Teacher takes legal action against Melbourne Catholic school group over refusal of pronouns
‘Tears blur my vision’: Australian writer jailed in Beijing thanks Albanese for support in emotional letter
Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban
That sinking feeling: Australia’s Limestone Coast is drying up
There’s a new outbreak of bird flu in Australia. Here’s what you need to know
There’s an outbreak of melioidosis in north Queensland. Here’s what to know about this deadly ‘mud bug’
There’s no country more important to Australia than Indonesia. Trouble is, the feeling isn’t mutual
These Australian women modernist painters were overlooked, and forgotten. A century later, they are in the spotlight
These little bettongs were wiped out in South Australia a century ago. Now they’re thriving alongside foxes and feral cats
‘They thought this would never happen here’: attack on Melbourne synagogue revives memories of past atrocities
Thirsty future: Australia’s green hydrogen targets could require vastly more water than the government hopes
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
This 6-point plan can ease Australia’s gambling problems – if our government has the guts
This Australian utility will soon be the first to have more big battery capacity than coal
‘This is survival’: 20 readers on how Australia’s housing crisis has changed their lives – interactive
“This ship changes the game:” World’s largest all-electric ferry launches in Tasmania
This summer will likely be wetter and warmer for most Australians, bureau forecast says
This tiny Australian bat is the size of a matchbox. But it flies up to 150km a night in search of food
Thousands without power in Queensland as Victoria experiences ‘terrifying’ winds after year’s wettest day
The threat of sabotage from China is growing. That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms
Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students
“Time to come back:” Sunman unveils plans to make flexible solar panels in Australia
Tindo signs five-year deal to export Australian made solar panels to Vietnam
Tiny town swamped as flood waters the size of NSW inundate western Queensland
Tjanpi Desert Weavers at 30: how 400 Indigenous women in remote Australia took the art world by storm
To become a fairer nation, Australia needs to set national inequality targets
Toll of Trump’s USAID cuts on Australian aid revealed, with projects to help children among hardest hit
Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows
Tony Abbott’s argument about Australian democracy is Trumpian in intent and based on half-truths
Too many Australian students don’t have the basic technology they need for school – here are 5 ways to fix this
Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing
Torrential rains created devastating inland seas in outback Queensland. Soon, they will fill Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
Trademarks that will never be used can be ‘bad faith’ business – a UK case has lessons for NZ and Australia
Traditional owners have filed a native title claim over Melbourne. What does this mean for the city?
Trans youth are already among Australia’s most marginalised people. The social media ban could make this worse
“The transition needs to happen quickly:” The Australian bank financing only EVs
Transport will make or break Australia’s new climate plan – and time is running out to fix it
Treaties, truth and equality: how NZ, Australia and Canada are all struggling with colonial politics
Triple whammy: how 3 types of drought crippled southern Australia this year
Triumphant Australian Success Story Hurt by Trump's Tariffs? Janus Trucks
Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct
Trump administration accused of ‘blatant foreign interference’ in Australian universities over questionnaire on DEI and gender
Trump cuts to have ‘chilling effect’ on climate science and ‘degrade’ Australia’s ability to forecast weather
Trump has begun dismantling America’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Here’s why Australia may not follow suit
Trump is surveying Australian academics about gender diversity and China – what does this mean for unis and their research?
Trump tariffs are killing big battery investment in US, but it means lower prices for Australian projects
Trump wants Australian data on migrant crime. This will only scapegoat vulnerable people
Trump’s Paris cop-out is bad news for climate, but could give Australia a boost
Trusted partner to the Pacific, or giant fossil fuel exporter? This week, Australia chose the latter
Two birds, one stone? Green steel could tackle Australia’s housing crisis and cut emissions
Ultra fast fashion could be taxed to oblivion in France. Could Australia follow suit?
The ultra-wealthy have exploited Australia’s tax system for too long. It’s time to ensure everyone pays their fair share
UN climate chief tells Australia to ‘go big’ with its 2035 emissions reduction target
The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees
The United States has changed. Australia hasn’t. It’s time to talk about where the relationship goes from here
Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites
Up to 40% of bushfires in parts of Australia are deliberately lit. But we’re not doing enough to prevent them
Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn
Up to three insect species become extinct in Australia every week, report says
US and Australia sign rare earths deal to counter China's dominance
The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum
US consumer tech joins winemakers, film studios and drug companies in urging Trump to target Australia
US energy secretary tells UK and Australian conservatives that net zero is “sinister” and “unachievable”
US sees biggest drop in Australian visitors since Covid as travellers avoid Trump’s America
Vaccination rates among Australian teens are dropping. Here’s how we can get back on track
Value of Australia’s coal and gas exports will plunge 50% in five years, treasury modelling forecasts
Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
Victorians could soon have the right to work from home two days a week under Australian-first laws
Victoria’s groundbreaking treaty could reshape Australia’s relationship with First Peoples
View from The Hill: tariff rebuff feeds into debate about how Australia handles Donald Trump
Volvo to build heavy electric trucks in Australia after record breaking order
Walk for truth: hundreds of people join 486km trek from Portland to Melbourne for reconciliation
Want to see Australia’s rare and remarkable species for yourself? Here are 10 standout spots
Waste-to-energy in Australia: how it works, where new incinerators could go, and how they stack up
Watching the doom loop: Sydney Festival artists witness climate change, and imagine our post-apocalyptic future
“We can make lighter batteries:” Australia start-up gets funding for new facility
‘We can’t police our way out of fascism’: experts urge holistic approach to counter Australia’s neo-Nazis
We combed through old botanical surveys to track how plants on Australia’s islands are changing
We interviewed 205 Australians convicted of murder and manslaughter. Alcohol’s role was alarming
‘We just sit here’: the broken men Australia’s offshore detention regime left behind in Papua New Guinea
We planted two woody meadows a decade ago to see what would thrive. Now the concept is popular across Australia.
We tracked one of Australia’s most endangered birds into strange new habitat
We tracked the mental health of trans and gender-diverse Australians for over 20 years. And we’re worried
We tracked the Tasmanian boobook as it flew a remarkable 250 kilometres non-stop across Bass Strait
We were part of the world heritage listing of Murujuga. Here’s why all Australians should be proud
Weakening currents in the Atlantic may mean a wetter northern Australia and drier New Zealand
Wealthy Australians are worried we might realise how rigged the system is in their favour
Weapons maker Saab ‘directly linked’ to human rights breach after missile found in South Australian Indigenous area
West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time?
What does Australian law have to say about sovereign citizens and ‘pseudolaw’?
'What does this say about Australia?' African student performers' visas refused
What is chikungunya virus, and should we be worried about it in Australia?
What is Taiwan and why is it important? A new study shows Australians struggle to answer these questions
What would change your mind about climate change? We asked 5,000 Australians – here’s what they told us
What’s driving north Queensland’s deadly, record-breaking floods?
What’s happened to Australia’s green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered
When bigger isn’t better: do Australian houses need to be the largest in the world?
Where’s nature positive? Australia must ensure environment reforms work to restore what’s been lost
‘Where’s the human dignity?’ As bulldozers roll in, this is the face of a Queensland crisis
Which EVs can do bidirectional charging? In Australia the answer is: Not many
Who’s eating publishers’ lunch? The rising costs and shrinking margins of Australian books
Why all Australians have a powerful climate vote this election
Why Australia’s biggest coal state is so excited about having the world’s most powerful battery
Why electrification must be at the heart of Australia’s building plan
Why is a cowboy writer from Ohio venerated in a small Aussie beach town? The incredible story of Zane Grey
Why is it so hard for everyone to have a house in Australia?
Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?
Why The Australian Open Looks Different For Some This Year: Broadcast Rights
Why the rise of ‘cartel parties’ in Australia threatens our democracy
Why the working week – and what we get out of it – has perplexed Australian governments for more than 100 years
‘Wilful acts of bastardry’: former Treasury secretary says young Australian workers ‘robbed’ by tax system
Without women, Australia’s defence force will struggle to recruit enough people
Woman who overturned Queensland’s puberty blocker ban ‘not backing away from the fight’ after LNP reinstates it
The Woodside case proves what we’ve long suspected: Australia’s ‘environment protection’ law does no such thing
Working dogs and horses have tax-deductible upkeep. But Australia’s thousands of working cats go unrecognised
Working from home not to blame for dip in productivity, Australian report says
“World is watching:” Climate think tank urges Albanese to aim high on 2035 target
“World-leading” array of massive eight-hour solar batteries to reboot Australian manufacturing
World’s highest court issues groundbreaking ruling for climate action. Here’s what it means for Australia
The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back
Would Sidney Nolan be cancelled for painting Ned Kelly today? That’s what Creative Australia has done to Khaled Sabsabi
“You can’t charge your battery and your car at same time:” Dutton does not have a clue about energy
‘You can’t spend your whole life trying to stop a McDonald’s’: how the fast-food chain keeps opening new Australian stores
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