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Time for a check-up: hospitals not yet climate ready

Time for a check-up: hospitals not yet climate ready

All-electric hospitals could cut emissions by using clean energy under a proposed retrofit that would also keep services on during power cuts and catastrophes.

Indigenous knowledge key to reverse environment decline

Indigenous knowledge key to reverse environment decline

Indigenous knowledge key to reverse environment decline

Indigenous knowledge key to reverse environment decline

Governments need to look further into the future and draw on knowledge from the past to halt biodiversity loss, a global summit has been told.

Wanted: $100m investment fund seeks green Aussie tech

Wanted: $100m investment fund seeks green Aussie tech

Wanted: $100m investment fund seeks green Aussie tech

Wanted: $100m investment fund seeks green Aussie tech

A multimillion-dollar venture capital fund, backed by 50 companies including Westpac, is looking for clean energy innovations that could go global.

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Coal town to battery base: firm keen to make power move

Coal town to battery base: firm keen to make power move

Renewable energy companies are eyeing opportunities in traditional coal-mining towns as part of Australia's electricity transition.

Aussie researchers turn wine into green battery tech

Aussie researchers turn wine into green battery tech

Australian university researchers have won a patent for using food acids to create a major component of battery technology.

Hybrid vehicles in fast lane, as petrol cars slow down

Hybrid vehicles in fast lane, as petrol cars slow down

Australians are buying fewer new cars as the economy bites but hybrid vehicles are bucking the trend, sales figures have revealed.

Children would lie about their age to evade YouTube ban

Children would lie about their age to evade YouTube ban

A teenage media proprietor says young Australians need to know more about a proposed social media ban as it could impact their education.

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Australia may miss billions in green Chinese investment

Australia may miss billions in green Chinese investment

Australia may miss billions in green Chinese investment

Australia may miss billions in green Chinese investment

Chinese investment in Australia has fallen, despite the nation's growing budget for renewable energy projects in the transition to net zero emissions by 2050.

Banning kids from social media could cause greater harm

Banning kids from social media could cause greater harm

Banning kids from social media could cause greater harm

Banning kids from social media could cause greater harm

Mental health experts don't support proposals to ban children from accessing social media and are warning it could have unintended consequences.

Parent groups urge total ban on child social media use

Parent groups urge total ban on child social media use

Parent groups urge total ban on child social media use

Parent groups urge total ban on child social media use

No child should be allowed to access social media networks in Australia, an inquiry has heard, and parents would also benefit from a blanket ban.

'The bot will see you now': why AI could be the new HR

'The bot will see you now': why AI could be the new HR

'The bot will see you now': why AI could be the new HR

'The bot will see you now': why AI could be the new HR

More companies are using artificial intelligence to interview and rank job candidates but the government's proposed mandatory rules could curtail the trend.

Tight gas market to remain as additional wells approved

Tight gas market to remain as additional wells approved

Tight gas market to remain as additional wells approved

Tight gas market to remain as additional wells approved

Two offshore drilling licences have been approved to bring more gas to the domestic east coast market as experts warn of potential shortfalls next winter.

$14m funding boost to make sustainable jet fuel fly

$14m funding boost to make sustainable jet fuel fly

$14m funding boost to make sustainable jet fuel fly

$14m funding boost to make sustainable jet fuel fly

Environmentally friendly plane fuel could be closer to being produced in Australia after two governments made a record investment in its potential.

Modern tech minerals may be hiding in extinct volcanoes

Modern tech minerals may be hiding in extinct volcanoes

Modern tech minerals may be hiding in extinct volcanoes

Modern tech minerals may be hiding in extinct volcanoes

Rare earth minerals needed to fuel the transition to renewable energy and create everything from TVs to smartphones could be found inside dormant volcanoes.

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Google reveals plans to add AI to Aussie search results

Google's generative AI tool will explain search results in Australia as part of a technology trial but experts warn to watch for serious or funny mistakes.

Hydrogen could do the heavy lifting on Aussie roads

A leading Australian transport company says hydrogen trucks, not electric options, will revolutionise long-haul freight in Australia.

Researchers deploy AI to track secret lives of whales

Researchers at Google and an Australian university have teamed up to track whales along the east coast and use AI to uncover what they are really up to.

Electric cars crash through Aussie price barrier again

The price of electric cars has fallen in Australia again, with one popular model available for less than $31,000, but experts warn high-end EV sales may stall.

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Australia's first solar garden prepares for its harvest

Solar gardens could be a solution for people locked out of the booming renewable energy market, experts say, as the first of its kind prepares to pay investors.

Liquid metals might solve puzzle of shipping hydrogen

Cutting emissions from transport and agriculture could be possible after an Australian discovery published by researchers from three universities.

National safety rules needed to curb e-bike fire risks

Electric scooters, bicycles and skateboards should be inspected and some removed from online platforms following dangers identified in a NSW inquiry.

Domestic gas guarantee risks 'wasteland' in iconic zone

Decades of new gas for export and local use in the west are envisaged under a revised gas reservation policy that has been slammed by environmentalists.

Tesla charges through Aussie electric vehicle milestone

Tesla has unveiled its 100th electric vehicle charging location in Australia, alongside a commitment to make 'range anxiety' a thing of the past.

Australia could double solar power by 2030, report says

Putting solar panels on the roofs of businesses, new homes and social housing could double Australia's renewable power, a study has found.

Aussie quantum expertise to bolster Germany's defences

Germany's cyber agency has selected Australian technology to develop miniature, mobile quantum computers to bolster its defences.

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