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Australia's coral reefs retreat as heatwaves intensify

Australia's coral reefs retreat as heatwaves intensify

Marine heatwaves are threatening coral reefs, including those in Australia, but research shows they could recover if given a break between bleaching events.

Power hungry: data centre energy use set to skyrocket

Power hungry: data centre energy use set to skyrocket

Power hungry: data centre energy use set to skyrocket

Power hungry: data centre energy use set to skyrocket

Artificial intelligence is set to make a major impact on Australia's electricity network, with a report warning about soaring demand from data centres.

Power prices fall but risks remain for life after coal

Power prices fall but risks remain for life after coal

Power prices fall but risks remain for life after coal

Power prices fall but risks remain for life after coal

Renewable energy and batteries are pushing down wholesale power prices but a report warns they could rise again when coal-fired plants power down.

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Progress and poor marks: Reef earns a mixed report card

Progress and poor marks: Reef earns a mixed report card

Efforts to cut pollution in waterways feeding Australia's Great Barrier Reef are making progress but still falling short of targets.

Coral returns to Great Barrier Reef but risks remain

Coral returns to Great Barrier Reef but risks remain

The world's largest coral reef system is showing positive signs of recovery but experts warn severe climate challenges lay ahead.

Dumpster fire: Aussie households fail the battery test

Dumpster fire: Aussie households fail the battery test

Millions of households are risking fires by getting rid of batteries in dangerous ways and the popularity of lithium batteries is raising the stakes.

Coles puts heat on Woolworths with strong sales growth

Coles puts heat on Woolworths with strong sales growth

Supermarket giant Coles continues to take market share from key rival Woolworths, posting stronger quarterly sales growth than its bigger competitor.

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Dead letter day: post boss says the end is nearing

Dead letter day: post boss says the end is nearing

Dead letter day: post boss says the end is nearing

Dead letter day: post boss says the end is nearing

Australians are posting letters at dwindling rates not seen in almost a century, as Australia Post's boss says the days of snail mail are numbered.

Crime spiking in regions as youth crackdown challenged

Crime spiking in regions as youth crackdown challenged

Crime spiking in regions as youth crackdown challenged

Crime spiking in regions as youth crackdown challenged

One state faces a "regional crime crisis" with roots in family dysfunction and a tougher laws and crackdowns will not fix it, a leading youth advocate says.

ANZ chief executive forfeits $1.5m bonus after outcry

ANZ chief executive forfeits $1.5m bonus after outcry

ANZ chief executive forfeits $1.5m bonus after outcry

ANZ chief executive forfeits $1.5m bonus after outcry

The CEO of a big-four bank has forfeited a bonus worth $1.5 million after a backlash from shareholders upset about poor behaviour in its trading rooms.

Cost of big races revealed right at the finish line

Cost of big races revealed right at the finish line

Cost of big races revealed right at the finish line

Cost of big races revealed right at the finish line

Revelations about the price of events such as major motor races are among the dozens of reports released on a parliament's final sitting day.

Vicinity seals largest Aussie retail deal for 2024

Vicinity seals largest Aussie retail deal for 2024

Vicinity seals largest Aussie retail deal for 2024

Vicinity seals largest Aussie retail deal for 2024

Retail property group Vicinity Centres has acquired a 50 per cent stake in one of the biggest shopping centres on the west coast.

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

REA Group's CEO says property listings in Melbourne and Sydney might marginally decline in 2024/25, but Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth are showing growth.

Transurban eyes raising dividend as toll traffic rises

Transurban eyes raising dividend as toll traffic rises

Transurban eyes raising dividend as toll traffic rises

Transurban eyes raising dividend as toll traffic rises

Transurban says it expects to raise its 2024/25 distribution by five per cent, after making $2.6 billion in operating earnings in 2023/24.

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Significant failures in youth detention system: report

Queensland's youth detention system is failing with more children behind bars than in the rest of the country, the Child Death Review Board has found.

'Long way to go' to address abuse in care facilities

Vulnerable Victorians continue to face abuse, neglect and violence in their homes with community advocates reporting a rise in incidents.

Top bureaucrat rejects auditor's call to end 'dump day'

Victoria's auditor-general wants the state government to reconsider dumping hundreds of annual reports on parliament at once.

Fire service flunks workforce, response time targets

The Victorian Country Fire Authority are failing key workforce and response time targets, data shows.

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Regional Victoria resilient amid cost challenges

Rural and regional Victoria are continuing their recovery after being battered by the economic and social impacts of rising living costs and COVID-19.

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