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Soggy weekend expected with driving rain across states

Soggy weekend expected with driving rain across states

Multiple states are bracing for prolonged rainfall across the weekend as a brutal low-pressure system loiters, bringing widespread storms and heavy rain.

Australian tech giant taps into community solar farm

Australian tech giant taps into community solar farm

Australian tech giant taps into community solar farm

Australian tech giant taps into community solar farm

One of Australia's largest technology companies has signed a decade-long deal with a community-owned solar farm to help power a landmark building.

Whale of a job over, rotting carcass removed from beach

Whale of a job over, rotting carcass removed from beach

Whale of a job over, rotting carcass removed from beach

Whale of a job over, rotting carcass removed from beach

A huge humpback whale that washed ashore at a popular capital city beach on Monday has been removed after attracting large crowds and circling sharks.

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Court rejects challenge to golf course redevelopment

Court rejects challenge to golf course redevelopment

A controversial redevelopment designed to attract an international golf tournament has survived a David-and-Goliath federal court challenge.

Electric charge: petrol giant plugs $225m into EV deal

Electric charge: petrol giant plugs $225m into EV deal

Australians are buying electric cars in record numbers and one fuel retailer has announced a deal to expand its coverage.

Tenfold surge in EV sales needed to meet climate goals

Tenfold surge in EV sales needed to meet climate goals

Australian drivers are buying electric vehicle sales in record numbers but even more will need to hit the road for the nation to meet its climate target.

Gentle giant declared winner of Alaska's Fat Bear Week

Gentle giant declared winner of Alaska's Fat Bear Week

After a week of fierce competition, the Fat Bear Week champion has been declared, with the accolade going to the heftiest bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

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Antarctic blind spot emerges as major sea-level threat

Antarctic blind spot emerges as major sea-level threat

Antarctic blind spot emerges as major sea-level threat

Antarctic blind spot emerges as major sea-level threat

Australia could lead an international research mission to go where no ship has gone before: an enormous ice basin capable of raising global sea levels.

Art show gives the mudskipper its moment in the sun

Art show gives the mudskipper its moment in the sun

Art show gives the mudskipper its moment in the sun

Art show gives the mudskipper its moment in the sun

The contemporary art scene has never paid much attention to the humble mudskipper, until Justene Williams, who shows that art is where you find it.

Whale of a task to remove 31-tonne carcass from beach

Whale of a task to remove 31-tonne carcass from beach

Whale of a task to remove 31-tonne carcass from beach

Whale of a task to remove 31-tonne carcass from beach

Authorities will use an excavator to remove a stinking 31-tonne whale carcass that washed ashore at a popular capital city beach.

Suburban data centre dumped after inquiry spotlight

Suburban data centre dumped after inquiry spotlight

Suburban data centre dumped after inquiry spotlight

Suburban data centre dumped after inquiry spotlight

Plans for a data centre slated for one semi-suburban area have been dumped in a win for community groups opposing construction near residential zones.

Counting the cost: tool estimates fossil fuel impacts

Counting the cost: tool estimates fossil fuel impacts

Counting the cost: tool estimates fossil fuel impacts

Counting the cost: tool estimates fossil fuel impacts

From additional heat to the loss of coral and glaciers, an online tool promises to calculate the effect of coal, oil and gas developments.

'Not all good news' amid whale conservation anniversary

'Not all good news' amid whale conservation anniversary

'Not all good news' amid whale conservation anniversary

'Not all good news' amid whale conservation anniversary

Global delegates have descended on an Australian city to mark a major whale conservation anniversary and discuss new threats to the marine mammals.

Flags go up ahead of challenging lifesaving season

Flags go up ahead of challenging lifesaving season

Flags go up ahead of challenging lifesaving season

Flags go up ahead of challenging lifesaving season

Forecast hot conditions are expected to draw large crowds as iconic red and yellow lifesaving flags go up at NSW beaches.

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Danish architect helped Aussie cities find their mojo

Danish nonagenarian architect Jan Gehl has helped inject Copenhagen's walkability and cycling culture into Australian cities over the past 35 years.

Concerns voiced for crocodiles' future at Olympic site

A renowned biologist has raised concerns about endangered turtles at a proposed 2032 rowing site but says he is more worried about the area's crocodiles.

El Nino heat could cause nearly 500,000 more deaths

The consequences of the searing heat caused by the current El Nino period will cause a staggering number of additional deaths worldwide, researchers calculate.

'Irrelevant': Labor's data centre clampdown knocked

Another state has revealed plans to crack down on data centre energy and water usage, but a stipulation in the proposed legislation is attracting criticism.

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'Devastation' fears as bird flu found in four sea lions

A deadly virus has been found in islands that are among a state's most significant sea lion breeding grounds, sparking fears of a species-level threat.

Nation's 'best bathtub' locked in for Olympic rowers

Concerns about floods, currents and crocs will not stop a state government from sending the world’s best rowers to Australia’s subtropics in 2032.

'Desert rangers are deadly': Aussies up for world prize

Indigenous desert rangers caring for an area the size of Argentina will compete for a prestigious environmental award and worldwide attention.

Beaches closed after swimmer killed in shark attack

Authorities have confirmed a male swimmer is dead after being attacked by a shark while swimming along the coast of a popular Western Australian beach.

Aussie mining giant to hit the track in Formula E debut

An Australian team could join the world's biggest electric racing series, with the company behind its rapid-charging technology preparing to step onto the grid.

Shark attack plans 'adequate' despite teen girl's death

A coroner has warned that shark nets and drumlines do not provide an impenetrable barrier while closing out an investigation into a 17-year-old's death.

'May never be found': grim wait for Nepal flood answers

Three weeks on from the world's worst natural disaster in years, a forensic expert warns some of the more than 6000 people missing may never be found.

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