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Cheap loans for firms to accelerate electric cars, utes

Cheap loans for firms to accelerate electric cars, utes

Cheap loans could save small and medium-sized businesses thousands in interest payments under a $50 million top-up aimed at reducing energy bills and emissions.

Support grows to ditch shark nets along popular beaches

Support grows to ditch shark nets along popular beaches

Support grows to ditch shark nets along popular beaches

Support grows to ditch shark nets along popular beaches

Shark nets are being likened to a "hanky floating in the ocean" and more coastal communities want to ditch the barriers, which can kill other marine life.

Popular beach set for cancer-causing chemicals testing

Popular beach set for cancer-causing chemicals testing

Popular beach set for cancer-causing chemicals testing

Popular beach set for cancer-causing chemicals testing

A swimming and fishing spot near a major airport will be tested for dangerous chemicals as calls continue for more streamlined preventative action.

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Coalition insists nuclear plan won't blow up economy

Coalition insists nuclear plan won't blow up economy

The federal opposition has slammed government analysis that suggests its nuclear energy calculations are based on a shrinking economy in five states.

Sights on bounty hunters to help cull feral pests

Sights on bounty hunters to help cull feral pests

A minor party believes it is closing in on funding that would pay money to people for each feral animal they can kill in a pest control program.

Heavens open, bringing relief from heat and fires

Heavens open, bringing relief from heat and fires

Wet and cooler conditions across much of southeastern Australia have provided relief from the heat and a bushfire burning for three weeks.

Rough road ahead despite record-breaking new car sales

Rough road ahead despite record-breaking new car sales

Aussie motorists bought a record number of new vehicles during the year but experts warn the path ahead is rocky as momentum is already slowing.

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Evolving world water cycle threatens Australia, Pacific

Evolving world water cycle threatens Australia, Pacific

Evolving world water cycle threatens Australia, Pacific

Evolving world water cycle threatens Australia, Pacific

Floods and droughts are among the deadliest threats, scientists warn in a report calling for better preparedness as climate change alters the world water cycle.

World's biggest atlas in sight of Aussie startup

World's biggest atlas in sight of Aussie startup

World's biggest atlas in sight of Aussie startup

World's biggest atlas in sight of Aussie startup

Map enthusiasts will soon have more information at their fingertips as drone imagery is added to a platform vying to become the world's biggest digital atlas.

Fire and ice: scientists unlocking Antarctica's secrets

Fire and ice: scientists unlocking Antarctica's secrets

Fire and ice: scientists unlocking Antarctica's secrets

Fire and ice: scientists unlocking Antarctica's secrets

Air bubbles trapped in layers of ancient ice in Antarctica are being studied by scientists to better understand the impact of spikes in methane and carbon.

Emissions figures give 'incomplete' picture: experts

Emissions figures give 'incomplete' picture: experts

Emissions figures give 'incomplete' picture: experts

Emissions figures give 'incomplete' picture: experts

Labor has claimed a 28.2 per cent drop in emissions below 2005 levels, but is it really the environmental success story it appears?

Mining state moves to become 'conservation superpower'

Mining state moves to become 'conservation superpower'

Mining state moves to become 'conservation superpower'

Mining state moves to become 'conservation superpower'

Endangered species are being given hope as a state better known for mining adds an area equivalent to the size of Tasmania to its conservation estate.

Risk or reward: mandatory climate reporting to begin

Risk or reward: mandatory climate reporting to begin

Risk or reward: mandatory climate reporting to begin

Risk or reward: mandatory climate reporting to begin

The start of mandatory reporting on climate risks for large companies and financial institutions is expected to bring challenges for entire supply chains.

Verdict on how to prevent 'carbon leakage', save jobs

Verdict on how to prevent 'carbon leakage', save jobs

Verdict on how to prevent 'carbon leakage', save jobs

Verdict on how to prevent 'carbon leakage', save jobs

Summer reading for the federal government includes a report recommending a targeted carbon border adjustment mechanism to safeguard jobs in heavy industries.

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Laws to rev up electric car race at starting line

Australia's automotive industry will look different in 2025 after a change in laws inspires a long list of electric and plug-in hybrid challengers.

Plea to save wallabies from becoming feasts for foxes

An adorable wallaby once thought to be extinct is struggling to secure a foothold back in Australia where fox-proof safe havens would give it a fighting chance.

Headset voyage to 'nowhere else like it on the planet'

An award-winning pioneer of virtual reality films invites travellers to experience the Kimberley region, with Luke Hemsworth at your side as a personal guide.

Australia urged to power ahead on EV charger rollout

Australia is not moving fast enough on vehicle charging and is holding back apartment dwellers, one of the country's biggest energy firms says.

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Consumers stung by costs of 'radical' energy transition

A senate inquiry finds a lack of transparency in energy decisions has left consumers carrying the costs of system change and struggling to pay power bills.

Extreme weather scaring off tourists

Threats of floods, storms, bushfires and heatwaves are making summer holidays difficult to plan and navigate for tourists.

Predictions to take sting out of bluebottle invasions

Scientists are working on a way to predict bluebottle infestations to let swimmers know whether heading to the beach is worth the trip.

Choc-a-block: Cadbury waste knocks out sewage plant

Industrial waste from a chocolate factory has killed the effluent-eating bacteria at a sewage plant, closing beaches along a major river.

Mission to save Murray-Darling Basin edges forward

The next step to save Australia's biggest river system has been unveiled, but conservationists warn it amounts to a drip-feed.

Bank shareholders reject climate disclosure for lending

A big-four bank will not need to spell out its lending intentions for fossil fuel companies as shareholders reject a pitch to change its constitution.

'Summer from hell' sparks reef coral bleaching fears

Experts are bracing for the impact of another hot summer on the Great Barrier Reef after it suffered its worst coral bleaching of 2024.

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