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

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 urged to power ahead on EV charger rollout

Australia urged to power ahead on EV charger rollout

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.

Consumers stung by costs of 'radical' energy transition

Consumers stung by costs of 'radical' energy transition

Consumers stung by costs of 'radical' energy transition

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.

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Extreme weather scaring off tourists

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

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

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

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.

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Bank shareholders reject climate disclosure for lending

Bank shareholders reject climate disclosure for lending

Bank shareholders reject climate disclosure for lending

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

'Summer from hell' sparks reef coral bleaching fears

'Summer from hell' sparks reef coral bleaching fears

'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.

Halfway there: Australia on track for renewable goal

Halfway there: Australia on track for renewable goal

Halfway there: Australia on track for renewable goal

Halfway there: Australia on track for renewable goal

If current momentum gained in the six months is sustained then Australia can reach its 2030 renewable energy target, think tank research suggests.

Fire threat high despite cool relief as states swelter

Fire threat high despite cool relief as states swelter

Fire threat high despite cool relief as states swelter

Fire threat high despite cool relief as states swelter

Temperatures are starting to ease after a blast of heat sent the mercury soaring past 45C in parts of Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia.

Native forest logging costs deepen, timber piles up

Native forest logging costs deepen, timber piles up

Native forest logging costs deepen, timber piles up

Native forest logging costs deepen, timber piles up

Lacklustre home-building and 2300km of road repairs winding through native forests have smashed a massive hole through logging industry finances.

Push to spark up EV policy to drive net zero ambitions

Push to spark up EV policy to drive net zero ambitions

Push to spark up EV policy to drive net zero ambitions

Push to spark up EV policy to drive net zero ambitions

Misinformation and an early end to state subsidies has slowed electric car adoption and may mean Australia misses its climate goals, a study has found.

Festive frenzy: Christmas deliveries take climate toll

Festive frenzy: Christmas deliveries take climate toll

Festive frenzy: Christmas deliveries take climate toll

Festive frenzy: Christmas deliveries take climate toll

Australia's thirst for online shopping is keeping posties busy in the lead up to Christmas, but the impact is being felt on the environment and local traders.

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River project catches 'surprising creature' on camera

A program aimed at addressing declining river health is having impacts on the wider environment and community, with surprising flow-on effects.

How green energy could fuel Australia-Taiwan friendship

Increasingly finding itself at the centre of tensions in the Indo-Pacific, Taiwan is looking to Australia to help meet its energy security needs.

Climate activists invade premier's office building

A group of anti-Woodside climate activists have temporarily occupied the ground floor of a government office building containing the WA premier's office.

Woodside gas project given WA environmental approval

After six years of assessment and hundreds of appeals against it, a massive Woodside gas project has been given WA environmental approval to operate until 2070.

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Bass Strait wind farm zone pushed further offshore

An offshore zone for developing wind farms in Bass Strait has been formally declared by the federal government but is smaller than originally proposed.

Drop test: tech giant to ditch single-use plastic packs

More Christmas gifts purchased online will arrive in recyclable packaging this year after a two-year research project into making envelopes green.

Town to 'flourish' with fix for brown, smelly water

Rural residents who have dealt with brown, smelly drinking water for decades say government funding will help their town prosper.

State climate ambition to set the bar for 2035 target

The bundled climate goals of state and territory governments amounts to a total emissions cut of 71 per cent by 2035, analysis suggests.

Growing backlog as green tape chokes energy investment

A group of developers has warned of significant delays to the renewable energy needed to power Australian homes and businesses as green tape chokes investment.

'Kicking the can down the road' on packaging reforms

The plastic waste crisis is set to continue after the federal government failed to lock in a responsibility scheme, to the frustration of an emerging industry.

From a lab to the streets: digital twin maps our future

A tool created in CSIRO's "mixed reality" lab has been launched into the real world as Australia's latest tech startup, with seed funding to go global.

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