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Heat builds up across NSW as temperature records tumble

Heat builds up across NSW as temperature records tumble

Fire authorities are on alert for the risk of increasing winds fanning bushfires as spring heat builds up, with Queensland and NSW set to swelter.

EV rebates to be scrapped in exchange for more chargers

EV rebates to be scrapped in exchange for more chargers

EV rebates to be scrapped in exchange for more chargers

EV rebates to be scrapped in exchange for more chargers

Electric vehicle advocates warn scrapping incentives and rebates will stall uptake but the NSW government argues retaining them is driving up prices.

Crackdown on K’gari over human-dingo interactions

Crackdown on K’gari over human-dingo interactions

Crackdown on K’gari over human-dingo interactions

Crackdown on K’gari over human-dingo interactions

More money will be spent by the Queensland government to educate the public about dingoes on K’gari, with concerns growing over the number of interactions.

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Electric car mavericks are taking on Tesla and Toyota

Electric car mavericks are taking on Tesla and Toyota

Emerging car brands including BYD, LDV and Polestar are challenging big automotive names, with experts saying the competition could bring down prices.

Vets plead for more money to care for orphaned wildlife

Vets plead for more money to care for orphaned wildlife

Veterinarians are calling for extra funding and support to look after vulnerable native animals after a surge in calls to wildlife authorities.

Beekeepers warn deadly parasite cannot be eliminated

Beekeepers warn deadly parasite cannot be eliminated

Beekeepers say detections of the varroa mite show attempts to eradicate the parasite have failed and the industry must learn to live with it.

Switch to renewables 'messed up' despite clean ambition

Switch to renewables 'messed up' despite clean ambition

Industry leaders have told Australian governments to "go harder" to expand solar and battery energy production or risk missing key goals.

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PM urges renewables shift or risk being left behind

PM urges renewables shift or risk being left behind

PM urges renewables shift or risk being left behind

PM urges renewables shift or risk being left behind

The prime minister has told industry leaders they must move towards renewables or watch as the world passes Australia by.

Carbon farm sale lets descendants return to country

Carbon farm sale lets descendants return to country

Carbon farm sale lets descendants return to country

Carbon farm sale lets descendants return to country

A partnership underpinned by carbon farming will enable a big land station to be returned to a local aboriginal corporation in a move described as empowering.

Australia to steer global climate adaptation framework

Australia to steer global climate adaptation framework

Australia to steer global climate adaptation framework

Australia to steer global climate adaptation framework

Climate adaptation will be a critical part of the first stocktake of global progress since the Paris Agreement, with Australia invited to lead negotiations.

Woodside to halt undersea testing for legal challenge

Woodside to halt undersea testing for legal challenge

Woodside to halt undersea testing for legal challenge

Woodside to halt undersea testing for legal challenge

Woodside Energy has been ordered to suspend undersea survey work on its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project amid a challenge over its legality.

Warning of dire threat to koalas from urban sprawl

Warning of dire threat to koalas from urban sprawl

Warning of dire threat to koalas from urban sprawl

Warning of dire threat to koalas from urban sprawl

Koalas face a sustained threat from urban sprawl and greenfield development in Queensland's southeast, warns a leading conservation group.

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Net-zero tsar Greg Combet has put Australia on a post-war footing for the massive task of decarbonising the economy but business leaders are more realistic.

Hundreds rally against Santos coal seam gas plan

Hundreds rally against Santos coal seam gas plan

Hundreds rally against Santos coal seam gas plan

Hundreds rally against Santos coal seam gas plan

Hundreds of people have rallied against a major coal seam gas project proposed by Santos they claim could irreversibly damage vital farmland in western NSW.

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Farmers push back over Murray-Darling Basin uncertainty

The environment minister is working to garner support for Murray-Darling Basin plan changes, but is experiencing pushback from farmers over water buybacks.

BYD aims to shake up car industry with 'maverick' store

Australia's second biggest electric vehicle brand is opening "megastores'' around the country to educate motorists about the next-generation technology.

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

The World Heritage Committee has confirmed it won't yet list the Great Barrier Reef as in-danger but Australia's guardianship remains under close scrutiny.

Fire too fast for containment lines near NT town

A fire almost five times the size of the ACT has burst containment lines as Northern Territory authorities scramble to keep up with the fast-moving blaze.

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Strategy urged to deal with climate security threat

A group of former defence and security officials say the nation needs a strategy to deal with the potential conflict and social pressure from climate change.

Support for fossil fuel firms to pay for climate damage

Most Australians want coal, oil and gas companies profiting amid a climate crisis to pay for the damage they are causing, a survey shows.

Fire ants invade Qld islands, raising fears for K'gari

There are fears fire ants could invade World Heritage-listed K'gari after 130 nests were found on another large sand island off Brisbane.

'So far behind': haze lingers as firies prep for summer

Parts of Sydney have again been blanketed in a thick smoke haze as firefighters try to complete hazard-reduction burns across swathes of bushland.

Aussie invention could turn petrol cars into hybrids

A Melbourne university student has claimed the national James Dyson Award for his kit that could turn petrol cars into hybrid vehicles.

Reef used to road-test water quality forecasting system

The CSIRO is testing a new system on the Great Barrier Reef that could one day pump out water quality forecasts, much like weather reports.

Insurers demand action on risks to stay above water

The financial hit from catastrophes may have dropped over the past 12 months but insurance premiums keep rising, an industry report shows.

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