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.
Aaron Bunch
An offshore zone for developing wind farms in Bass Strait has been formally declared by the federal government but is smaller than originally proposed.
Ethan James
A giant meteor shower is set to pass over Australia this weekend, but one thing is threatening our chances of seeing the spectacular show.
Alexandra Feiam
Rural residents who have dealt with brown, smelly drinking water for decades say government funding will help their town prosper.
Stephanie Gardiner
Parts of Australia are bracing for another oppressive heatwave, with temperatures expected to reach 16C above the December average.
A Northern Territory man has made a chilling discovery in his laundry after being woken by his dogs in the early hours of the morning.
The massive green energy hub proposed for the Goldfields would be “death by 1000 cuts” for the vast Nullarbor cave systems, according to a scientist working to stop the project.
Anneke de Boer
The state and territory emission reduction targets in place can give Australia a “springboard” to stronger climate goals, new research finds.
Blair Jackson
More than 3000 people have signed a petition urging a change to prescribed burn policy in the South West, with the principal petitioner saying the campaign to review best practice has been years in the making.
Melissa Sheil
Most of the waterways in one Australian city have been closed for swimming after a chilling discovery was made following ongoing heavy rainfall.
Brenton See has created a mural on a screen dividing wall for Pump Hill Farm Cottages in Pemberton featuring flora and fauna from the surrounding forest.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Summer means a lot of things: hot weather, long nights and loud cicadas. And those noisy insects seem to be turning up the decibels this year.
Vehicles are getting bigger but more efficient, a transport study has found, but Australia is still being lapped by other nations on low-emission cars.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
After thousands were left without power, Australians are bracing for another hot and wet week as wild thunderstorms batter one side of the country.
After months of catastrophic heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and tropical cyclones, data has confirmed 2024 is now certain to be the hottest year on record.
Kate Abnett and Alison Withers
One state's plan to slash environmental approval times for projects in half has blindsided conservationists.
Adrian Black
Peter Dutton is defending his nuclear plan after the national science agency released damning findings about its cost.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-30s, with humidity making it feel a lot hotter.
NewsWire Staff
Aussies are being warned they will swelter through one of the hottest summers on record, with power blackouts on the cards due to a surprising culprit.
Cameron Micallef
Millions of Aussies are under heatwave warnings as temperatures rise above the mid-40s in some regions - all while storms continue to batter the east coast.
Thomas Sargeant
Severe thunderstorms have been issued for parts of the country, with some areas bracing for wind gusts of up to 100km/h.
Aisling Brennan
Australia’s love of gift giving has gone too far, and the unnecessary Christmas extravagance is costing us $1bn, new research reveals.
Ryan Bourke
Months after mysterious black balls washed up along the NSW coast, environmental authorities are probing a similar occurrence on a Sydney beach.
Nathan Schmidt
An unseen, pervasive natural disaster is expected to have a growing impact in coming decades, costing billions of dollars each year.
Jack Gramenz
