An inquiry into Australia's efforts to eradicate fire ants has been told what could be on the line for treasured native species, including koalas and platypus.
Tracey Ferrier
Australia’s biggest company has just made a big call on its ambitions and it could influence corporates everywhere.
Duncan Evans
The bulk of Australians are set for power bill relief but the Coalition says it’s not good enough, demanding an apology from the PM.
Blair Jackson and Ellen Ransley
Hundreds of people were forced to pack into a police station and their neighbours’ homes as the cyclone moved through their town.
Madeleine Achenza
A surprising new trend among Aussies has been revealed and extreme weather across the country could be to blame.
Tess McCracken
The combined impact of climate change and human-generated noise is proving challenging for magpies, resulting in dangerous behavioural changes.
Nyibol Gatluak
A category 3 cyclone has ripped through an island off the coast of the NT, tearing trees from their roots and flooding yards.
With the number of 35C-plus days set to become more frequent in the next 55 years, a new report has found the massive economic cost of climate change.
Jessica Wang
Warnings are in place as the Northern Territory was hit with 400mm of rain in less than 24 hours as Tropical Cyclone Megan intensifies.
Clareese Packer
Dozens of radical environmentalists have shut down a major city in act of civil disobedience, with armed police moving in to break up the protest.
Powerful wind gusts of up to 185km/h could blast one state as a cyclone forms off the coast.
Scientists say a recovery plan for the fastest parrot on earth won't save it after their work was altered - allegedly to favour state-owned logging interests.
A 13-year-old girl has been attacked by a shark at a popular Australian beach.
Grace Baldwin
Crossing Western Australia's Horizontal Falls by a boat won't be allowed in four year's time, after the state government claimed it needed to protect the site.
Rachael Ward
David Attenborough once described it as one of the greatest natural wonders of the world, but this Aussie tourist attraction will soon be shut down.
Vital groundwater aquifers are replenishing at a slower rate in Western Australia as climate change leads to drier weather, researchers have found.
Jacob Shteyman
Residents of NT and northern Queensland have been put on alert for another cyclone which is threatening to form over the weekend.
The NSW Forestry Corporation has been fined for tearing down hollow-bearing trees inside an environmentally sensitive area in NSW.
A grim picture has been painted of the future of Australia’s famed ski fields amid fears of a near-total wipe-out.
Nathan Schmidt
The State’s Environmental Protection Authority is about to be headed by a former lawyer of the under-fire Environmental Defenders Office, it can be revealed.
Adrian Rauso
Authorities are trying to locate 24 people who were recorded accessing asbestos contaminated mulch at a central Queensland council depot.
Laine Clark
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan promises she did not get all her views on nuclear power from The Simpsons and Mr Burns’ radioactive power plant.
Blair Jackson
From littering to illegally dumping asbestos, one state has moved to double a slew of fines for environmental crimes in the first increase since 2005.
WA Premier Roger Cook has urged transparency as concern grows about the unusual tactics being used to consult stakeholders over the controversial ‘Nature Positive’ environmental law reforms.
Josh Zimmerman
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