41 h. ago The climate won’t change for the Liberals without more women and fewer oldies

The Liberal Party is the Holden Commodore of politics. And it’s not roadworthy.

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3 d. ago WA news LIVE: Outgoing WA senator says Liberals must support women

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6 d. ago As the world cooks, why have our political leaders gone cold on global warming?

Climate change has been all but ignored in the Australian election campaign, and world leaders are giving up on the cause, even as the heat rises.

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7 d. ago Australians once feared the health impacts of nuclear. Now nobody’s talking about it

Anti-nuclear advocacy once spurred huge protests and galvanised a political movement. With nuclear a core policy of the Coalition, few are talking about the medical dangers.

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7 d. ago Most Australians believe wind turbines are not really green. This is what we found

We debunk myths ranging from “there’s no point in acting until China does” to “we need nuclear for baseload power”.

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9 d. ago ‘Nothing to do with climate change’: League player’s family accuse teal MP of politicising his death

Dr Sophie Scamps referenced the tragic training death of Manly Sea Eagles player Keith Titmuss when she addressed a community forum about the environment.

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2 w. ago Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan despite high erosion risk

In a controversial split vote on Tuesday night, the coastal council decided to ditch its climate emergency declaration and plan, dismaying some residents.

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2 w. ago Hulking machine built to fight climate change is sitting silent

In a warehouse near the border of Victoria and NSW is a decommissioned machine that sums up how hard it is to find solutions to the climate crisis.

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2 w. ago Gold Coast father and son undertake ambitious climate change expedition

A father and son team are on an expedition from the South to North Pole, to investigate the effects of global warming.

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3 w. ago As Albanese and Dutton fought it out, these were the questions they couldn’t answer

Are we seeing the impact of climate change? What will you cut? The leaders skirted around many questions, or ignored them altogether, in the second debate.

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3 w. ago It’s the biggest diplomatic event ever to be held in Australia. This city would be the perfect host

Australia’s bidding to co-host the COP climate summit next year. South Australia has a story to tell in tackling climate change, so Adelaide should host the event.

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3 w. ago This city would be the perfect host to the biggest diplomatic event ever held in Australia

As a centre with a story to tell in tackling the challenges of climate change, Adelaide is a prime contender to co-host the COP climate summit next year.

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3 w. ago If COP climate summit comes to Australia, this city would be the perfect host

As a centre with a story to tell in tackling the challenges of climate change, Adelaide is a prime contender to co-host the COP climate summit next year.

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4 w. ago Everything you need to know about Labor’s home battery promise

One in three households have solar panels but only one in 40 have a home battery. That could be about to change.

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4 w. ago Saudi Arabia very safe for women, says Liberal candidate who does business there

Amnesty International continues to raise the alarm about Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship laws, which give men authority over women in most aspects of life in the Kingdom.

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last month The beauty and the terror of the inland sea flooding the outback

The flood waters from “exceptional” monsoonal rains in western Queensland were devastating for many graziers, but are already breathing new life into the normally dry landscapes of the interior.

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