Western Australia’s miners fear that the 37 different definitions of ‘unacceptable impacts’ included in new environmental laws will stall crucial projects in the State.
Katina Curtis
Heat exposure, drought and natural disasters are causing deaths and economic havoc in Australia and around the world, according to a major global report.
Poppy Johnston
Even if the Paris Agreement is met, Australia's marine life will still be under pressure to adapt or move in response to climate pressures, and fast.
Business is demanding the Government halt stronger environmental protections until at least one State has signed up to streamline project approvals to ensure all sides benefit from new laws.
Rain and thunderstorms will peak for millions of Australians across the southeast as others swelter through heatwave conditions.
Nathan Schmidt
The Great Barrier Reef is an ecological and economic jewel, but a growing body of research shows it will be lost without swift and decisive action.
Abe Maddison
Business groups say splitting proposed environmental law reforms would jeopardise efforts to balance protection and project approvals.
Labor insists its long-awaited environmental reforms will be passed through the Senate despite objections from both the opposition and Greens.
Grace Crivellaro
Thousands of homes have been left without power as storms smashed one state, with wild photos of large hail emerging amid weather warnings.
Cameron Micallef, Duncan Evans, Clareese Packer and Emma Kirk
The cause of mysterious grease balls - which sparked gross scenes after they washed up and down Sydney beaches, even sparking closures - have finally been revealed.
Blair Jackson
Christmas Island's red crabs begin their famed annual migration as authorities report progress to control pests threatening the charismatic crustaceans.
It’s a street filled with multimillion-dollar houses, but some of the residents aren’t happy with a line of trees blocking their Opera House views.
Duncan Evans
Scientists and conservationists say a native seed shortage is threatening Australia's commitment to protect and conserve 30 per cent of its landmass by 2030.
Stephanie Gardiner
The arrival of the deadly H5 strain in Australia is considered inevitable despite the remoteness of Heard Island, where unusual numbers of seal pups have died
Ethan James and Andrew Stafford
A total fire ban will be put in place for millions of Aussies on Monday as firefighters warn dangerous weather conditions could ‘ignite’ a disaster.
Rhiannon Lewin, Blair Jackson and Duncan Evans
Scientists have raised the alarm after signs of a deadly bird flu strain were observed on a remote sub-Antarctic island off the mainland Australian coast.
Blake Antrobus
Scientists have detected signs of the deadly H5 bird flu strain on a remote Australian sub-Antarctic island for the first time, sparking urgent testing and heightened biosecurity warnings.
Ethan James
A highly contagious and deadly strain of bird flu is tipped to eventually find its way to the mainland after suspected cases on a remote Australian island.
Commercial fishing has been banned in some waters to replenish fish stock killed by toxic algal bloom.
Emma Kirk
It’s a “race against the clock” for one of Australia’s biggest cities, with landfill space to run out in just five years.
Wild weather swept over Australia on Wednesday, with scorching heat smashing October records and deadly winds leaving thousands without power.
Alexandra Feiam
Aussies who have overwhelmingly backed a project to count native birds are now being asked to look under their feet - to stop invasive species in their tracks.
Rachel Jackson
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants countries to fund a global system of weather surveillance.
Staff Writers
Proposed new environmental laws that Murray Watt wants to pass within weeks would kill off the WA gallium plant lauded by Donald Trump this week at the first hurdle, industry sources claim.
Katina Curtis and Andrew Greene
