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Bureau of Meteorology puts Australia on ‘El Niño alert’
Update warns there is a 70% chance of the climate system developing before the end of this year, raising the risk of heatwaves and bushfires

Adam Morton, Graham Readfearn and Australian Associated Press

06, Jun, 2023 @7:39 AM

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Tracking Australia’s progress on the climate crisis and the consequences of global heating
What is Australia’s contribution to the climate emergency, and how successfully is it acting to address it?

Nick Evershed, Josh Nicholas and Adam Morton

01, Jun, 2023 @2:26 AM

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Nurses union fined $350,000 for West Australian strike; Rex Patrick loses FOI challenge – as it happened
Follow the day’s news live

Royce Kurmelovs and Natasha May (earlier)

26, May, 2023 @9:17 AM

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Mike Cannon-Brookes wins control of Sun Cable solar project from Andrew Forrest
Entrepreneur says plan to send renewable energy to Singapore from Northern Territory a ‘nation-building project for Australia’

Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

26, May, 2023 @7:23 AM

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Spy boss says terrorism threat lower – as it happened
This blog is now closed.

Emily Wind and Amy Remeikis (earlier)

23, May, 2023 @8:23 AM

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End of native logging in Victoria ‘a monumental win for forests’, say conservationists
The shutting down of the industry six years earlier than scheduled comes after decades of conflict

Adam Morton, Adeshola Ore and Paul Karp

23, May, 2023 @6:18 AM

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How the Australian gas industry’s audacious net zero claims stack up – explainer
Peter Dutton recently told fossil fuel executives ‘the road to net zero emissions … is one we can only travel with gas’

Adam Morton and Graham Readfearn

21, May, 2023 @3:00 PM

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The gas industry should be transparent about its future. So should MPs and the media | Adam Morton
An industry conference this week is talking up gas expansion as a key to solving the climate crisis, but the reality is gas power is undeniably in decline

Adam Morton

18, May, 2023 @1:46 AM

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Scientists warn Maugean skate, Tasmania’s ‘thylacine of the sea’, one extreme weather event from extinction
Researchers warn rapid action needed to prevent the extinction of an ancient fish species found only in Macquarie Harbour

Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

16, May, 2023 @4:44 AM

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Failure to protect nature is a bigger threat to humanity than inflation, Australian scientists warn
‘For just 10% of the stage-three tax cuts, we could recover every one of Australia’s almost 2,000 threatened species,’ says ecologist

Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

12, May, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Labor’s hydrogen pledge a ‘great start’ but more needed to become global player, experts say
Australian Hydrogen Council welcomes $2bn funding but MP Sophie Scamps calls it ‘a drop in the ocean’ compared with US

Peter Hannam and Adam Morton

10, May, 2023 @8:32 AM

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Households offered $1bn help in budget to install energy saving measures
Low-cost loans for double glazing, solar panels and other improvements should benefit more than 100,000 households, while $2bn is set aside for hydrogen projects

Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

09, May, 2023 @10:00 AM

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