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Australia news live: Lidia Thorpe considering abstaining on Senate vote on Indigenous voice referendum
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Graham Readfearn

28, May, 2023 @12:05 AM

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Toondah Harbour: should a wetland home to endangered birds become $1.3bn worth of shops, high-rises and a marina?
A Queensland controversy has been building for eight years and will soon be in the hands of Tanya Plibersek

Graham Readfearn

26, May, 2023 @10:54 PM

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Australia’s ‘first carbon-neutral telco’: do Telstra’s environmental claims about Belong stack up? | Temperature Check
Carbon neutrality of low-cost telco Belong relies almost solely on buying overseas offsets, and how an Institute of Public Affairs fellow misread the Great Barrier Reef

Graham Readfearn

25, May, 2023 @12:00 AM

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‘Don’t F&*! The Planet’: Atlassian issues net zero guide for companies cutting climate impact
Tech firm founded by Australians Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar says net zero must be achieved by cutting emissions by 90% and only offsetting the remainder

Graham Readfearn and Australian Associated Press

24, May, 2023 @3:11 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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Global heating has likely made El Niños and La Niñas more ‘frequent and extreme’, new study shows
Scientists say greenhouse gases have already affected climate patterns in the Pacific that could lead to more severe weather, floods and heatwaves

Graham Readfearn

18, May, 2023 @8:00 AM

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Decimated brush-tailed bettong makes a startling return – with the help of peanut butter
Project to reintroduce critically endangered marsupial in South Australia, involving lures with nut spread, has surpassed expectations

Graham Readfearn

18, May, 2023 @1:27 AM

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Treasurer wants energy transition to be his legacy – as it happened
This blog is now closed.

Mostafa Rachwani and Natasha May (earlier)

16, May, 2023 @8:04 AM

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Oceans have been absorbing the world’s extra heat. But there’s a huge payback
Record sea surface temperatures suggest the Earth is headed for ‘uncharted territory’ in terms of sea level rise, coastal flooding and extreme weather

Graham Readfearn

14, May, 2023 @8:30 PM

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How The Good Guys got it wrong on the risks of gas cooktops, and Bob Katter’s new vest | Temperature Check
The sales pitch for new cookers ignored concern about the danger of burning fossil fuel in your home, and the move towards electric induction hobs

Graham Readfearn

11, May, 2023 @2:56 AM

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Climate scientists first laughed at a ‘bizarre’ campaign against the BoM – then came the harassment
Former Bureau of Meteorology staff say claims they deliberately manipulated data to make warming seem worse are being fed by a ‘fever swamp’ of climate denial

Graham Readfearn

06, May, 2023 @8:00 PM

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Sky News Australia’s Outsiders breached industry code for accuracy on climate science, media watchdog finds
Acma investigation highlights four segments on Sky News Australia that tried to play down the threat to Great Barrier Reef

Graham Readfearn Environment reporter

27, Apr, 2023 @6:07 AM

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