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How Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law solved crisis at family farm
Alasdair MacLeod was regularly escaping to the country with his young family when he realised something was going horribly wrong there – and needed a radical solution.
- Catherine Naylor
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Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest steps up fight against big oil and gas
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has escalated his war against oil and gas producers, and Woodside in particular, taking to a helicopter off the remote WA coast to lambast its $18 billion Scarborough gas export project as a “carbon dioxide bomb”.
- Peter Milne
- Exclusive
- Climate crisis
Woodside and Perth’s Fringe World organiser cut final ties
The city’s 2024 summer festival season will be the first in recent memory free of fossil fuel sponsorship after a five-year grassroots campaign declares a win.
- Emma Young
Away from the glitter of Dubai, a village is being devoured by sand
Rising out of the desert, the futuristic metropolis of Dubai hosted a historic global agreement this week. Nearby, nature takes its toll.
- Lucy Cormack
- Opinion
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COP28 puts heat on everyone but Australia is well-placed to act
The world has taken stock of its climate change response and found it seriously wanting. Action can and must be taken.
- Kerry Schott
- Analysis
- Climate policy
What COP28 achieved – and what it failed to do
For the first time in COP’s 28-year history and in the face of fierce opposition from some states, fossil fuels were explicitly named in the event’s final text.
- Nick O'Malley
COP28 ends with tears, and a historic deal on transition away from fossil fuels
The end of the negotiations came suddenly, a day after the talks were to have ended and after two marathon nights of tough discussions between rival voting blocs.
- Nick O'Malley
- Updated
- Climate policy
COP28 talks on the cusp of failure with bitter divide over the future of fossil fuels
There had been hope that the final agreement would include language that specifically addressed the key cause of emissions and climate change – the burning of fossil fuels.
- Nick O'Malley
- Updated
- Paris Agreement
Australia accused of hypocrisy in calling for end to fossil fuels at COP28
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen told the climate talks that fossil fuels have no future in world energy systems, but his nod to emissions capture has irked some.
- Nick O'Malley
Want to see what climate change does? I’ll show you my WA desert home
Few Australians know the Country I call home. Let me take you there through spinifex, mulga trees, red sand and open skies – and introduce you to my family.
- Samantha Murray
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