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South-eastern Australia will continue to be blasted by severe thunderstorms on Friday, hitting the entire south-east coast of Australia. Picture: BOM

Damaging winds, hail warning for weekend

Parts of the east coast of Australia are likely to be impacted by severe thunderstorms, hail and damaging winds across the weekend.

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Thursday 31st March 2022Lismore Suburbs today Local residents taking to the flood waters to see the damage caused.PictureÃs Darren Leigh Roberts

‘Failed too many’: Insurers lashed on floods

A parliamentary inquiry into the response of insurers to severe floods in several states in 2022 had let down many victims by failing to meet their obligations.

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Thursday 31st March 2022Lismore Suburbs today Local residents taking to the flood waters to see the damage caused.PictureÃs Darren Leigh Roberts

‘Failed too many’: Insurers lashed on floods

A parliamentary inquiry into the response of insurers to severe floods in several states in 2022 had let down many victims by failing to meet their obligations.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 15, 2024: The Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton pictured at a press conference at the Italian Street Food Cafe inAbbotsford.Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

‘Don’t care:’ Dutton clashes with ABC journo

In a fiery exchange, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton accused the public broadcaster of having an “ideological position” against the Coalition’s nuclear promise.

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A Beerwah Rural Fire Brigade vehicle responding to the Beerwah bushfire. Picture: Beerwah Rural Fire Brigade

Heat behind an increase in Aussie hospitalisations

More and more Australians are being hospitalised and dying because of extreme weather events, with concerns the coming summer could be our worst yet.

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SURRY HILLS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 15th, 2023: Over flowing rubbish spills out of residents bins due to the rubbish collection strike in Surry Hills.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Tim Pascoe

Aussies fume over new bin tax plan

A ‘pay as you throw’ proposal to charge people by the amount of waste they throw out has many up in arms, calling for the idea to be shelved immediately.

Former Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbot speaks to the media during a press conference after attending a forum on technology, innovation and trade, amid Chinas rising military threats, in Taipei, Taiwan, 8 October 2021. Taiwan has been facing intensifying threats from China whilst building better relations with Japan, the US, the UK, Australia, Canada as well as other European countries including Lithuania, Czech Republic, Poland, France. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

‘Cult’: Former PM’s wild climate rant

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has declared warnings of human-induced climate change “ahistorical and utterly implausible”.

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Sad twist in viral koala’s food rampage

There’s a bittersweet update to the story about a koala named Claude, who became an internet sensation after going on a $6000 rampage at a nursery.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. OCTOBER 19, 2023: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Ambitious’: Australia’s net-zero task laid bare

Private industry must pitch in with the government for Australia to hit net zero by 2050, according to the Treasurer.

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DALVEEN, AUSTRALIA - NewsWIRE Photos NOVEMBER 01, 2023:Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick)Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border.Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass

Sydney school scare as bushfire threatened

A Sydney primary school was evacuated after a fierce blaze edged close to the grounds, as crews continue to battle multiple fires in two states.

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Firefighters are continuing to give it their all with more than 240 trucks and 38 aircraft battling almost 70 fires around QLD this afternoon. Conditions are expected to ease over the next 24 hours, but are forecast to worsen again next week. , Fire bans are in place for several parts of QLD and it’s vital landholders and residents follow these directions and don’t introduce fire into the landscape. , Gilston/Advancetown Rural Fire Brigade at Moonie

Heatwave triggers extreme danger in state

More than 70 fires are burning across NSW, with conditions set to worsen over the next 24 hours.

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Town’s miraculous escape from fire

Residents in one Australian town have been spared from the path of a bushfire as several massive blazes plague Queensland and NSW.

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Shock video captures Sydney beach danger

Strong winds have left a surfer swimming for his life after a huge wave wiped him out.

Woman cooking healthy eating. Picture: iStock

State ‘considering’ subsidy for electric stoves

The NSW Treasurer has said the state is considering subsidies that could make it cheaper for households to transition to electric appliances.

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