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An earthquake has hit south-western Tasmania.

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‘Felt like a train’: Quake rocks Tasmania

Tasmania’s largest population centres have experienced a rare seismic event, as a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck the state.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire 11th October 2024. Workers seen on a wind turbine blade. 11am Friday the first turbines at Australia's largest (planned) wind farm will spin and will start feeding electricity into Victoria's grid. The farm is Golden Plains Wind Farm in Rokewood. Ikea's investment arm will be announcing they're investing in stage 2 as well.Picture: NewsWire/Nadir Kinani

Big $5bn call on regional renewables

Communities could see a $5bn annual windfall and nearly 20,000 new jobs from renewable energy projects, but social tensions remain a significant hurdle.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has briefly met US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

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‘Different view’: Snag for Albo’s Trump meet

A major issue has cropped up as Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump confirm they will meet in Washington next month, but Penny Wong says Australia is unmoved.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - September 24, 2025: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Division Head, International Environment Reef and Ocean, Katrina Maguire appears at the Environment and communications references committee, Algal blooms in South Australia Public Hearing at Parliament House in Canberra. NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

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Ocean crisis exposes huge Aussie problem

Aussies live in a rich democracy, but one state’s rolling environmental disaster has exposed that government can still break down in basic ways.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - July 23, 2025: Barnaby Joyce MP holds a door-stop press conference in the press gallery at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Salacious’: Barnaby fires up on leadership

Barnaby Joyce says his campaign to end the commitment to net zero has nothing to do with trying to push out Nationals leader David Littleproud.

Terrifying moment severe storm rips off roof, nearly hitting driver

Terrifying moment severe storm rips off roof, nearly hitting driver

Severe storms ripped through the northeastern US, including Maine, on Sunday, July 20, bringing damaging winds to the area.

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Footage captured yesterday at Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, reveals more underwater impacts of SA's Harmful Algal Bloom.,

Worst you’ve ever seen: Horror photos reveal SA’s eco disaster

Never seen before underwater footage revealed a horror scene of total devastation as deadly algae bloom reduces pristine South Aussie ocean to dark ruins.

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Sunday 20th July, 2025. Photo: Dead marine life at Seacliff Beach as a result of the Algae Bloom. Picture: Tim Joy

‘Beggars belief’: Crisis crippling state

An MP has slammed the Albanese government for “falling short” on handling a crisis that is leaving thousands of animal carcasses washed up on beaches.

Images from BOM on Tuesday 22/07/2025

Millions of Aussies set for soaking

Lashings of rain and destructive winds are on the way for the majority of Australia, with more wet weather on the way.

Dead sea life from algal blooms at Foul Bay, Yorke Peninsula. Picture: Stefan Andrews courtesy Great Southern Reef Foundation

Labor commits $14m to tackle algae crisis

Murray Watt will commit $14m to tackle the toxic algal bloom plaguing the SA coast, however he warned the problem will not be solved “overnight”.

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The coastal erosion in Lancelin, 125km north of Perth. Picture: 7 News

Fears entire town could be washed away

An entire Aussie town is at risk of being washed away by aggressive coastal erosion – and furious locals are demanding action.

Dead sea life from algal blooms at Foul Bay, Yorke Peninsula. Picture: Stefan Andrews courtesy Great Southern Reef Foundation

‘Never seen before’: Shock pics of algal bloom

A federal minister has spoken out about the dead marine life from a toxic algal bloom as new pictures reveal the extent of the devastation.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with visiting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prior to their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP)

Albo reconnects with Aussie icon in China

Anthony Albanese has gotten a big dose of panda diplomacy in China, reconnecting with an Aussie favourite as he winds down his state visit.

A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above a camping site at the Negev desert near the city of Mitzpe Ramon on August 11, 2020 during the Perseids meteor shower, which occurs every year when the Earth passes through the cloud of debris left by the comet Swift-Tuttle. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

How to see year’s ‘best meteor shower’

The famous Perseids return to night skies tonight. Here’s when it peaks, how it works, and how Aussies can catch a glimpse.

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