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Residents are being urged to prepare to leave their homes as bushfires burn east of Bundaberg. Picture: Queensland Fire Department/NewsWire

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‘Prepare now’: Warning as bushfires rage

Residents are being urged to prepare to leave their homes as fierce bushfires burn in one state, with warnings they could rapidly worsen.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire 11th October 2024. 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

Green light for mega $2bn wind farm

Energy giant AGL has secured final approval for a mega $2bn wind farm that could power 590,000 homes.

Thousands of dead fish at The Marine Stadium at The Spit on the Gold Coast. Picture: Facebook

Shocking sight at beloved beach

Residents have expressed outrage and a council has started a clean-up, but authorities have said the water is safe for swimming.

Traveller Jackson Coffey spotted a saltwater crocodile below the surface of a waterhole moments before he was about to jump in for a swim.

Travellers’ lucky find before swim

Adventurer Jackson Coffey was about to swim at a waterhole in WA’s northwest when he spotted a potentially huge danger lying beneath the surface.

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A rare Antarctic weather phenomenon has triggered a 30C temperature spike in the stratosphere, threatening to bring chaotic spring conditions across Australia.

‘Weird’ event to bring months of chaos

An extraordinary weather phenomenon, not seen since Australia’s devastating 2019 bushfires, is forecast to bring major weather disruptions across the nation.

Residents have been put on alert over dead puffer fish.

Grim truth behind gross beach find

Residents in remote coastal communities have been put on alert after a series of gross discoveries on local beaches.

Changes to U.S. tap water standards have called into question Australia’s aqua resources as historic test data shows contaminant levels way above what is allowed stateside. Analysis by the Sydney Morning Herald shows particular chemicals have been found in the drinking water of up to 1.8 million Australians since 2010, including in Canberra, Queensland, parts of Sydney, Newcastle and Victoria. Those particular chemicals are ‘forever chemical’ pollutants; perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which have been linked to cancers in young people and firefighters. The World Health Organization deems PFOA as carcinogenic to humans and PFOS as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Picture: NewsWire

Controversial change to Aussie tap water

Another council in one Australian state has voted to remove fluoride from drinking water.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP)

‘Threat of war’: Albo’s warning on global stage

Anthony Albanese has given “dictators” and “tyrants” a dressing down on the global stage.

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An earthquake has hit south-western Tasmania.

‘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

‘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

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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14 killed, 124 missing in Taiwan after barrier lake burst

14 dead, 124 missing in super typhoon hell

Deadly Super Typhoon Ragasa has unleashed devastation across Hong Kong after killing 14 people in Taiwan, with southern China now bracing for impact.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 22 2025; Chris Minns, Premier of NSW and Ryan Park, Minister for Health are joined by Minister Jihad Dib, Member for Bankstown, Kylie Wilkinson, Member for East Hills and Lynda Voltz, Member for Auburn, for a press conference. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

‘Incredibly important’: Big tick for stalled project

NSW Premier Chris Minns has backed one controversial project, labelling the long-stalled site “incredibly important for our state”.

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