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Aussies are set to battle a land of extremexs this week as the country welcomes the first week of summer.

Heatwave, icy blast splits Australia

It’s an unusual start to summer as some Aussies swelter through a suffocating heatwave, while millions more are in the firing line for lashings of rain and icy temperatures.

Barnaby Joyce has admitted the Coalition’s failure to address ageing coal-fired power plants was a “mistake”, after a newreport that warned the closure of a major NSW plant could risk blackouts. Picture: Seven

Barnaby fires up on blackout fears

The New England MP has lashed Labor’s approach to stabilising the energy grid, after an AEMO report delivered a grim warning for one Australian state.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley. Picture: NewsWire

‘A fix’: Ley cracks on key issue

Sussan Ley has accused Anthony Albanese’s environment tsar of putting deal-making above good policy.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 29, 2025: Rising Tide protests out on boats and kayaks as a large bulk carrier ship passes in Newcastle harbour. Thousands of ordinary people have come from all over Australia to join the People's Blockade of the World's largest coal port Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Protesters blockade world’s largest coal port

Thousands of climate activists launched kayaks and small boats into a major Australian harbour on Saturday as a flotilla protest entered its second day.

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Residents have been urged to leave as multiple bushfires continue raging across western areas of regional Victoria.The bushfire in the Grampions, which first started burning at the Grampians National Park on Thursday, has now exceeded 29,000 hectares in size. More than 300 firefighters are battling to keep the blaze under control. , Residents in Bellfield, Bellfield Settlement, Flat Rock Crossing, Fyans Creek, Grampians Junction and Halls Gap have been told to leave immediately. Picture: Supplied

$200m move as extreme weather looms

A new federal funding push will support communities living under threat of extreme weather events, including flood, fire and cyclonic disasters.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 16, 2025: Leader of the opposition Sussan Ley and National MP David Littleproud at a Joint presser announcing the Coalition's joint position on net-zero and energy, Sydney CBD. Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Coalition unifies for new energy policy

After scrapping net zero, the Coalition has emerged from a joint party meeting with a raft of changes in its new climate policy, pledging to reduce energy prices and emissions.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 16, 2025: Leader of the opposition Sussan Ley and National MP David Littleproud at a Joint presser announcing the Coalition's joint position on net-zero and energy, Sydney CBD. Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Coalition unifies for new energy policy

After scrapping net zero, the Coalition has emerged from a joint party meeting with a raft of changes in its new climate policy, pledging to reduce energy prices and emissions.

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Millions of Aussies are set to be smashed by heavy rains this Sunday.

Millions of Aussies are about to cop it

Millions of Aussies are staring down the barrel of a rain band which could bring “large” hail to the east coast, amid a renewed warning for parts of NSW.

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‘Disrespect’: Libs blasted for net zero move

Penny Wong has delivered a dire warning on how the Coalition’s reversal on its climate policy could unravel decades of diplomatic work in the Pacific.

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Tarzia goes Speirs fishing in $30m algal bloom rescue plan

The Liberals are unveiling a plan to restore shellfish reefs from algal bloom devastation, which has a striking similarity to their former leader’s manifesto.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos , November 14, 2025:, The Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley speaks to the media during a visit to a factory in Caringbah, NSW Picture: NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone

‘Bailed out’: Ley lashes out on Aussie crisis

Amid widespread backlash for scrapping net zero, federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has lashed out at Labor on a major issue straining the economy.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos , November 14, 2025:, The Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley speaks to the media during a visit to a factory in Caringbah, NSW Picture: NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone

‘Bailed out’: Ley lashes out on Aussie crisis

Amid widespread backlash for scrapping net zero, federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has lashed out at Labor on a major issue straining the economy.

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The first tropical cyclone of the season could be on its way as sea temperatures soar in the north of Australia

‘Intense’ 72-hr weather event to hit millions

Millions of Aussies are set for a soaking this weekend and unusually warm sea temperatures could produce the first tropical cyclone of the season.

Two months after losing her husband in a shark attack at Dee Why, Maria Psillakis has spoken publicly about her grief and her mission to make the ocean safer for others.

Widow’s emotional plea after shark attack

Two months after a devastating shark attack claimed her husband’s life, Maria Psillakis is campaigning for stronger ocean safety measures.

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