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Almost 1000 motorists are paying annual toll bills of $10,000 or more, according to data that further highlights the cost-of-living crunch of using the Sydney motorway network and the Western Sydney postcodes where drivers pay the most. Picture: NewsWire Handout

Hidden security warning in looming EV boom

While a mass increase of EV sales is instrumental for Australia to reach its 2035 climate target, a major report has also warned of potential “security risks”.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 11 2024: SANTOS AGM at Adelaide oval. A small group of protesters outside Adelaide oval. Kevin Gallagher. Picture: NCA NewsWire / RoyVphotography

Santos slumps on failed takeover bid

A failed $30bn takeover offer for one of Australia’s largest companies has collapsed, seeing the share price tumble throughout Thursday’s trading.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 16, 2025: People enjoy the warm spring weather at Bondi Beach on Tuesday. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Shocking spike in heatwave deaths

The number of deaths from heatwaves in Australia has increased massively in recent years, according to new research.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 15: Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese and Treasurer of Australia, the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP (R) arrive for post budget media interviews at Parliament House on May 15, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Australia's Labor government is grappling with a slowing economy, weaker commodity prices, soaring housing costs and a softening labor market. It unveiled its federal budget on May 14. The budget is seen as a key opportunity for the Labor government to deliver broad economic support that analysts say is fundamental to re-election chances next year. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Albo’s bold plan to phase out diesel, petrol

Diesel and petrol could be phased out as the government announces a $1.1 billion investment into low carbon liquid fuels.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 04 2020: People are seen working in crops in Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria. Picture: NewsWire / Daniel Pockett

$1.1bn bid to create clean biofuels

Australia could become a leader in creating an essential product for heavy-emitting planes, ships and trucks, with Labor’s $1.1bn move welcomed by industry.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - September 2, 2025: Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, Andrew Hastie during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Without a job’: Hastie issues ultimatum

Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has given the federal opposition leader an ultimatum just days after she sacked Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

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Cherry Gardens bushfire . Crews were kept busy at Tarrara Lane, Bradbury, trying to prevent the fire from crossing the roadway. (These crews were able to prevent it crossing.) PIcture: Brittany Norris/CFS

Bombshell claim on doomsday report

The Coalition has made an explosive claim about the first-ever climate risk assessment, ahead of new emissions targets tipped to be handed down later this week.

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Generic Melbourne. Port Melbourne. Real Estate. Housing. City. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Aerial, property prices, mortgage

$500bn could be wiped from property values

Property values could dive by up to $500 billion as homes become uninsurable due to worsening weather, a frightening new government report warns.

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Why SA disaster should worry Aussies

An algal bloom nightmare has decimated marine wildlife in South Australia, and experts warn NSW, Victoria and Queensland are also at risk.

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Karratha Gas Plant, North West Shelf Project. Please credit woodside

‘Carbon bomb’: Major gas decision slammed

Environmentalists have taken aim at the Albanese government after the controversial North West Shelf gas project in WA was extended till 2070.

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Dead marine life along the Ardrossan coastline in the Yorke Peninsula. Pictured on 28th July 2025. Picture Ben Clark

‘Biggest fear’: Grim warning on beach crisis

An Aussie state’s algal bloom crisis has killed scores of marine wildlife and decimated industries. Now, there are fears it could get worse.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos 03 AUGUST 2022 : Workers clean up at a house in Menzies Creek in the eastern suburbs after wild winds brought down trees and powerlines throughout the night and early this morning. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Grim weather warning for millions of Aussies

Wind, not floods or fires, has emerged as Australia’s costliest natural hazard with NRMA reporting a 32 per cent surge in weather-related claims this year.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JUNE 19, 2024: Generic photo of Australian shopping centre ALDI . Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

ALDI’s surprise new business move

Low-cost German grocery retailer Aldi is expanding into a new sector, promising households a ‘simpler’ experience in one key area.

September 4, 2025: Port Noarlunga Algal Bloom. Picture: Kelly Barnes

Algal disaster triggers JobSeeker plea

Seafood industry representatives are pleading with the federal government to consider a new JobSeeker program to preserve jobs amid a rolling environmental catastrophe.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos MAY 08, 2025: Greens leader Adam Bandt holds a press conference to concede he has lost the Federal seat of Melbourne . Picture: NewsWire/ David Crosling

Former Greens leader’s next high-profile gig

The former Greens leader has landed his next job after being booted from parliament in Labor’s 2025 election sweep.

Sunny days across the country may not be here to last, with millions warned “unusually high rainfall” is tipped to sweep parts of Australia over spring.

‘Unusually high’: Grim warning to millions

Sunny days across the country may not be here to last, with millions warned “unusually high rainfall” is tipped to soon drench parts of Australia.

The Coalition is being torn apart by net zero. Picture: Martin Ollman / NewsWire

‘Embrace net zero’: Huge call on Coalition

A Liberal senator is calling on her colleagues to stop bickering over a key issue tearing the Coalition apart.

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Little Penguins at Phillip Island Nature Parks Picture: Phillip Island Nature Parks

Heartbreaking fate of little penguins

A population of little penguins has almost been wiped out in 17 years, with a quarter of the adorable animals killed by watercraft.

(FILES) This handout image released by EYOS Expeditions on January 19, 2024, shows an aerial view of the A23a iceberg in the waters of The Southern Ocean off Antarctica on January 14. The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife breeding ground of South Georgia from being hit by the behemoth, the British Antarctic Survey said on March 4, 2025. (Photo by IAN STRACHAN / EYOS Expeditions / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

‘Catastrophic’: Update on giant ‘megaberg’

There has been a huge update on the world’s largest iceberg, known as A23a, that could have ‘catastrophic’ consequences for Australia.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - August 27, 2025: Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley arrives for the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery Midwinter Ball at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Ley’s surprise guests for mystery flight

A climate philanthropist is taking his campaign for climate action to new heights after snagging a mystery flight with Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

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The popular coastal walk was blanketed in thick seafoam on Wednesday. Picture: Visit Henley Beach via Facebook

Bizarre sight on Aussie beach

Mysterious sea foam has invaded an Aussie beach, sparking fears of links to a toxic algal bloom that has killed thousands of sea creatures.

Antarctica disappears before our eyes

Antarctica disappears before our eyes

Our precious polar continent is losing a devastating amount of its sea ice, threatening our planet’s climate more every day.

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Huge move on looming ‘$73bn’ threat

An independent MP is leading the charge in Canberra to help prepare Australians for a looming threat.

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A handout photo made available on July 17, 2020 by Polar Bears International shows a polar bear with its cubs in the Sea Ice, northeast of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 1985. - Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published on July 20, 2020 that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime. In some regions they are already caught in a vicious downward spiral, with shrinking sea ice cutting short the time bears have for hunting seals, while dwindling body weight undermines their chances of surviving Arctic winters without food, scientists reported in Nature Climate Change. The study calculates

Almost no Arctic sea ice loss seen in 20 years

Scientists say a dramatic slowdown in Arctic sea ice loss over the past 20 years is “surprising” but consistent with global warming trends.

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Image: Radar image for southwest WA on the morning of Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Source: Weatherzone

State on alert for return of floods

Aussies are bracing for impact as a huge rain system looms over the east coast, bringing a renewed threat of flooding to one state.

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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

Aussies back climate action, new poll

A poll has revealed almost 8 in 10 Aussies want stronger climate action to prevent risks from bushfires and extreme weather events.

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An urgent search is underway after a woman was swept away overnight in rising floodwaters in Northern NSW.

Urgent search for woman missing in floods

An urgent search is underway for a woman who was swept away by floodwaters, as rain and snow blanket the nation’s east coast.

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has used a snow event in his electorate of New England as a platform to push his campaign against Net Zero. Oicture: Facebook

‘Lunatic’: Barnaby lets rip with snow rant

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce used a rare Aussie snow event to push his campaign against Australia’s “lunatic policy of net zero”.

Rising Tide protesters outside the Adelaide headquarters of Santos on Wednesday. Picture: Duncan Evans

‘Make them pay’: Algal bloom storm grows

Protesters tried to confront the CEO of South Australian oil and gas giant Santos on Wednesday, demanding money to clean up the state’s algal bloom disaster.

The Australian Weather Calendar 2021, Front of Parliament House after hail storm. File number 20200046. 46th Parliament. Parliament House Canberra. 20 January 2020. Image David Foote - AUSPIC/DPS

‘Bigger, more frequent’ hail for Aus cities

Younger Aussies are being warned to expect bigger and more frequent hail into the future, with a new study revealing which cities are most at risk.

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