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FITZROY ISLAND , AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 22, 202 Holiday makers enjoy Fitzroy Island, off the coast of Cairns. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk visited the island while on the campaign trail and announced a $40 million investment in the protection of the Great Barrier Reef, should Labor win government. Queenslanders go to the polls on October 31. Picture: NewsWire / Dan Peled

What Labor’s green reforms won’t fix

Labor’s ambitious environmental reforms fail to close a “25-year-old loophole” putting the Great Barrier Reef at risk, an economist has warned.

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A social media influencer has been blasted after being caught in an illegal act on a heritage-listed Australian tourist destination.

Influencer blasted for illegal act on island

A social media influencer has been blasted after being caught in an illegal act on a heritage-listed Australian tourist destination.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 18, 2024: The Harvest moon pictured as it rises from Mount Kuring-Gai. Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

How to see tonight’s ‘supermoon’

Wednesday’s sunset and evening will offer Aussies across the country the chance to see a ‘supermoon’. Here’s how you can experience the incredible natural wonder.

The full harvest super moon rises above trees near Moscow Mountain, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Supermoon to grace Australian skies

A supermoon will be visible in Australian skies on Tuesday as the moon comes near its closest point to Earth.

Experts believe they’ve discovered an ancient city with pyramids and streets built 6000 years ago, hidden beneath the Caribbean Sea.

6000-year-old ‘Atlantis’ found

Experts believe they’ve discovered an ancient city with pyramids and streets built 6000 years ago, hidden beneath the Caribbean Sea.

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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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Australians face an aerial assault from protective magpies this spring, with 887 swooping attacks already logged and dozens of serious injuries reported nationwide.

How to avoid magpie swooping this season

With more than 800 incidents already recorded, an expert has revealed how you can avoid being swooped by magpies this spring.

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.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 18, 2024: The Harvest moon pictured as it rises from Mount Kuring-Gai. Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Rare Black Moon coming, but there’s a catch

Australia will experience a rare ‘black moon’ this weekend – but the celestial phenomenon comes with a catch for eager stargazers.

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A meteroite lit up the skies of WA overnight slamming through the Earth's atmosphere at 34km per second. Picture: Facebook

Fireball lights up major city’s skies

Dashcam footage has captured the moment a rare celestial fireball streaked across Perth’s night sky at 34km per second, leaving stargazers in awe.

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These mysterious mossy green balls washed up on a NSW beach, Picture: Mel Christensen

Mystery green balls wash up on beach

Months after an epidemic of “grease balls” washed up on the NSW coastline, a new mystery has emerged after a woman found dozens of mysterious green balls along another beach.

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200 species dead in ‘unprecedented’ disaster

Scientists have offered a grim outlook for Aussies hoping for an immediate solution to an ‘unprecedented’ disaster leaving the water at Aussie beaches toxic.

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Devastating confirmation of 6th mass bleaching event in 9 years on the Great Barrier Reef demands action on climate, The Great Barrier Reef has suffered its 6th mass bleaching event in the last 9 years. Only the second time mass bleaching has occurred in consecutive summers., , , Coral bleaching stretches over 1300 km from Townsville to Cape York, with alarming heat stress in the Far North., , Flood plumes impact the northern and central regions, threatening coral and seagrass habitats vital to turtles and dugongs., , The next Australian Government must rapidly cut climate pollution, commit to no new fossil fuel approvals., , The Reef needs an Emergency Response Plan to increase resilience for reefs affected by major events like bleaching, cyclones and floods. , Bleached Coral on the Outer Reef Near Cairns. Photo: Angelina Pilarinos

‘Won’t survive’: Huge fear for Aussie treasure

Politicians have been served a major wake-up call when it comes to the management of one of the world’s most-treasured natural wonders.

Rock art pictured at Murujuga where Woodside want to expand its North West Shelf gas project for another 40 years. Picture: Save Our Songlines

Professor accuses government of lying

A professor of archaeology has accused a state government of lying in a report about the impact of industrial emissions on Aboriginal rock art.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - March 25, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Nonsense’: Albo slams Greens over salmon

The prime minister has gone after the Greens in Question Time over salmon farming in Tasmania.

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake was detected in Hawker, SA on Saturday 11 Jan, 2025. Source: Geoscience Australia

Small town rocked by earthquake

A small Aussie town has been rocked by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake, with people living near the epicentre reporting shaking houses and a loud rumble.

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Map of the known ash-fall boundaries for several Yellowstone Supervolcano eruptions. Source: USGS

Supervolcano shift stirs fears of eruption

Scientists say the enormous Yellowstone supervolcano is stirring in its sleep, with concerns the subterranean monster could blow.

Mean temperature deciles for 2024. Picture: Bureau of Meteorology

Australia records second hottest year ever

2024 was Australia’s second hottest year, beaten only by 2019, the beginning of the horror Black Summer bushfire season, new figures reveal.

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A handout image made available by the National Oceanography Centre on July 24, 2023, shows the abyssal urchin Plesiodiadema globulosum, one of the most abundant invertebrates in the NE Pacific region and found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), has shown it is not just rich with life -- with one study finding some 5,000 species previously unknown to science -- but also far more complex than previously thought. That raises further questions about controversial proposals, currently being discussed at international talks in Jamaica, to mine the CCZ for the rock-like nodules. Once thought of as almost an underwater desert, the vast abyssal plain stretching between Hawaii and Mexico has been scoured by scientists as mining firms eye mineral-rich

‘No recovery’: Grim ocean warning emerges

An expert has warned about the disastrous effects of deep-sea mining, which could begin in international waters as early as next year.

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John Butler has slammed the proposal. Picture: Supplied.

‘Being lied to’: Icon’s warning for Aussie state

The American-Australian musician has issued a chilling warning over an “out of touch” proposal that could set Australia back.

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Jeremy Frost 23 Fury as Parks Victoria bans rock climbing at Mount Aarapiles after secret surveys - The Victorian government is set to ban rock climbing at AustraliaÃs most significant site after a four-year secretive process to probe cultural heritage. Picture: Jason Edwards

‘Radical minority’: Row over climbing ban

A proposal to ban some rock climbing routes at a famous Aussie site due to cultural heritage protections has proved controversial.

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GEELONG, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire November 12, 2024: The Corpse Flower in full bloom at the Geelong Botanic Gardens. Picture: NewsWire / Nadir Kinani

Thousands flock for bizarre sight

A rare flower that stinks like rotting flesh has bloomed, with hundreds turning out to get a whiff of its foul stench.

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The group are appearing to protest the ban at the site. Picture: X / @113official

Vile Nazi act on sacred site

A group of Australian neo-Nazis have made a vile demonstration on top of a sacred Indigenous site.

The Daily Telegraph 30.10.2024 Infestation of Blue Bottles have washed up on the high tide. At Bronte beach. People enjoying Bronte Beach on a sunny Thursday in spite of the Blue Bottles. Picture: Rohan Kelly.

Dangerous ‘invasion’ hits popular beach

A famous beach has been struck with a dangerous ‘invasion’, just says after beaches were shut down due to mysterious black tar balls.

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A super moon rises behind people standing on a headland near Sydneyâs Bondi Beach on October 17, 2024. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Stunning pics of supermoon over Bondi

Stunning photos show the bright orange supermoon that lit up Sydney’s skies last night.

A dead thresher shark was found washed up on Seven Mile Beach in the Shoalhaven.. Picture: Facebook / Trapman Australia

Shock discovery at popular Aussie beach

Beachgoers were shocked to discover a near mythical beast had washed ashore at a popular beach.

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The Bob Brown peppermint tree after it was cut down. Picture: Peter Murphy

‘Gutted’: 800-year-old wonder destroyed

Shock and anger is rising after an 800-year-old natural wonder was cut down to a stump.

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Drilling a coral skeletal core in the Coral Sea. Picture: Tane Sinclair-Taylor

‘Catastrophe’ headed for Great Barrier Reef

Scientists have revealed co-ordinated action must be taken to save the Great Barrier Reef after water temperatures reach unprecedented levels.

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The University of Queensland located on Heron Island has a research station, which offers tours showcasing the important work being done to preserve the reef. Picture: Citizens of the Reef.

Stunning underwater pic hides huge problem

These picturesque underwater scenes may seem idyllic at first glance, but closer inspection reveals crucial evidence hidden in plain sight.

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‘Aliens’: Creepy monolith emerges in desert

‘Clearly aliens!’: Unsettling desert discovery

Cops have found a mysterious, otherworldly object in the US desert, the latest in a series of baffling discoveries.

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