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Black cockatoos are in dire straits across WA.

Carnaby’s carnage laid bare in ongoing fallout from WA’s horror summer

Those on the frontlines of the battle to save WA’s best-loved bird have revealed new details – and new ideas.

  • Emma Young

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The NSW budget has been hit with a 10-fold increase to relief and recovery payments since the deadly Black Summer bushfires.

Tenfold increase in NSW relief spending after horror run of natural disasters

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is optimistic about the state’s finances as he prepares to hand down his third budget, but climate change is predicted to contribute to soaring disaster relief payments.

  • Alexandra Smith
Global warming is now a present reality, not an abstract future threat.

How to get the best bang for your climate buck

Philanthropists are free to donate to the other side of the world if that’s where the impact will be the greatest, while governments have a primary responsibility to their constituents.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

‘I saw the flash’: How US nuclear tests changed life on this Pacific idyll forever

Marshall Islands locals watched radioactive coral fall from the sky for hours after the US’s bomb tests, 71 years ago. Now they face another existential threat.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The June 21 Edition

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Portuguese tourists Miriam and her dad cool down in a sprinkler in Parliament Square, London.

The Great British Heatwave has officially arrived – and this is just the beginning

With a health alert in place until Monday and thermometers nudging 34 degrees, the country famous for queuing in drizzle is now lining up shirtless for ice-cream.

  • Rob Harris
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This tree fell onto a restaurant in the Brisbane suburb of Teneriffe during Cyclone Alfred.

Surge in wild weather claims threatens insurance as we know it

One major insurer has received 32,000 claims for wild-weather-related damage to both vehicles and property between January and May this year, more than for the whole of last year.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
People braving the cold weather on the St Kilda foreshore.

We were promised a warm winter. So why is it so cold?

If you believe the weather bureau, Australia is expecting a warm, wet winter. If you believe your own senses when stepping outside, it is distinctly chilly.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The new tool can provide flood predictions on a resolution of five by five metres.

‘World first’: 5G spy will know if your home’s at risk of disaster

Sent a text today? Your phone could soon be part of an enormous, highly accurate monitoring tool.

  • Angus Dalton
Visitors pose with a man in a Trump mask outside the White House. The US remains one of the best travel destinations in the world, regardless of who’s in charge.

Should you boycott the US? The 20 biggest questions in travel right now

We posed 20 of the most pressing questions that should be on travellers’ minds to a group of experts across a range of categories. Here’s what they had to say.

  • Lee Tulloch

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