Time for a climate change reality check on both sides of the debate
Only looking back on history, not ideology, will prove which is correct in the push to hit net-zero emissions by 2050.
Bushfires
Climate crisis runs ahead of scientists
Bushfires tearing through Siberia’s boreal forest, floods killing scores of people in Germany, high temperatures roasting North America: these are the manifestations of a growing climate crisis.
Kangaroo Island luxury lodge to be rebuilt after bushfires
The redevelopment of the luxury $2500-a-night Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island has begun with expectations the lodge could re-open by mid-2023.
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Daniel Andrews’ long-awaited return, the Melbourne vs Sydney lockdowns, historic bushfires and the brilliance of Johannes Leak
Gold bar scammer targeted fire victim
A Melbourne man has admitted selling fake gold and silver bars to multiple victims including a survivor of the devastating Mallacoota bushfires.
Home work key to long-term recovery
Billions of dollars are sunk into stimulating a recovery of regional areas but the larger challenge of getting cities back on track remains.
Answering the vaccine call
Australia’s response to Covid-19 is to be hailed, not feared.
New cancer therapy brings hope
Battling blood cancer in my 20s, I put my faith in a clinical trial for a promising new treatment. But does it actually work?
Black Hawks to boost firefighting
The two Black Hawks bought by an Adelaide firm will be available year-round to battle bushfires in Australia.
Covid failings give Labor a chance to land blow on PM
The conditions are right for Anthony Albanese to go on the offensive and put himself in the race for the next election.
‘Twiggy’ fires up volunteer army plan
Forrest’s nationwide corps of volunteers will work in and with communities to help improve their efforts to resist bushfires.
‘Club in the scrub’ to rise again
A small Australian footy club on Kangaroo Island has received a lifesaving donation from the AFL to rebuild after the Black Summer bushfires destroyed the community heart.
Logging ‘played no part in fires’
New research challenges the notion that logging has contributed to the severity of the black summer bushfires.
$600m for natural disasters aid agency
The Morrison government will move to deliver a key recommendation of the bushfires royal commission by establishing and investing $600m in a new national agency.
A vintage for the ages – wine industry rises from the ashes
The wine sector is celebrating a superb vintage across all of the major growing regions – a welcome relief after bushfires and smoke cut a swath through the sector last year.
‘This revolution will eventually reach our political class’
Social psychologist Hugh Mackay on the nascent revolution he’s witnessing — and the ‘radical kindness’ espoused in his new book.
Bushfires, eskies and a brighter future
New Year’s Eve 2019 was the worst of days in Mallacoota. The best are like today, under a spotless sky in one of the many coves nearby.
New Melbourne CoE fast-tracks technology
The bushfires of 2019 and 2020 highlighted areas where technology can help both military and civilian agencies to react faster and with better situational awareness.
Celebrate, inspire, create
There’s been a revolution in the way business sees its responsibilities to stakeholders. A new generation of workers wants employers to have a social conscience.
And then there were so many more
Entries in the 2020 Biggies Awards were of an exceptional quality. These individuals and companies — which did not make the finals lists — deserve recognition.
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