Carbon projects may be ‘gone to blazes’
The Clean Energy Regulator is reviewing a key component of the PM’s climate change commitments.
Bushfires
Video shows escape from inferno
A terrifying video has emerged of volunteer firefighters escaping a raging inferno on Kangaroo Island | WATCH
Greats back TA on smoke haze
John McEnroe and Chris Evert have backed Tennis Australia’s handling of the Australian Open’s smoke haze controversy.
Spike in domestic violence calls
Domestic violence agencies are reporting a spike in assaults occurring in the regions hit hardest by the bushfires.
Rain relief, but not for everyone
Heavy rainfall has helped firefighters in some areas, but very little fell on the fire grounds in East Gippsland and northeast Victoria.
Daring operation saves ‘dinosaur trees’
Firefighters were secretly lowered in by chopper to save trees that have been growing for 200 million years | PICTURES
2019 second hottest year on record
The world’s major weather agencies rank 2019 just behind 2016, the past decade the warmest since records started.
Don’t wait to seek expert advice
By smartly getting on the front foot, businesses can help save themselves.
No more carbon cuts, PM warned
Scott Morrison has been warned by Coalition MPs to avoid major changes to emissions targets and from revisiting the NEG.
Hits, giggles as stars rally for cause
The stars of tennis gathered on Rod Laver Arena to raise nearly $5 million for bushfire charities.
Canavan relaxed on firm’s coal exit
Resources Minister Matt Canavan has dismissed the decision of the world’s biggest fund manager to divest from thermal coal.
Morrison doubles family aid payments
Parents will receive an additional $400 per child from next Monday as part of the government’s boost to financial relief.
Mass fish kill stretches 70km
Distressed residents have reported that ‘tens of thousands’ of rotting fish were washing up on the banks of NSW’s Macleay River.
Human factors ‘impact wildfire’
Human-induced climate change is promoting conditions on which wildfires depend, increasing their likelihood.
Battle to save ground parrot
Conservationists are battling to save a species of parrot that faces extinction after the bushfires.
Fireys union split over need for fires inquiry
A split has emerged within the United Firefighters Union over support for a royal commission.
Makeshift ‘communes’ shelter refugees
Scores of people are living in tents and other makeshift ‘communes’ more than two weeks after their homes were ravaged.
Burning regime concerns ecologists
The West Australian government has stepped up prescribed burns in national parks, on crown land and in local government areas.
Communities face asbestos threat
Building industry insiders warn that roughly one in three homes built before 1990 contains some asbestos.
Athletes battle through the haze
Tennis stars coughed, spluttered and struggled for breath through a second day of “hazardous” air quality in Melbourne.
Flash flood fears as rain batters Melbourne
Thunderstorms have replaced bushfire and smoke as the latest hazard in Victoria, which has already been hit by airport chaos.
PM doubles payouts after criticism
Scott Morrison doubles some payments and announces a series of changes after criticism of his initial cash injection.
Bushfire crisis is our Pearl Harbor moment
If we were to mobilise now, renewable energy superpower status could be ours.
Go a little slower, help wildlife survive too
The toll on Australia’s native animals from bushfires is shocking but so is the road kill number.
Fire recovery funds to hit budget surplus
PM to unveil funding and recovery measures to fast-track support for businesses.
In over her head, but dive tank a lifeline
Samantha Kneeshaw had done all she could to save her house so she jumped in her pool with scuba gear.
Review ‘not in conflict’ with PM’s
Scott Morrison says a probe announced by the Victorian government into the state’s bushfires will not conflict with his planned royal commission.
Catastrophic damage to farmland
Nearly a million hectares of prime agricultural land has been damaged by bushfires, according to a fire zone survey.
Farmers may not get PM’s payouts
Farmers fighting fires may miss out on promised compensation unless they can prove they lost income while on the frontline.
Soldier salutes his ‘safari uncle’, cousin
Lieutenant Kynan Lang bowed in front of the crosses he had just hammered into the ground to commemorate the lives of his uncle and cousin.
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