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‘An extra $36k per person wealthier’: Big call

Anthony Albanese revealed a huge new plan for Australia that his treasurer claims will make Aussies much wealthier.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - September 2, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

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Albo reveals major climate target

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed Australia’s huge new emissions target after weeks of speculation.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - September 2, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

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Albo reveals major climate target

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed Australia’s huge new emissions target after weeks of speculation.

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Sussan Ley has denied she is being undermined by Coalition rebels. Picture: Martin Ollman / NewsWire

‘Held to ransom’: Ley grilled on net zero

Sussan Ley has been grilled on a key issue tearing the Coalition apart.

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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

UAE ditches Santos buyout offer

A $30bn takeover offer for one of Australia’s largest companies has collapsed, prompting this reaction from the chairman.

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.

Port Noarlunga beach has been engulfed by an enormous amount of sea foam, sparking concern among locals and health authorities.Â

Strange sight at popular Aussie beach

Just weeks after the last unusual event, giant clouds of sea foam have swept ashore, transforming an Aussie coastline into a surreal, frothy landscape.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 17, 2024: The old Adelaide GPO clock tower on the corner of King William St and Franklin St, now part of the Marriott hotel. With BHP signage. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

‘Un-Australian’: MP slams BHP job cuts

One of Australia’s largest companies has been called “un-Australian” over its move to cut 750 jobs in one state.

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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‘No-brainer’: $1.1bn for new homegrown Aussie fuel industry

This little tree, planted on a cattle farm in outback Queensland, produces oil that can fuel a plane or truck. It’s part of a new industry that federal Labor is backing with $1.1bn in grants.

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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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Two earthquakes have hit country NSW overnight. Picture: Geoscience Australia

‘Whole house shook’: 3 quakes in 9 hours

Three earthquakes have been felt by hundreds of people across NSW just hours apart, with one woman saying one tremor “jolted me off my chair”.

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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