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Two months after losing her husband in a shark attack at Dee Why, Maria Psillakis has spoken publicly about her grief and her mission to make the ocean safer for others.

Widow’s emotional plea after shark attack

Two months after a devastating shark attack claimed her husband’s life, Maria Psillakis is campaigning for stronger ocean safety measures.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 12, 2025: Senator Jessica Collins, Angus Taylor MP, Senator Sarah Henderson, Andrew Hastie MP and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price arrive at the The Liberal Party RoomÃÂ meeting at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

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‘Midday tomorrow’: Vow on Lib chaos

A senior Liberal has revealed the outcome of a high-stakes five-hour meeting in Canberra on the opposition party’s position on net zero.

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Jet stream winds and 500hPa temperature on Tuesday afternoon. Picture: Weatherzone

City shivers through sub-zero temps

Temperatures have plunged to near 0C in parts of Australia as other areas gear up for a week of fires, storms and wild weather.

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Stomach-churning tip footage emerges

Tassal has suffered another fish kill, this time at its Kimberley barramundi farm, with footage emerging of tonnes of fish being disposed of.

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FITZROY ISLAND , AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 22, 202Holiday 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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Algal Bloom South Australia 2025. Picture: Great Southern Reef Foundation

‘Asleep at wheel: Algal bloom report

A Senate inquiry has found state and federal authorities were caught off guard by South Australia’s massive algal bloom and delivered a damning verdict on their response.

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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.

Plane cam gives incredible onboard view of NSW wildfire drop

Plane cam gives incredible onboard view of NSW wildfire drop

Aerial firefighters shared an onboard view as they dropped flame retardant over a burning wildfire in Mudgee, NSW.

Deadly Brazil tornados flatten town, injures hundreds

Deadly Brazil tornados flatten town, injures hundreds

Multiple tornados at once have torn through the southern Brazilian state of Parana left six people dead and hundreds of people injured.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 24, 2025: NSW National Leader Dugald Saunders during a press conference on Tuesday after the delivery of the Minns government budget. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

NSW Nationals to abandon net zero

The state division will follow in the footsteps of their federal colleagues to abandon the contentious emissions target.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 24, 2025: NSW National Leader Dugald Saunders during a press conference on Tuesday after the delivery of the Minns government budget. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

NSW Nationals to abandon net zero

The state division will follow in the footsteps of their federal colleagues to abandon the contentious emissions target.

Millions are in the firing line for a wild week of rain and thunderstorms as a cold front settles over the east and west coast

City’s coldest November day in 80 years

If you thought it was unusually chilly in one Australian city on Saturday, you’d be right. In fact, it was the coldest November day since 1945.

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Libs make last-ditch net-zero effort

Two Liberal moderates have publicly supported an energy policy that includes net zero as the embattled party’s final decision on the target looms.

Barnaby Joyce has launched a tirade against Labor's renewable energy policies. Picture: Sunrise

‘Total swindle’: Barnaby blows up

The New England MP has lashed rising power prices under Labor’s energy policies, saying “it’s like a dog returning to his vomit”.

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