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Greens push for $4bn cut to insurance costs

The minor party has proposed a five-pronged attack to lower rising insurance premiums which they say could save households a total of $4bn.

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Victorians experienced the state's coldest February morning in more than 30 years on Sunday. Photo: Supplied

Aussies freeze as temperature plummets

Australians have been warned not to pack away their puffer jackets just yet after one state recorded temperatures up to 10C below average.

An emergency bushfire warning has been issued for Dunsborough, in Western Australia's South West. Picture: ABC

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‘Avoid the area’: Bushfire threatens town

Authorities have warned residents of Dunsborough in West Australia to avoid the area as a major bushfire threatens homes.

Aussie Hay Runners and other charities are delivering 100 truckloads of donated hay to drought-stricken farmers across South Australia. Picture: Chris Woodman

‘Dire’: Shock drought reality hitting Aussies

Young mums are running out of water and farmers are on the brink as one state battles widespread drought conditions.

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Dubai storms flood out Mall of the Emirates

Mall of the Emirates in Dubai has had to evacuate customers due to safety reasons, after flash flooding seeped into the shopping complex. Security…

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Large hail, severe storms to batter state

Queenslanders should prepare themselves for more wet weather with heavy rainfall and large hail predicted to hit parts of the state.

TOPSHOT - This underwater photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is teetering on the brink, suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record -- the fifth in eight years -- and leaving scientists unsure about its survival. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) / To go with Australia-Climate-Conversation-Reef by Laura CHUNG

‘Intense and widespread’: Extent of Reef bleaching revealed

After a “worst ever” summer, coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef is more severe and in more places than ever before.

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Amazing act as 400yo landmark destroyed

Scores of people took part in a brave and surprising act as flames tore through one of the most historic buildings in a European nation.

The massive award-winning 407-kilogram gourd was grown by John Farquharsonâs friend Mark Peacock, who intended to use it for stock feed. Picture: Facebook

Bloke’s baffling act in NSW river ‘a world first’

An Australian larrikin has sailed the Australia’s largest pumpkin down a local river – and he suspects, perhaps obviously, that he’s the first ever to do so.

During the last five months that much of Australia saw above average rainfall, except the west coast. Picture: BOM

Summer of El Nino declared over

Aussies can breathe a sigh of relief as the Bureau of Meteorology declares El Nino has officially ended. Here’s why.

Dr Isaac Kerr holding a Protemnodon jawbone. Picture: Supplied/ FLinders University.

Three new kangaroo species uncovered

Three new species of extinct kangaroo have been described for the first time — including one that grew about twice the size of their living relatives.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 10, 2024: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday morning before delivering the annual Bannerman Competition Lecture. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

Green subsidies no ‘free for all’: Chalmers

Amid warnings over the government’s recently announced Future Made in Australia plan, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said taxpayer funds would not be wasted.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 10, 2024: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday morning before delivering the annual Bannerman Competition Lecture. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

Green subsidies no ‘free for all’: Chalmers

Amid warnings over the government’s recently announced Future Made in Australia plan, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said taxpayer funds would not be wasted.

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Drakesbrook Weir in Western Australia.

’99% death rate’: Brain-eating amoeba alert

Authorities are testing for a deadly brain-eating amoeba at a popular swimming spot with locals warned to stay away.

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