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WATCH: Water bomber spirals out of control before crashing

Terrifying footage shows the moment a helicopter crashes into a lake as it picks up water to tackle raging wildfires in France. Watch the video.

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ALBANY CREEK, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos April 9, 2025: Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Murray Watt.Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Murray Watt is in Brisbane today with Labor Candidate for Dickson Ali France and Assistant Minister Anthony Chisholm. Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Labor’s new attempt to pass climate laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt is set to fast-track Labor’s long-touted environmental reforms after they were deadlocked by the Greens.

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Antarctica disappears before our eyes

Antarctica disappears before our eyes

Our precious polar continent is losing a devastating amount of its sea ice, threatening our planet’s climate more every day.

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NSW floods March 11

Huge move on looming ‘$73bn’ threat

An independent MP is leading the charge in Canberra to help prepare Australians for a looming threat.

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200 species dead in ‘unprecedented’ disaster

Scientists have offered a grim outlook for Aussies hoping for an immediate solution to an ‘unprecedented’ disaster leaving the water at Aussie beaches toxic.

Wet and stormy cold front to march across Australia

Wet and stormy cold front to march across Australia

A band of rain will start in Western Australia on the weekend before moving east across the country on Monday and Tuesday

Rain, wind forecast for Aus. Picture: Windy

‘Big’: Wild weather warning to Aussies

Aussies in several states have been warned to brace for a weekend of wild weather, with the risk of floods and damaging winds.

this photo taken on June 12, 2025 shows marine biologist Teina Rongo from the environmental group Korero O Te Orau holding crown-of-thorns starfish collected from a reef off Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. These makeshift tools are their best weapon in the war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a coral-munching species eating through tropical reefs already weakened by climate change. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / To go with 'COOKS-ENVIRONMEENT-CLIMATE-OCEANS-REEF, REPORTAGE' by Steven TRASK

21-armed beast decimates nation’s ocean

A single creature is threatening the future of the Cook Island coral reefs. Meet the divers determined to get rid of it.

Gerry Noonan let loose on the future of power in Australia, declaring that ‘the world’s rooted’. Picture: X

Aussie miner drops F-bomb 10 times in rant

An Australian miner’s expletive-laden rant about the future of coal-burning has caught the attention of the world’s richest man.

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A deep, large low will generate rain & strong winds across a large area of southern & Central Australia

Aussie city’s coldest morning in 15 years

An Australian capital city has recorded its coldest morning in more than a decade, with temperatures close to freezing.

A dead penguin found washed on the beach at Semaphore. Picture: Nicky Irons on Facebook

Toxic sea claims cute furry friend in latest tragedy

Scenes of despair on South Australia’s coastlines show no signs of abating, with a penguin the latest animal to wash up dead as a result of the toxic algae crisis.

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Some of the cattle on the Mactaggart family's Central Queensland property, where they run a composite beef herd.

Farmer’s Albo jab over beef shock

A central Queensland cattle farmer has hit out at the Prime Minister over the shock decision to permit US beef imports into Australia.

Freak ‘tornado’ rips through Aussie city. Picture: Supplied

Luxury homes trashed in Aus ‘tornado’ hell

The sudden storm tore through streets, damaging homes, uprooting trees, and knocking out power across multiple suburbs.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - July 23, 2025: Barnaby Joyce MP holds a door-stop press conference in the press gallery at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Salacious’: Barnaby fires up on leadership

Barnaby Joyce says his campaign to end the commitment to net zero has nothing to do with trying to push out Nationals leader David Littleproud.

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