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hance of rain for Saturday in Perth and surrounds. Picture: BOM

‘Drenched’: City shatters 29-year record

Sydney’s not the only city being blasted by rain, with another Aussie capital hitting a rare weather milestone for the first time in nearly three decades.

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A handout photo made available on July 17, 2020 by Polar Bears International shows a polar bear with its cubs in the Sea Ice, northeast of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 1985. - Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published on July 20, 2020 that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime. In some regions they are already caught in a vicious downward spiral, with shrinking sea ice cutting short the time bears have for hunting seals, while dwindling body weight undermines their chances of surviving Arctic winters without food, scientists reported in Nature Climate Change. The study calculates

Almost no Arctic sea ice loss seen in 20 years

Scientists say a dramatic slowdown in Arctic sea ice loss over the past 20 years is “surprising” but consistent with global warming trends.

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Rain onslaught to bring another drenching

Flood-weary residents are bracing for rivers to rise dangerously as a weather system threatens days of more relentless rain across several states.

Anthony Albanese on Kangaroo Island. Picture: X

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Albo acts on algae crisis – but won’t apologise for response timing

The Prime Minister has pledged $8.5m in new funding for South Australia’s algal bloom crisis but stopped short of declaring it a natural disaster.

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Flights to Bali have been cancelled after a fresh eruption from the deadly Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano.

Update on flights after volcanic eruption

Not all Australian airlines are ready to fly again following Monday’s volcanic eruption in Indonesia.

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Child survivors of Camp mystic flood sing on bus during evacuation

Child survivors of Camp mystic flood sing on bus during evacuation

Shocked young campers surveying flood damage whilst being evacuated by bus. Deadly floods struck Camp Mystic, an all-girl Christian summer camp…

Powerful winds are set to batter capital cities across the nation as the Bureau of Meteorology warns of

Powerful winds to batter Australia

Transport delays look likely as cities across the country brace for days of pummelling winds on the back of a cold front that is moving “really quickly”.

Map of Greater, Northern and Western Sydney. The colours are measured based on the proximity of individual properties to trees, parks and green space. Green represents properties surrounded by the most green space, and red indicates a near total lack of green space. The maps were devised by Belgian Sustainable Urban Planning Group Cobra Groenenzicht. Picture: Cobra Groenenzicht

New inequality putting renters in peril

With temperatures soaring every summer in Australia, renters are falling victim to a new inequality that is putting their health – and lives – at risk.

TAREE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 23 MAY, 2025: Pulteney st Taree.Floodwaters are seen in and around Taree on the mid-north coast of NSW as torrential rain inundates the region, cutting off communities with NSW SES crews winching people to safety from rooftops and surging rivers. Picture: NewsWire / Scott Calvin

‘Unpredictable’ threat to budget hopes

An ‘unpredictable’ factor is threatening Australia’s hopes of a third budget surplus.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 05 2025: A general view of Rose Bay beach after the recent extreme weather event also known as a bomb cyclone. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

New warning in wake of “bomb cyclone”

Residents in areas of the NSW coastline smashed by this week’s “bomb cyclone” have been issued a fresh warning.

Huge explosion rocks fireworks factory in California

Huge explosion rocks fireworks factory in California

At least seven people were reportedly missing after fire and explosion rocked a fireworks factory in northern California

TOKYO, JAPAN - NewsWire Photos - July 1, 2025: Stacks of various products move around inside Amazon's Chiba Minato warehouse in Tokyo. Picture: NewsWire / Blair Jackson

Aussie workers missing AI training wave

Australian workers at one of the world’s largest companies are missing out on crucial AI and robotics retraining.

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Train lines and bus routes across NSW have been plunged into chaos as a freak weather system – equivalent to a category 1 cyclone – continues to smash the state.

More flights axed, chaos as storm shifts

Flights have been cancelled, thousands remain in the dark and commuters face ongoing disruptions amid a freak storm – equivalent to a category 1 cyclone – in NSW.

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‘Diabolical’: Fury as mansions swallowed up

A row of waterfront mansions are close to collapsing into the ocean as massive swell erodes the beach. One fed-up homeowner says it exposes a “diabolical” failure.

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