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See it from space: Algae horror hits new heights in shock photos

New space imagery reveals South Australia’s algal bloom has spread across 4500sq km of ocean as international experts race to contain the crisis.

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Image: Radar image for southwest WA on the morning of Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Source: Weatherzone

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State on alert for return of floods

Aussies are bracing for impact as a huge rain system looms over the east coast, bringing a renewed threat of flooding to one state.

Image: Radar image for southwest WA on the morning of Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Source: Weatherzone

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State on alert for return of floods

Aussies are bracing for impact as a huge rain system looms over the east coast, bringing a renewed threat of flooding to one state.

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STRAHAN, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 14 DECEMBER, 2024: The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the Tassal salmon pens in Strahan, Tasmania. Picture: NewsWire / Supplied

‘Shameful’ move in Aussie salmon industry

Expansion of the salmon industry in one Aussie state has been halted in a major decision slammed as being “shameful” and “strangling growth”.

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(FILES) Elon Musk looks on during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, of April 30, 2025. Mega-billionaire Elon Musk said May 20, 2025 he has contributed enough to political campaigns and would spend

Musk-hating Aussies revolt over Tesla plan

Adelaide residents have erupted over a proposal to build a “noisy, ugly, planet-destroying” Tesla factory in the city’s southern suburbs.

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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: SES via NewsWire

‘Un-Australian’: Looters hit flood areas

Two men have been charged after allegedly stealing from homes destroyed left by flooding as the ADF moves in to help clean up efforts.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 29, 2025: Cars drive through flooded streets in Morningside after heavy showers fell in Brisbane on Saturday as parts of Northern Queensland experienced major flooding. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

‘Abnormal’ tides threaten state’s coast

Wild weather and possible flooding is on the way for southeastern Victorian coastal regions as a “very strong” cold front moves through.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire 11th October 2024. Turbine in the process of construction. 11am Friday the first turbines at Australia's largest (planned) wind farm will spin and will start feeding electricity into Victoria's grid. The farm is Golden Plains Wind Farm in Rokewood. Ikea's investment arm will be announcing they're investing in stage 2 as well.Picture: NewsWire/Nadir Kinani

Shock move on $1bn wind farm

An already-approved $1bn wind farm has officially been canned by the state’s deputy premier, after hundreds of residents voiced their opposition.

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Staggering map exposes Dutton, Albo issue

Over just five weeks Albo and Dutton caught an estimated 80 flights, emitting roughly half the amount of emissions of fuel-guzzling Taylor Swift.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - May 26, 2025: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese holds a press conference in the National Situation Room in Barton, Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Huge hint on major gas project’s future

Anthony Albanese has dropped a major hint on which way his environment tsar will go on a controversial gas project.

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Weather warnings across multiple states and territories on Sunday. Picture: BOM

Warning as Aussies hit by 122km/h wind

Millions of Australians are bracing for another ‘significant weather event’, as floodwaters recede in NSW following devastating rains.

WARRANGAMBA, AUSTRALIA. APRIL 6, 2024 Warragamba Dam spill gates opened. , Following heavy rainfall overnight at the upper end of the forecasts (the 25% chance), Warragamba Dam reached full capacity and started spilling at 5:45am., The Warragamba catchment received a significant amount of rain from midnight at an average of 100 mm over 6 hours, with the sub-catchment, close to the dam wall, receiving ~130mm. Up to 200mm was received over 24 hours in some areas., This created flash flooding in the catchment and into the dam, causing it to spill., Warragamba Dam is spilling at a rate of around 200 gigalitres per day (GL/day) with that rate continuing to rise., With the flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley the spill will contribute to the flood waters already in the system. Picture: Via NCA NewsWire.

Warning to residents as major dam spills

Warragamba Dam has spilled in Sydney as the flood clean up got underway in other parts of the state.

Geoscience Australia confirmed a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in a remote part of Orana region, about 160km south-east of Bourke. Picture: Geoscience Australia

‘Widely felt’: Earthquake rattles NSW

An earthquake has shaken parts of regional New South Wales, with aftershocks potentially on the way, but experts predict it is all part of a normal process.

NSW Premier Chris Minns visits flood affected Taree

NSW Premier Chris Minns visits flood affected Taree

Premier Minns then meets locals in Taree who have been affected by the recent floods in the area

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