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UN climate chief Simon Stiell prepares to speak during a Smart Energy Council event in Sydney on July 28, 2025. The UN's climate chief on July 28 challenged Australia to take more ambitious climate action, saying the mining superpower faced a

‘Fruit will be a treat’: UN chief’s dire warning to Australia

The UN’s climate chief has warned of plummeting living standards and soaring grocery prices if the Albanese government does not lift its clean-energy ambitions.

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New Labor senator Charlotte Walker accused One Nation senator Pauline Hanson of abandoning the younger generation with her motion to end net zero. Picture: Martin Ollman / NewsWire

‘Are you kidding’: 21yo senator canes Hanson

The new Labor senator hit out at Pauline Hanson’s urgency motion to abandon net zero, accusing the One Nation leader of abandoning her generation.

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Weather models suggest there could be up to 14cm of snow on the Granite Belt this week. Picture: Windy

Snow predicted in surprising state

Residents of a state renowned for its beautiful beaches and tropical climate have been warned to prepare for potential snow this weekend.

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A cold front on Sunday will bring strong and cold winds, a band of rain, the chance of hail and thunderstorms to Western Australia. On Monday and Tuesday, the system will move east affecting other states. Picture: SkyNews

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City soaked in ‘wettest day of year’

One Australian city has just experienced its wettest day of the year thanks to a wild and wet cold front that is still lingering in the state.

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Isolated Indigenous Amazon man returns to his tribe after making brief contact

Isolated Indigenous Amazon man returns to his tribe after making brief contact

The encounter occurred in Bela Rosa, a community along the Purus River in the southwestern Amazon.

A tropical cyclone developing off the coast of Queensland may be upgraded to a category three tropical cyclone by the middle of the week. The Bureau of Meteorology declared the tropical cyclone, which began developing in the northern Coral Sea, as category one 5pm Sunday afternoon, approximately 910km east northeast of Cairns and moving in an easterly direction. Despite bringing strong winds and lashings of rain, the bureau said the tropical cyclone is currently moving slowly eastwards and is “well offshore of the north Queensland coast”.

When tropical cyclone could hit coast

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has formed and is expected to quickly intensify, with new predictions revealing when it could hit Australia’s coast.

A tropical low off the Queensland coast could form into a tropical cyclone by Sunday. Picture: Supplied

‘Significant’: Warning as severe moves in

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned a low lingering off the coast of North Queensland could be a category three tropical cyclone within days.

Heatwave southeast Aus Feb 22

‘Extreme’ danger warning as temps soar

Millions of Aussies bracing for blistering temperatures this weekend, with the extreme conditions sparking several warnings.

The small town of Loch Sport, Victoria is facing a problem with rising sea levels. Picture: Google Earth

Aussie town where land is now ‘worthless’

Aussies in a small town are staring down losing their entire nest eggs as their land becomes worthless for a bizarre reason.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 21, 2025: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese delivers a speech at the Building a Bigger, Better SA Forum. Picture: NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

PM’s $500m pledge for local jobs

The Prime Minister has announced a crucial investment package during a pre-election speech, but not before he took a few healthy swipes at the opposition.

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‘Biohazard’: Fotting flesh on iconic beach

‘Flesh, fat’: Vile Aussie beach scenes

Locals claim pristine Tasmanian beaches are being overrun by a disgusting “biohazard”, sparking outrage and urgent calls for action.

Anthony Albanese to avoid sharing name with next Aussie tropical cyclone. Picture: supplied

How PM caused next cyclone to be renamed

The Bureau of Meteorology has had to make a rapid change as two potential tropical cyclones loom off Australia’s coast.

Aussie campers are being urged to steer clear of a deceptively ordinary-looking plant in the bush, after one man shared his experience of a sting that he says was “worse than a snake bite”.

Innocent Aussie plant ‘worse than snakebite’

Aussie campers are being urged to steer clear of a deceptively ordinary-looking plant in the bush that can “stay in your skin for years”.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos May 3 2022: The Happy Little Clucker stall in the Adelaide Central Markets are no eggs due to an egg shortage. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Kelly Barnes

Another farm infected with bird flu

Avian flu, the virus that left supermarket shelves empty in 2024, has spread at a third poultry farm in Victoria this month alone.

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