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‘A dead shark, dead rays, dead fish, dead cuttlefish’: The toxic algal bloom is spreading
The federal government has announced a $14 million funding package for South Australia but resisted calls to declare the algal bloom a natural disaster.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them
More than 8000 Tuvaluans have applied for 280 permanent residency visas for Australia, while last year 56,000 people from other Pacific countries applied for 3000 places.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Commonwealth not liable for ravages of climate change in Torres Strait
A Federal Court judge has found that science was ignored and the threat of climate change is real, but that the Commonwealth is not legally responsible for the plight of islanders facing an existential threat.
- by Nick O'Malley
The ‘creme de la creme’ of humpback whale photos
The Sydney Morning Herald photo editor Danielle Smith captured the rare double breach off the coast of northern NSW.
- by Penry Buckley
The PM talked up green steel. But is it even a thing?
Green steel could boost Australia’s export earnings, reduce emissions and hedge against declining coal exports in a cleaner world economy. If a lot of things go right.
- by Nick O'Malley
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