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Energy Minister Angus Taylor speaking, looking towards the camera.

30 Nov 2020

Emissions fall as COVID-19 pandemic grounds flights, halts transport »

A sharp slowdown in the use of transport during the pandemic has helped cut the nation’s carbon emissions to their lowest levels in three decades, as the...

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Firefighters standing on the side of a road, tackling a bushfire

25 Nov 2020

Bushfires drive mental, respiratory health increases: report »

Few Australians have been untouched by the devastation caused by the 2019-2020 bushfires.Thirty-three people lost their lives as a direct result of the fires,...

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A photograph of Anthony Albanese and Labor frontbenchers sitting in the House of Representatives during Question Time.

23 Nov 2020

Anthony Albanese is running out of time to solve Labor's climate crisis. He needs a plan that works for two Australias »

During the recent American elections, the most eye-catching graphics were the individual county tallies. These showed that even when states appeared to be...

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A sign reading 'Planet over profit' is held up at a Global Strike 4 Climate rally in Melbourne in September 2019.

23 Nov 2020

Scott Morrison accused of climate inaction as new poll shows support for stronger emissions targets »

Labor says the government is ignoring a clear majority of Australians who - according to a new poll - support stronger action on emissions reduction.

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A light green air monitoring station in Canberra, sitting in the middle of a field of dry grass.

22 Nov 2020

Canberra air quality monitors won't track pollen counts »

The ACT government is considering ways to improve air quality monitoring across the city in the wake of last summer's record-breaking smoke haze, but...

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Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga elbow-bump in greeting.

22 Nov 2020

Australia-Japan pact is about US »

Australia and Japan are ill-placed to strike a security alliance, but moves towards an agreement mark and advance in middle power co-operation aimed at keeping...

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An artistic picture of a woman staring into a forest of dead trees with smoke billowing out of it, with a forest of living trees behind her

20 Nov 2020

8 ways climate change is already impacting you »

We've been warned about climate change for so long that it feels familiar, a constantly looming spectre of doom up ahead. Like taxes or laundry, it's...

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Kristy McBain, Member for Eden-Monaro, with a rescued koala in a shelter

20 Nov 2020

Climate change is now: health and environmental effects from last summer »

The impacts of climate change loom large across the Eden-Monaro landscape. Climate change is a day-to-day reality from Tumbarumba to Tathra; from Bungendore to...

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A photograph of Scott Morrison, sitting behind a desk with a plaque reading 'Australia' at the front, raising his hand in a wave and smiling.

20 Nov 2020

Morrison might abandon Kyoto carryover, but Australia will remain friendless without stronger policies »

Prime minister Scott Morrison has hinted that his government may abandon controversial plans for Australia to rely upon surplus emissions permits to meet its...

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A photograph of the Sidney Sax medallion, with the words 'The Sidney Sax Medal' around the outside, and an engraving of Sidney Sax in the middle.

19 Nov 2020

ANU Bushfire Impact team to be awarded the Sidney Sax Medal »

The AHHA has announced it will jointly award the 2020 Sidney Sax medal to the Australian National University (ANU) College of Health and Medicine's...

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A person in full personal-protective-equipment leans into a car window to conduct a COVID-19 test swab.

18 Nov 2020

‘No Vaccine Against Climate Change’: Red Cross Report Moves to Refocus Attention From Coronavirus »

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has released a report insisting climate change is a bigger danger to humanity than...

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A large queue of people wearing hygiene masks outside Centrelink offices in Melbourne.

18 Nov 2020

Enough of the short-term politics - we need a government that leads »

"There is strong evidence that not having a job, even for a short time, can impact your mental health in a very negative way," Prime Minister Scott...

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