A report has flagged plummeting swimming skills as Australia has its deadliest year of drownings on record, emphasised by one stunning statistic.
Thomas Henry
Australia's new ambassador for gender equality has headlined a conference of women leaders for practical outcomes over conflict, crisis and climate.
Fraser Barton
Aussies are being warned to prepare for a severe Antarctic blast amid forecasts wind, rain and snow will pelt the southern regions.
Elodie Jakes and Thomas Henry
Young Australians are wasting 70 per cent more food than their parents' generation, with 113kg of good food going to waste costing them up to $1500 annually.
William Ton
Solar panels adorn more than four million rooftops and the energy regulator wants these sorts of energy assets playing nicely with the grid moving forward.
Poppy Johnston
Tougher nature protections are promised as the government tries to steer long-stalled law reforms into the fast lane, but it's not clear how they will pass.
Kat Wong and Poppy Johnston
Environment Minister Murray Watt is set to fast-track Labor’s long-touted environmental reforms after they were deadlocked by the Greens.
Jessica Wang
Murray Watt has officially confirmed he has set a pre-Christmas deadline for revealing the much-needed overhaul of the environmental protection and approvals laws.
Katina Curtis
The WA Landcare Network staged its annual gathering in Katanning, attracting farmers, landholders and politicians to an event which aimed to contribute towards nurturing and reinvigorating the rural landscape.
Claire Middleton
An earthquake has rattled parts of an Aussie state overnight, with hundreds of residents reporting feeling the tremors.
Elodie Jakes
An effort to repeal the net zero emissions target has highlighted internal opposition divisions over climate change as Labor is urged to do more.
Kat Wong and Rachel Jackson
An independent MP is leading the charge in Canberra to help prepare Australians for a looming threat.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
The western US is enduring a heatwave, with temperatures reaching dangerous levels across Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona.
CEDAR ATTANASIO
Australia will experience a rare ‘black moon’ this weekend – but the celestial phenomenon comes with a catch for eager stargazers.
George Al-Akiki
People have been advised to avoid beaches in one coastal area after council workers made this grim discovery.
It’s been one of the wettest Augusts on record in one major city, but rain-soaked residents are about to get a reprieve.
Elodie Jakes, George Al-Akiki
Sydney commuters are being warned to take extreme care as fog covers the city, creating dangerous conditions.
Alexandra Feiam
The record rainfall comes with roads across NSW cut off due to major flooding, while two men are dead after crashing into a river during heavy rain.
Elodie Jakes and George Al-Akiki
Rapid sea ice decline and other warning signs reveal dramatic shifts in Antarctica, with serious implications for Australia and the global climate
Sea ice loss and other indicators point to fast changes to Antarctica that will have troubling consequences for Australia and the rest of the world.
A freeze or re-write of the national construction code is on the cards as a way of speeding up home building after discussion on the second day of the economic roundtable.
Industry and green groups alike are looking for faster rejections when projects aren’t going to pass environmental hurdles and want the bureaucracy to shift its culture to focus on outcomes.
Scores of dead sea turtles have washed up on popular beaches, some with disturbing symptoms that have stumped conservationists.
An invasive species responsible for hundreds of deaths in the US has spread into Queensland, with new details on what sparked the “catastrophic” outbreak.
