Western Australia has joined Victoria in banning commercial logging of native forests from next year. The WA Forestry Minister Jackie Jarvis says timber will only be removed from the state’s native forests in the future to maintain forest health and for approved mine site operations.Australia lacks...

Woodside’s seismic blasting plan for its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project off the West Australian coast has been ruled invalid after the Federal Court found the regulator did not have the power to approve it. Mardudhunera woman Raelene Cooper was visibly emotional as the decision was handed...

Prominent climate scientist Bill Hare has expressed his shock and dismay at the Fremantle Dockers decision to sign a new multimillion dollar deal with Woodside Energy for another two seasons, with this decision coming despite accelerating impacts of climate change brought on by the fossil fuel...

A Federal Court judge is expected to decide this week on a traditional owner's challenge to Woodside Energy's plan to begin seismic blasting off northern Western Australia as part of its Scarborough Gas Project. Traditional custodian Raelene Cooper filed for a judicial review in August of the...

Australian farmers are increasingly nervous about a return to dry conditions. The El Niño weather pattern is expected to bring months of low rainfall, causing more farmers to reduce livestock numbers, downsize crops or increase supplementary feeding of their animals. However, experts say this will...

Six young activists from Portugal will be heard at the European Court of Human Rights this week, taking 32 European governments to court over failing to address climate change. In a historic milestone, energy generated from rooftop solar met South Australian demand on Saturday, and farmers from...

Western Australia has confirmed it will be the only state to not set an emissions reduction target for 2030, despite having the most work to do to bring its carbon output down. Greenpeace Australia Pacific's Jess Panegyres said it was disappointing WA was being left without a 2030 target because it...

Australia has become one of the first in the world to sign a legally binding, landmark biodiversity pact for the high seas which addresses an astonishing lack of protection for parts of the ocean that lie over 200 nautical miles offshore. Greenpeace CEO David Ritter has praised this development but...

The Bureau of Meteorology has finally declared that an El Niño weather pattern is underway, increasing the likelihood of a hot and dry summer for Australia, as global weather records continue to tumble. The declaration comes as cloudless skies over the continent which are typical of El Nino...