Doctors have converged in Canberra this morning for a protest against fossil fuel projects that risk turning Darwin and the Beetaloo Basin into hotspots for disease. Hundreds of health professionals have locked in behind paediatrician Louise Woodward, pleading with politicians to acknowledge what's...

Even without declaring an El Nino, the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a warmer than average summer for Australia. And the world’s oceans have set a new temperature record for the average global temperature. But in some good news, platypuses have been confirmed living near a development in...

The New South Wales Government has ranked last behind every state, territory and even the federal government in combating deforestation. It comes as protesters lock themselves to machinery to disrupt logging in Newry State Forest, within the proposed area for the state government's promised Great...

Gumbaynggirr Elders are leading a demonstration against the logging of over 2,000ha of native forest near Coffs Harbour, home to an active koala population and multiple cultural sites of significance. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has painted a grim picture about the weather Australia will face in the coming months, with the globe's current record-breaking heat putting the planet in unprecedented territory. It comes as Iran announces a two-day public holiday due to extreme heat.A decline in the...

UN scientific advisors have recommended the Great Barrier Reef not be placed on a list of world heritage sites marked as “in danger” but stressed the planet’s biggest coral reef system remains under “serious threat” from global heating and water pollution. Unesco said in a report that the...

Following years of advocacy from young people, independent Senator David Pocock will today introduce a Private Senator’s bill to impose a duty of care on politicians to protect young people from climate harm.

Fossil fuel giant Woodside is threatening legal action against two climate activists after one let off stench gas inside its Perth headquarters. Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter said threatening to sue the activist over the gas prank was “a bit on the nose” considering the threat...

More than 300 Labor branches have backed a push by the party’s environmental arm for the Albanese government to fund an expanded, publicly owned plantation industry to ensure the country gets the timber it needs and end native forest logging.

The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests, bringing catastrophic climate impacts, while scientists are warning of major environmental fallout as sea ice surrounding Antarctica fails to replenish.Wildlife officers and locals are attempting to rescue dozens of pilot...