In a landmark ruling, Australia’s High Court has ditched Victoria’s controversial tax on electric and hybrid vehicles in finding that it was unconstitutional. This finding has set a precedent that will stop other states from introducing similar taxes that would slow the transition and hinder...

Cabinet to consider interim listening mechanism after resounding no vote Federal cabinet is meeting to discuss the Albanese government’s next steps to address Indigenous disadvantage, with senior government figures favouring an interim listening mechanism to provide advice directly to the prime...

Climate scientists and environmental activists are calling for an immediate change to Australia’s environmental laws, following a Federal Court decision that means that the Federal government can now ignore the risk posed by fossil fuel projects to protected plants, animals and places whilst...

A report released by the EU climate monitor has found that global average temperatures from January through to September this year were 1.4 degrees higher than 1850-1900, flirting dangerously with breaching the 1.5 degrees global warming limit and making climate action more critical than ever...

Australia will rejoin the world’s major global climate finance fund, reversing a Morrison government decision to withdraw from the United Nations initiative. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Shiva Gounden said rejoining the fund was the “right decision” but added “Contributing to the fund without...

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...

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...

Following an emergency injunction on Thursday, Woodside Energy must suspend its planned seismic testing for its Scarborough gas project off the West Australian coast while a challenge over its legality is under way. 

South-east Australia is warned to brace for the first heatwave of spring, with temperatures soaring to more than 12 degrees Celsius above average in regions including Sydney by early next week as a weather pattern more typical of mid-summer takes hold.

A survey conducted by Headspace shows more than half of young people in Australia are experiencing eco-anxiey due to climate change. While repeated natural disasters is exacerbating their fear for the future, respondents said their eco-anxiety was eased by taking action.