Australia’s new foreign minister, Penny Wong has praised Pacific leaders for their leadership on climate action, vowed Australia would listen to them, and acknowledged they had been "ignored" and "disrespected" in the past, during a speech in Fiji.

Australians who voted for stronger climate action over the weekend may be disappointed, but not really surprised, that the new Nats MP for the Queensland seat of Flynn was a founding member of a club formed to promote climate science denial and signed onto a public statement declaring “there is no...

In a last-ditch bid to save its re-election chances, the Morrison government delayed news that electricity bills were due to rise, in order to continue crowing about keeping prices down during their time in office.

Australia’s new foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has sent a video message to regional leaders, assuring them that the new Labor government “knows that nothing is more central to the security and wellbeing of the Pacific than climate change” and will seek to improve relations with the region.

There’s a slew of commentary across the media on the weekend’s momentous election result, but one thing stands above all others - this year, Australians have voted for the climate. What this means for Australia is already becoming apparent, with Mike Cannon-Brookes pointing out that Labor’s 82%...

Australia ranks as the world’s worst polluter from the use of coal, with per capita emissions from coal-fired generation higher than any other developed country and four times larger than the global average, according to damning new analysis. 

UN chief António Guterres has called fossil fuels a dead end “environmentally and economically” as Australian medical professionals write to leaders and energy companies calling for the country to replace coal power by 2030.  

The Greens are set to announce a $7.8 billion property disaster resilience plan that offers homeowners up to $20,000 in matching grants to raise or flood-proof their houses, as survivors of the recent east coast flooding disaster still await their assistance grants. 

While the nation’s attention turns with laser focus to the election, elsewhere in the country another head of hot air is gathering at the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference, the annual gathering of Australia’s gas and oil industry.Amidst the swirling gas...

Just one more week to go for an election campaign that feels like it’s been running for an eternity. Today sees the Greens lay out their policy priorities and Fairfax’s editorial team back Labor on climate.The other looming big vote, the AGL demerger, continues its colourful press run, with an...