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Coalition puts its commitment to net-zero into question

The Coalition’s commitment to its flimsy “plan” to get Australia to net-zero emissions by 2050 is in question after members of the Nats described the target as “flexible” and “non-binding” with one going so far as to call the goal “dead”.

NSW to be hit by another 'rain bomb'

New South Wales residents have been told to brace themselves for another “rain bomb”, with the state expected to be hit by up to 500mm of rain over the coming days.

Morrison Govt a global leader in climate failure

In the wake of the alarming findings for the Great Barrier Reef contained in the latest IPCC report, Whitsundays dive operator Tony Fontes warns that the Morrison government is a world leader in climate failure and despite pledging one billion dollars to the Reef, that money is about as useless as...

Australia facing  stronger bushfires, storms and heatwaves

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, published overnight, makes for grim reading with scientists confident the world will surpass 1.5 degrees of heating before 2040, leading to irreversible climate impacts including the loss and degradation of much of the world’s...

Tonga coated in ash from volcano, with communications cut off

Over the weekend a massive volcanic eruption in Tonga coated the country in ash, with tsunami waves swamping the island and communications cut off. Our thoughts are with the 80,000 people caught up in this catastrophic event.In Australia, gas producers are crowing over current high prices, but the...

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