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Police find 11yo boy who went missing in wild weather in Perth
An 11-year-old autistic boy, who is non-verbal, has been found after going missing from Perth's western suburbs in wild weather on Saturday afternoon. New...
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Breaking: Search for 11yo boy missing in wild weather in Perth
An 11-year-old autistic boy, who is non-verbal, is missing from Perth's western suburbs, with police and SES volunteers searching for him in wet and storm...
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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies The timing was rich with symboli...
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‘Significant’ storm to hammers millions in WA and bring icy weather to NSW, Victoria and SA
Bureau of Meteorology says WA residents should brace for wind gusts higher than 125 km/h - the strength of category two cyclones A major storm system bear...
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Weather bureau tips mild winter after near-record warm May
Australia's east is coming to the end of an abnormally warm May, and the heat could be here to stay. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Austra...
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First of five survivors rescued from flooded Laos cave
Rescue divers in Laos have safely evacuated the first of five local villagers who had been trapped in a cave for more than a week by floodwaters. Newsilin...
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Weather tracker: deadly May heatwave shatters records across Europe
Temperatures across parts of continent around 10-15C above average for this time of year, while thunderstorms strike eastern Australia Europe has experien...
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Perth and WA's south set to be slammed by wild weather over long weekend
Perth and large parts of Western Australia's south are preparing for "an unusually strong and intense winter system" over the WA Day long weekend, with de...
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Australia news live: Asio warns politicians that internet-connected cars could be bugged; flood warnings after wild weather
Spy agency says politicians and public servants ‘should be conscious of the things that they are discussing’ in internet-connected cars. Newsiline summari...
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Afternoon Update: Australia sues 3M for record sum; multiple states at risk of flooding; and Patagonia’s drag queen lawsuit
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Flooding rains expected across three Australian states as parched interior receives drenching
Wet weather to batter parts of Queensland, NSW and Tasmania through Thursday, with warnings of flash flooding Follow our Australia news live blog for late...
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Wettest May weather in decades as El Niño takes a rain check
A series of low-pressure systems are drenching Australia this week, quickly turning this May into one of the wettest on record for parts of the country's...
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Battery boom marks a new political chapter in Australia's energy wars
Within the government, there's quiet confidence the battery boom will continue to gather pace and help shield Australia from both global shocks and domest...
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BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise
Head of BHP’s WA iron ore operations unable to give firm timeline for replacing diesel trucks as leaked documents reveal decarbonisation delay Read more f...
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'Not what it used to be': Is the weather too hot for Euro Summer travel?
Europe's heatwave is a sign of things to come. Newsiline summarises this report from SBS News Australia and links readers to the original publisher for th...
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Heavy rain and storms expected in Australia’s south-east as severe weather warning issued for Tasmania
Bureau of Meteorology says thunderstorms could bring widespread rainfalls and flash flooding while there are ‘signs of El Niño development’ Follow our Aus...
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BHP’s climate fail revealed, pope denounces AI, life on the world’s longest golf course
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The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal
Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbon...
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BHP has made big climate promises – that’s the easy part. Now it must do the real work of slashing emissions | Adam Morton
Given the scale of its contribution to global heating, the world’s biggest miner has a duty to invest heavily in solutions that could have a global impact...
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Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate push
Exclusive: BHP once dubbed climate change an ‘existential’ threat. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the o...
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Exclusive: Leaked documents show BHP’s climate backtrack - podcast
Nour Haydar speaks with Christopher Knaus about the BHP files – the cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners – which...
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BHP files: leaked memo shows miner backtracking on key climate projects in Australia – video
The world’s biggest miner has halted or delayed projects to cut vast amounts of emissions and has quietly war-gamed options to stall major climate investm...
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Is this a good time for the CSIRO to be sacking climate scientists? | First Dog on the Moon
The next El Niño is predicted to be bigger than ever with devastating global impacts Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishe...
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Endangered turtle found to have survived record-breaking flood
Experts are relieved to see the number of endangered Manning River turtles holding steady, a year after devastating flooding in northern New South Wales....
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UN climate expert goes back to school to address some burning questions
Primary school students in regional Victoria have their climate change questions answered. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Australia and li...
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What’s at steak: myths about masculinity and meat eating pose a challenge for the climate crisis
Being a carnivore is often seen as an expression of manhood, but the need has never been greater for men to cut down their intake Change by degrees offers...
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Tax changes 'threaten to chill' record federal green energy support
As the federal government races towards its 2030 renewable energy goal, investors warn capital gains taxes changes risk upending the entire effort. Newsil...
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Law allowing flooding on private land 'critical' for environment, expert says
Controversial new legislation could secure critical water supplies for delicate ecosystems while delivering benefits to the Murray-Darling Basin's agricul...
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One Nation says it’s the only party in Australia to question climate science. It should ask itself why | Temperature Check
Climate change denial has become untenable yet Hanson’s party digs in – with conspiracy theories, cherrypicking and claims that are easy to refute Get our...
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Australia endorses historic UN resolution for climate change accountability
Australia voted in favour of endorsing the advisory opinion despite being one of the world's leading exporters of coal and gas. Newsiline summarises this...
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Fears CSIRO job cuts will damage Australia's climate change adaptability
Some CSIRO staff are concerned the science agency's plan to cut 92 jobs, predominantly from its environment and climate science division, will negatively...
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Australia backs landmark UN climate change ruling as others try to block it
Australia joins 140 other countries in passing a major United Nations resolution backing a landmark legal ruling on climate change, despite efforts by the...
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Wanted: ball-obsessed rescue dog to save Australia’s endangered koalas from fires and floods
After a decade helping rescue koalas from bushfires and other disasters, 11-year-old detection dog Bear retired in March Australia’s most famous koala-sni...