State of the climate report points to a long-term increase in the frequency of extreme heat events, fire weather and drought by Lisa Cox Australia’s fire seasons are longer and more severe, the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO’s state of the climate report has found. Photograph: Qfes Media/PR image Australia […]
The Coalition has unleashed further budget cuts to university funding, throwing bad policy after bad. Professor Margaret Gardner reports. On Wednesday morning (17 December), the mid-year budget update unveiled research funding cuts of $328.5 million over the next four years. This budget raid on research was more than double the size expected […]
The spectacular natural features of the Nambucca Valley hinterland within the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP) and the economic opportunities they offer, were the focus of a recent GKNP tour for Labor candidate for Oxley, Susan Jenvey and Nambucca Shire councillor Martin Ballangarry OAM. Guided by the GKNP local campaign coordinator, Caitlin Hockey and […]
With as little as a year left before their landfill sites are at capacity, some NSW councils are complaining that the State Government is collecting landfill waste levies from them without reinvesting in recycling facilities. By Lexi Metherell Key points: State governments nationally collect $1.5 billion in levies on waste […]
It would be fascinating to eavesdrop on discussions between members of the Flat Earth Society sailing the open sea, and debating why the horizon is curved. They would provide a good laugh. By Professor David Shearman They are deluded, but most committed flat earth believers appear normal in the rest […]
Valla Beach local Darren Squibb is planning a massive cycling marathon, not for glory or accolades but because he wants to bring awareness to a good cause. “The purpose of my “No Sea No Me, No Tree No Me” tour is two-fold. One to draw attention to the plight of […]
Summer temperatures are forecast to soar above their usual average, while the chances of more bushfires and an El Niño developing are on the rise. The Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) latest outlook for summer warns that most of Australia has an 80% chance of higher-than-normal temperatures between December and February. […]
Radical overhaul in farming and consumption, with less meat eating, needed to avoid hunger and climate catastrophe By Damian Carrington A family cooking amid floodwater in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh, 2017. Photograph: Zakir Chowdhury/Barcroft Images The global food system is broken, leaving billions of people either underfed or overweight and driving […]
A new New South Wales forestry agreement could intensify logging in an area described as a ‘global treasure’, but a young boy wants the timber industry to come clean about the true impact of logging. By Wiriya Sati Video: 12-year-old Morrow Taplin explaining the impact of proposed logging laws […]
Fasting diets are getting ever more popular, amid promises of weight loss and better health, but does the science stand up? We put the latest one to the test Don’t eat it all at once Vincent Besnault/Getty By Caroline Williams AS I unpack my rations for the next five days, […]