Australia’s climate council has warned that the nation is facing a disastrous summer of extreme weather events. In a report published on Monday, the council and Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA) identified floods, cyclones [Read More]
Extreme weather events are becoming more severe and more common in Australia, a landmark climate report has warned. The national science agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) [Read More]
Australia’s Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has announced a major change that will allow refugees to travel overseas and return to the country. Giles on Saturday flagged that the federal government will amend a direction making [Read More]
The Australian state of New South Walse (NSW) has changed its COVID-19 risk rating from green to amber, requiring masks to be worn in all hospital areas and visitor numbers monitored to protect staff and [Read More]
Australia has reported a 38 percent increase in COVID-19 cases amid a fourth national wave of infections. According to data published by the federal Department of Health, an average of 10,799 new COVID-19 infections were [Read More]
Australia’s Parliament is set to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) with Britain after a key committee approved it. The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on Thursday released its report on the FTA, concluding it [Read More]
In all four waves of COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the highest proportion of deaths have occurred in people who are most disadvantaged, data has revealed. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently released data, saying [Read More]
The Australian government has announced it will sign up for an international commitment to build more offshore wind projects. In a speech to the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the [Read More]
A freight train derailed in the Australian state of Victoria at 5:30 a.m. local time on Monday morning, leaving a number of carriages in a pile-up with no injuries reported. Pictures and aerial footage taken [Read More]
South Australia is facing higher temperatures, less rainfall, longer droughts and more intense bushfire seasons by 2030, a government report has warned. Susan Close, Deputy Premier of South Australia (SA) and Environment Minister, on Friday [Read More]
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