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Mining company claims government didn’t follow proper process for Aboriginal heritage protection order

admin — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:00:18 +0000

Regis Resources told a federal court hearing the partial protection order, which blocks construction of a planned tailings dam, would make its development unviable

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Home batteries subsidy overhauled with $5bn injection as Australians rush to take up discount

admin — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:35:08 +0000

Chris Bowen says first 50kWh of a system would still be eligible, but discounting would not be as generous per kWh for medium- and larger-sized batteries

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Discounts for larger systems will be wound back under a popular home battery scheme as the program’s budget is tripled.

Ancient lake reappears in Death Valley after record-breaking rains

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:24:05 +0000

Repeated fall storms led to the temporary lake, known as Lake Manly, appearing in basin 282ft beneath sea level

After record-breaking rains, an ancient lake in Death Valley national park that had vanished has returned to view.

Hunger’s whip: why connecting US food stamps to work is outdated and ineffective

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:00:11 +0000

In many parts of the country, there are new work requirements to get food aid. But starving people doesn’t motivate them – despite centuries of this rhetoric

Families washed out of tents as flood waters course through Gaza

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:26:02 +0000

Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures, deepening the misery of most of its 2.2 million population who are living in tents after two years of Israeli bombardment. Thousands of homeless people have been washed out of their makeshift shelters and forced to seek emergency refuge

Flooding remains threat in Pacific north-west as Washington declares emergency

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:53:14 +0000

Torrential rain has caused mudslides, washed out roads and submerged vehicles with more deluges expected on Sunday

The Pacific north-west is reeling from catastrophic flooding that inundated communities across the region this week, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and prompting a federal emergency declaration.

Opening up Victoria’s Otway basin to offshore gas exploration an ‘environmental betrayal’, Greens say

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:09 +0000

Federal resources minister announces five new offshore exploration zones as part of future gas strategy

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Coalmine expansions would breach climate targets, NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:06 +0000

Environmental advocates welcome Net Zero Commission’s report which found the fossil fuel was ‘not consistent’ with emissions reductions commitments

Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ disturbance for world’s rarest ape

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:42:26 +0000

Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli orangutan population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 people

The skull of a Tapanuli orangutan, caked in debris, stares out from a tomb of mud in North Sumatra, killed in catastrophic flooding that swept through Indonesia.

The late November floods have been an “extinction-level disturbance” for the world’s rarest great ape, scientists have said, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects.

‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:00:05 +0000

Scientists in Kansas believe Kernza could cut emissions, restore degraded soils and reshape the future of agriculture

On the concrete floor of a greenhouse in rural Kansas stands a neat grid of 100 plastic plant pots, each holding a straggly crown of strappy, grass-like leaves. These plants are perennials – they keep growing, year after year. That single characteristic separates them from soya beans, wheat, maize, rice and every other major grain crop, all of which are annuals: plants that live and die within a single growing season.