The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has secured its first conviction for greenwashing after fund management giant Vanguard admitted misleading claims filters used for a bond fund.
Neale Prior
Premier Roger Cook has urged the Albanese Government to break its sweeping ‘nature positive’ reforms into smaller pieces — and believes that is where the highly contentious laws are heading.
Josh Zimmerman
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is under increasing pressure from all sides over the controversial ‘nature positive’ laws as the opposition warns her plans are on the ‘brink of collapse’.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
A vineyard and its former manager have been fined nearly $500,000 for stealing water in the middle of a drought to make wine.
Maeve Bannister
Research has found sugarcane genomes are three times the size of human's and far more complex with hopes the finding will improve crop breeding.
Savannah Meacham
Up to 100mm could fall in one state this weekend as the aftermath of a tropical cyclone moves south.
Madeleine Achenza
If something looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck — then it’s probably a duck. The same rule applies for dud legislation and dud policy.
The Prime Minister will pledge $1bn to significantly bolster a key industry needed to transform the country to net-zero.
Ellen Ransley
Whale watchers in Bremer Bay were treated to an unusual spectacle of sperm whales deliberately defecating on orcas to avoid being eaten last Tuesday.
Georgia Campion
The Federal Government is expected to split up its package of environment protection reforms as it reels from an industry backlash to the controversial plan.
The coroner who led a wide-ranging two-year inquiry into the horror Black Summer bushfires has warned of escalating ‘ risks’ to Australians.
Duncan Evans
Native bird advocates are pushing for duck hunters to be banned from a number of Victorian wetlands as the hunting season approaches.
Cassandra Morgan
Australian researchers say there is little evidence of forest renewal on land being used to produce carbon credits for the offset market.
Tracey Ferrier
A new report has revealed exactly what it’s going to take for Australia to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
A group of campers who sparked a devastating bushfire that destroyed homes will not be charged, as the blaze continues to burn for a fourth day.
Emma Kirk and Tess McCracken
Australian scientists predict that the nation's soil will emit carbon as the climate warms and could account for more than 10 per cent of emissions by 2045.
Aaron Bunch
Plans to extend the life of Western Australia’s most famous mine have been opened for comment ahead of a decision by the State’s environmental regulator.
Matt Mckenzie
Emergency responses to Tropical Cyclone Megan have been blasted by the Northern Territory's most powerful land council which says residents were left in danger.
Neve Brissenden
The region’s new Aboriginal corporation governing the South West has received a funding boost from the State Government supporting Indigenous rangers.
Warren Hately
Rules to lower vehicle emissions in Australia will involve compromises for utes and some large four-wheel-drive vehicles following industry negotiations.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
After copping fierce criticism from some vehicle manufacturers, the Albanese government has made a huge call on new cars.
Jack Quail
A nearly four-metre-long crocodile stalked domestic animals on the edge of a private property, sparking a call to authorities to remove it.
A wet weekend is ahead for some states as a weather system that drenched the north starts to move south.
New Zealand's glaciers appear "smashed and shattered" due to enduring ice loss, government scientists say, pointing to rising temperatures as the culprit.
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