While the world sweated through consecutive "warmest years on record" in 2023 and 2024, a surge of fossil fuel cash continued to pour into the accounts of Australia's major political parties.
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How fossil fuel cash is powering Peter Dutton’s anti-climate election push
Protestors Make Waves At Newcastle Coal Port

Rising Tide activists took to the waters of Newcastle Harbour last weekend, leading to the arrest of approximately 170 demonstrators during their anti-coal blockade.…

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How climate change accelerated spring winds

Australia’s two jet streams – the subtropical jet and the polar jet – have combined over the south-east of the continent.

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Albanese government accused of trying to ‘bury bad news’ about health of Great Barrier Reef | Major report released at 4pm on Friday with no media release or a press conference

Major report released at 4pm on Friday with no media release or a press conference from Tanya Plibersek

'Litigate you to death': Gas giant uses new tactic which could sink environmental dissenters
Santos is pursuing the climate movement through the courts after winning a challenge brought by traditional owners against a massive gas project. Experts warn it could help spell the end of public interest litigation in Australia.
Albanese government ‘twisted’ Indigenous group’s views in ‘future gas’ document, chair says

Exclusive: Samuel Sandy, chair of Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation, says the treatment of its submission was ‘wrong and upsetting’

Victoria bans gas rebates and incentives for homes as shift to all-electric gathers pace

Victoria bans fossil gas companies from offering cash incentives or rebates to households that install major new gas appliances, or connect to the gas network.

Darwin Harbour Middle Arm expansion plan slammed by critics as 'extraordinary fossil fuel subsidy'

A multi-billion-dollar taxpayer-funded extension plan for Darwin Harbour is being slammed by Pacific neighbours and environmental groups, saying it represents a major fossil fuel subsidy.

The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?

In May, the Northern Territory government greenlit the mammoth Beetaloo Basin fracking project. But they did so based on a report with optimistic projections on offsets and emissions.
