A request for an immediate investigation into salmon industry practices has been made to Biosecurity Tasmania regarding possible breaches to the state's Animal Welfare Act.

New research finds the number of dugongs in the Gulf of Carpentaria — one of the animal's most globally important populations — has halved in the past two decades, a decline scientists have called a "...

Andy Burnham has refused to rule out tax rises in the autumn Budget

The quiet-spoken Canadian prime minister has spoken unutterable truths

With the UK experiencing the hottest and driest summer on record, we look at how the weather is affecting the pitches and courses across the country

New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude

Last year, Australian ministers agreed to create a reliable source of carbon data for transport infrastructure, and Queensland has just opted out.

Flea treatment chemicals fipronil and imidacloprid also implicated in lower cognitive scores in children with autism

Donald Trump Attacked David Attenborough — and Gets a Brutal “Lesson” He Won’t Forget Donald Trump thought he could score some easy political points by labeling David Attenborough an “offender of Jes...

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review finds

Newspapers were writing about climate change more than a century ago. Here’s why it’s taken so long to start tackling it.

The Crime and the Cover-Up How can you spot failure in your press gallery? Simple. You know your news media has failed when your government sends special forces to a war it denies waging. When [...]

Low emission vehicles, Native Title, and oceans win this week!

Exclusive: Townsville lawyer and former detective Darren Robinson’s appointment by attorney general Deb Frecklington has ‘brought back a lot of trauma’ for Indigenous community

Native forests are crucial for climate change mitigation and water security, but pro-business government policies are allowing their destruction at an alarming rate. Ben Radford reports.

Rat and mouse baits are an everyday product. But these chemicals can persist in the tissues of rodents that eat them for months and poison native animals.

Bilal El-Hayek, mayor of Canterbury Bankstown, says One Nation leader’s comments ‘will incite someone’

An International Women's Day event in Bendigo featuring former Australian of the Year Grace Tame will go ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled.

For several years now, the public debate around AUKUS has gone in familiar circles. How much will it cost? Do the United States or the United Kingdom have the industrial capacity to meet their side of...

Lead author of Australian study says breeding slowdown is linked to climate-driven changes in ‘magnificent’ whale’s foraging grounds

Prominent political figures continue to dismiss or distort the evidence on climate change. Their claims collapse under even basic scrutiny, revealing resistance rooted not in science but in ideology a...

A new Australian Council of Social Services report criticised generous tax breaks for driving up home prices and supercharging inequality. Ben Radford argues that without significant grassroots pressu...

NSW Police have assaulted dozens of peace protestors who gathered to protest the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Australia.

Australians for Prosperity received most of its funding last financial year from Coal Australia, according to disclosures made to the Australian Electoral Commission

Australian capitalism is a greenhouse ogre, enriching itself by poisoning the world’s atmosphere. As Renfrey Clarke points out, the hyper-warmed atmosphere is blowing back over Australia regardless.

The CLP says the amendments will streamline processes but the NT land councils and Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority say the changes prioritise development over culture.

The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now