The Coalition and the minerals lobby are calling for urgent new laws to address the decision over a mine in the political battleground of the NSW Hunter region.

Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says

Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says

Humanity faces four defining “tests of power” – around war or peace, inequality, climate change and AI – that will determine whether the world moves towards a new era of cooperation or deeper division...

The evidence is all around. Heat, fires, storms and droughts are not warnings of a future threat. They are symptoms of an unfolding crisis.

Recently, multiple organisations have disclosed how clusters of so-called “rogue” AI agents attempted to break into websites and online services, sometimes successfully. Agents from OpenAI’s enviro…

Morecroft was a regular presence on television screens for more than 30 years.

Suspect allegedly tried to convince, then blackmail, right-wing politician Moshe Feiglin into helping to find recruits for mass simultaneous attacks supported by 'subversive elements' in IDF

AUKUS has been sold as a plan to strengthen Australia’s defence. Its deeper purpose is to bind Australia permanently into US military strategy against China and make American security dependent on Aus...

Protesters in Perth gather to oppose the biennial Land Forces expo, held in Perth two years after ugly scenes in Melbourne.

For lovers of natural history, this is the first book to explore Allan Riverstone McCulloch’s scientific genius, artistic talents and his crucial role in the development of the Australian Museum.

Alpine areas also experience record-breaking heat with snow depth recorded at zero in Kosciuszko national park

How could this happen?

Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation reveals state governments use shared graves to bury those deemed too poor to pay for funerals. ‘It’s unspeakable,’ one relative says

The technology is developing at such speed even the tech bros don’t understand it, let alone lawmakers

New policy proposed in Bill C-39 will allow developers to buy credits or pay fees to compensate for the habitats they destroy.

Papua New Guinea’s frost disaster suggests heat and drought aren’t the only symptoms of a changing climate.

Climate debates often frame individual behaviour and systems change as distinct pathways to action. We suggest that social change arises from individuals’ agency within their roles in societal systems...

Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather

Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing

By combining computer tomography—the same technology used for medical scans—with a high-powered particle accelerator, researchers have imaged the network of roots, fungal structures, and soil together...