There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?

Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits

Researcher says sightings of the endangered moth have increased over the last two years but ‘this year has blown them out of the water’ Swarms of bogong moths have surprised New South Wales residents over the last few days – with experts saying sightings of the endangered native insect are cause for excitement rather than alarm. Hundreds of moth sightings in coastal areas were posted over the weekend to the iNaturalist page for Bogong Watch, a citizen science initiative run by Invertebrates Australia. Continue reading...

Many former convicts changed their names and hid their past. But over the last 50 years, Australians have increasingly discovered – and embraced – convict relatives.

Salmon companies operating in Tasmanian marine areas deployed almost 1,800 explosives in first half of 2026, government figures reveal

Over 2 years ago, in July 2024, in the midst of Israel’s genocidal assault on a captive people, a self-described...

Australia is currently not practising what it preaches regarding international law, nor is it doing what it could to ensure...

Australians are walking a tightrope. Imagine a long line of us traversing a chasm. Some of us – not many...

Exclusive: US-controlled weapons corporations and forces have control or access to more than 100 facilities across the continent, which some analysts describe as a ‘colonisation’ of Australia’s milita...

Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly

Australia’s response to this deadly bird flu outbreak has been insufficient and too reactive.

The government says it’s stopping ‘the most toxic’ gambling company strategies. Former addicts say it will do ‘absolutely nothing’

The government is considering its next steps after Israel cleared senior soldiers over a Gaza strike that killed an Australian charity worker.

People in the south-west Victorian town of Portland fear a deadly bird flu is to blame for hundreds of bird deaths this week, as carcasses begin to pile up.

Authorities confirm first case found near where the popular bird attracts crowds to its ‘penguin parade’

Attorney General Michelle Rowland decides tomorrow whether military whistleblower David McBride will be released from prison on parole

Deen Maar Island was once home to Australia's largest fur seal colony before the pups started developing alopecia.