Lula’s narrow re-election in Brazil means the world has dodged a climate bullet. But with the right wing dominant in Congress, the victory remains tenuous.
The review will examine Australia’s biosecurity settings after a nest of the invasive ants was discovered at a logistics site in Sydney.
Cafes will be allowed to serve dine-in coffee drinkers in disposable cups in changes to new plastics laws.
From off-the-scale fires in Indonesia to disruptions to the Panama Canal, predictions that this year’s El Niño would hit hard are panning out.
According to the Pacific, the controversial Fiji climate talks were a resounding success, but that does not absolve Australia from responsibility for coal exports.
The state is a step closer to the new Great Koala National Park.
A nest of the insects, one of the world’s worst pests, was found in a logistics hub in Enfield three weeks ago but announced to the public only today.
Governments might stave off the threat to coal from this High Court decision, but the anti-coal cases will keep coming.
The climate talks were meant to showcase Australia’s leadership. With major world leaders skipping the event, Labor is left defending the $20 million cost.
The prime minister told a gathering of Pacific leaders in Fiji that a combination of climate change and a monster El Nino would hit Australia hard.
