A confidential condition report on the MV Cape Don found that it is riven with gender-bending chemicals, rotten floorboards and holes big enough to cause a large risk of catastrophic failure.

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Australia deserves credit for electrification push

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Australia deserves credit for electrification push

Amid grim news on the environment, progress is within reach at this week’s global climate change summit.

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Bowen is an old hand at climate talks. This time he faces a monumental task

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Bowen is an old hand at climate talks. This time he faces a monumental task

Can Australia’s energy minister chart a course for 190 different nations to come together at COP31 in Turkey?

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How Donald Trump could become an accidental climate saviour

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How Donald Trump could become an accidental climate saviour

Trump ostentatiously set out to wreck any attempt to head off ruinous climate change. Yet his futile war on Iran has galvanised the global shift to renewable energy.

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‘A passion for bark and leaves’: The billionaire couple donating $120m to boost nature

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‘A passion for bark and leaves’: The billionaire couple donating $120m to boost nature

Alexandra and Julian Burt, members of the wealthy Wright mining family, are making one of the biggest environmental gifts in Australian history.

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The Sydney suburbs left exposed as government fails to deliver on flood levees

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The Sydney suburbs left exposed as government fails to deliver on flood levees

The Minns government is also sitting on a disaster adaptation plan for the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley, one of the most flood-prone river catchments in the nation.

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Fire ants have arrived. Let’s make sure rock snot and murder hornets don’t

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Fire ants have arrived. Let’s make sure rock snot and murder hornets don’t

Forget ghosts and ghouls this Halloween. These are the monsters that keep conservationists up at night.

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Harry Kewell was his neighbour, Paul Keating was his hero. The making of climate change minister Chris Bowen

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Harry Kewell was his neighbour, Paul Keating was his hero. The making of climate change minister Chris Bowen

He’s about to step up to the world stage at the UN climate change conference. But the energy minister has had high ambitions since childhood.

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Electrifying homes is a ‘no brainer’, but households stuck on gas could pay for it

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Electrifying homes is a ‘no brainer’, but households stuck on gas could pay for it

More householders are disconnecting from the gas network or moving into homes without piped gas. But a rule change could mean higher gas bills for those who are stuck with gas.

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