Environment
How Pauline Hanson turned Gen X disillusionment into political fuel

Once defined by dissent and solidarity, Generation X is now fuelling Pauline Hanson’s resurgence ...  
Naming the real problem with our climate

Our climate is collapsing because our comfort depends on systems that exploit people and nature ...  
Climate events are changing tourism forever what Sri Lanka can learn from Australia’s response, says Arjuna Samarakoon

Climate events are no longer temporary disruptions to tourism economies. They are structural ...  
The first heat of the year and we are already breaking records

Climate collapse isn’t coming — it’s already here and Australia is burning faster than ...  
Australia’s wildlife crisis exposes a catastrophic failure of government

As bushfires tear through Victoria, confused emergency responses, missing resources and government ...  
Living through Victoria’s new climate reality

A Victorian bushfire shows climate change is no longer abstract.  
Silent night: A Christmas without insects means they are disappearing

The insects are disappearing — and with them the ecosystems that sustain life.  
#3 TOP IA STORY OF 2025: High Court logging appeal decision a game changer

This April article by the brilliant Sue Arnold marker a rare piece of joy for conservationists in ...  
What small personal decisions reveal about shared environments

Public debate often focuses on big decisions, elections, legislation, economic reform. Yet much of ...  
Human tragedy eclipses tourist turmoil amid Vietnam’s deadly floods

A traveller’s close call in flood-ravaged Hoi An reveals how easily visitors can escape — and ...  
Changing the climate in the Liberal Party

Now, at least and at last, the line is drawn on climate change and the environment.  
The Amazon storms the COP30 climate summit

Indigenous people don’t offer us hope — they offer truth, which demands we dismantle the ...  
Sussan Ley says Coalition has always been committed to Net Zero renewables

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has laid to rest growing concerns that her party has abandoned the ...  
Climate commitments crumble as ANZ and Westpac bankroll new fossil projects

New data shows ANZ and Westpac accelerating fossil fuel lending despite public climate pledges ...  
Liberals and News Corp in lock-step with interests of climate denying billionaires

Despite the spin, the Coalition and News Corp remain mouthpieces for billionaire interests bent on ...  
Coalition of the unlikely: How Australia and China could save the planet

If we are to survive, unprecedented levels of cooperation are needed, no matter how unlikely.  
Western liberalism and the harsh reality of climate change

Capitalism's unrestrained access to political influence, land and labour is starting to cann ...  
From climate crisis to AI catastrophe: The future no one is ready for

While leaders fumble climate action, the unchecked rise of superintelligent AI could eclipse every ...  

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