A Pacific event will set the agenda for the United Nations' global climate summit and groups are calling for Australia to push ambitious goals.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
More than 17,000 Australians were shaken from their sleep by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, the biggest to hit the state in years.
Cameron Micallef
You might want to pack the wellies this weekend as dreadful conditions across a large swathe of Australia are set to continue.
Emma Kirk, Cameron Micallef
Thousands were plunged into darkness overnight after sheets of rain blasted one state, leaving residents struggling to escape rising water levels.
Alexandra Feiam
A controversial redevelopment designed to attract an international golf tournament has survived a David-and-Goliath federal court challenge.
Nick Wilson
Cockburn Sound startup Byssal is chasing restoration work from port and defence developers, growing mussels to feed fish and colonise seawalls.
Ryan Johnson
Weather conditions for the upcoming NRL grand final have been confirmed by the Bureau of Meteorology.
Jack Nivison
Perth art lovers can soon experience one of the defining works of the past decade, when British artist Michael Pinsky’s Pollution Pods arrive at Elizabeth Quay.
Belinda Hickman
Australia could lead an international research mission to go where no ship has gone before: an enormous ice basin capable of raising global sea levels.
The search for Australia's next top koala detector is over as Bear, the four-legged conservation hero, hands over the reins for a hard-earned retirement.
Authorities will use an excavator to remove a stinking 31-tonne whale carcass that washed ashore at a popular capital city beach.
Aaron Bunch
Aussies in a country town have slashed their water use in half amid warnings the town could run dry.
Blair Jackson and Kate Stephenson
From additional heat to the loss of coral and glaciers, an online tool promises to calculate the effect of coal, oil and gas developments.
A popular swimming beach has been closed and multiple shark warnings issued after a whale carcass washed ashore, days after a man was killed by a shark nearby.
Incredible drone footage has captured a two-metre-long shark gliding in shallow waters just metres off the coast of two popular Perth beaches.
Jessica Evensen
Global delegates have descended on an Australian city to mark a major whale conservation anniversary and discuss new threats to the marine mammals.
Sydney households are being surrounded by clouds of moths as one of Australia’s most remarkable migrations moves through the city.
Andrew Hedgman
Australia is about to enter its most dangerous weather period, with experts warning it’s going to be hotter than ever.
Emma Kirk
Forecasters have delivered a grim outlook for the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne, dashing the hopes of superfans looking for a sun-soaked showdown.
David Hannant
A number of traps have been placed around the Tambellup Water Reserve area on a trial basis to test their effectiveness in controlling the growing populations of feral cats and European foxes in the region.
Melissa Sheil
The consequences of the searing heat caused by the current El Nino period will cause a staggering number of additional deaths worldwide, researchers calculate.
Sibi Arasu
Coastal communities are racing to preserve towering underwater forests before a looming heatwave threatens to wipe them out for good.
Another state has revealed plans to crack down on data centre energy and water usage, but a stipulation in the proposed legislation is attracting criticism.
Duncan Murray and Eleanor Wilson
Almost two dozen world leaders are demanding urgent action to keep artificial intelligence under “human control”.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
