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The drought in southern Australia is not over—it just looks that way #Australia

The drought in southern Australia is not over—it just looks that way
How often do you mow your lawn in winter? That may seem like an odd way to start a conversation about drought. But the answer helps explain why our current drought has not broken, despite recent rain—and why spring lamb may be more expensive this year.

"UN climate chief warns Australia not to pick a ‘bog standard’ 2035 carbon emissions target"
#UN #UnitedNations #Australia

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
While algal #blooms are often associated with summer, they can occur in any season. SE #Australia is experiencing a prolonged bloom of Karenia mikimotoi (same genus as Flor…

Life after lockdown: five years on, this is how Australia has changed since Covid first started
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025/09/25/the-stats-guy-covid-5-years

Five years on, this is how Australia changed since Covid 
In March 2020 we wondered how Covid would change us. Five years on, the data shows the pandemic pressed fast-forward on a host of changes.

"Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000 as a precaution"
#Europe #Australia #PFAS

Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000 as a precaution
It’s taken years for Australia to ban three types of forever chemicals. But Europe plans to ban thousands of these chemicals to avoid future issues.

Australia announces higher emissions cuts by 2035 #Australia

Australia announces higher emission cuts by 2035
The country is one of the world's biggest carbon emitters per capita.

"No room for the timid: setting Australia’s 2035 emissions target is a daring tightrope act"
#Australia #Emissions #Climate

No room for the timid: setting Australia’s 2035 emissions target is a daring tightrope act
Can the Albanese government strike the right balance: set a climate policy that’s strong enough to work, but isn’t branded reckless?

"Gravitational energy storage trials set for decommissioned mine in Australia"
#Australia #Energy

Gravitational energy storage trials set for decommissioned mine in Australia
Australian energy storage company Green Gravity and mining business Wollongong Resources have signed an agreement to deploy gravitational energy storage trials at a decommissioned coal mine.

Another bloody SovCit 🤬
#Australia

Porepunkah shooting live updates: Two police officers killed in rural Victoria as search for shooter continues
The public is being asked to avoid the scene, which has been described as an "active and ongoing incident which may present a significant risk to members of the public".

The innovative way #durian is grown in #Australia (and the rare varieties that grow there): https://youtu.be/1EgW7YCDE4o

"Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds"
#Australia #Heatwave #Climate

#wildlife #Australia

Koala chlamydia: Australia approves vaccine to curb killer epidemic
Thousands of koalas have died from the disease, with some estimates suggesting only 50,000 remain in the wild.

Heat-stressed Australian forests are thinning fast, producing carbon emissions #Australia

Heat-stressed Australian forests are thinning fast, producing carbon emissions
Heat-stressed Victorian mountain ash forests are thinning fast, turning from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new research reveals.

Linda Reynolds wins defamation case against Brittany Higgins
😡 😡 😡
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/people/2025/08/27/brittany-higgins-reynolds-defamation

Linda Reynolds wins defamation case against Brittany Higgins
Former Liberal senator Linda Reynolds has won her bitter court battle with former staffer Brittany Higgins.

"Australia has an Everest to climb if it wants to protect itself from climate catastrophe. But do we have the
political resolve? | Erwin Jackson"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange…

Australiassa keskeytetään valtavat hakkuut, jotta koalat saavat uuden suojelualueen #Australia

Australiassa keskeytetään valtavat hakkuut, jotta koalat saavat uuden suojelualueen
Koalakannan pienenemiseen ovat vaikuttaneet muun muassa metsäkato, kuivuus ja maastopalot.

"Renewables supply record 77.9% of power in Australia’s main grid"
#Australia #Energy #Renewables

Renewables supply record 77.9% of power in Australia’s main grid
The share of renewables in Australia’s main electricity grid continues to reach new highs, delivering 77.9% of electricity demand on Sunday with solar power contributing more than 55% of the record-breaking clean energy mix.

This "international" #climate #NGO seems to have its entire senior management consist of a handful of white people located not just in #Australia, but within a single state!
How can this be possible i…

Wow. A better person than I.
"As the pastor neared the end of his statement, his voice became clearer and stronger as he spoke about his desire for justice, before offering Patterson his forgiveness.
"I bear her no ill will. My prayer for her is that she uses her time in jail wisely to become a better person," he said, to gasps in the courtroom.
"Now I am no longer Erin Patterson's victim. She has become the victim of my kindness.””
#Court #Murder #Australia #DeathCapMushroom #BeefWellington
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8zr04wzz9o

"Aboriginal Groups Win Historic Native Title Victory in Victoria After Decades of Legal Fight"
#Australia #Environment
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Aboriginal Groups Win Historic Native Title Victory in Victoria After Decades of Legal Fight | Happy Eco News
The native title victory Victoria granted exclusive rights to three Aboriginal groups, recognizing thousands of years of connection to land. This legal win strengthens cultural identity and environmental stewardship while setting a precedent for Indigenous land recognition in Victoria and across Australia.

“In an era of online misinformation, declining trust and paywalled services, the [Australian Dictionary of Biography] keeps fact-based, scholarly information in the public domain. Its continued high quality and availability supports our shared mission of making knowledge freely and reliably accessible to all. #Wikimedia #Australia

Why the Australian Dictionary of Biography matters to Wikimedians (and the world)
The ADB powers Wikipedia and protects our past

Bill Steamshovel
#NMA #Canberra #Australia

My great failure in life is that I never put myself in a position to monetise being this embarrassingly incompetent.
#auspol #australia #government

"Bowen says cutting emissions by more than 70% ‘not achievable’ as 2035 target criticised from all sides"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange

Miss Pat and Mr Squiggle
#NMA #Canberra #Australia

"Labor reveals $1.1bn plan to replace petrol with fuels made from canola, sorghum and sugar"
#Australia #Energy

Blackboard, Mr Squiggle, and Rocket
#NMA #Canberra #Australia

"‘A mythical place’: how a Melbourne sewage farm became a haven for 300 species of birds"
#Australia #Birds #Animals

1975 exhibition at the National Library.
#NLA #Canberra #Australia

"Is this Australia's climate wake- up call? Official report reveals a hotter, harder future if we don't act now"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange

Is this Australia’s climate wake-up call? Official report reveals a hotter, harder future if we don’t act now
The sobering assessment is a national call to action. The sooner Australia mitigates and adapts, the safer we will be.

"Up to 185,000 Queensland homes could be at 'very high risk' with many uninsurable if global heating unchecked"
#Australia #Queensland #Climate

"Koala comeback: new national park and vaccine offer hope for Australia’s iconic marsupial"
#Australia #Koalas #Animals

Koala comeback: new national park and vaccine offer hope for Australia’s iconic marsupial | The Optimist Daily
With a massive new protected area and a breakthrough vaccine, conservationists are fighting to save koalas from extinction.

"Australia may install 220,000 home batteries under subsidy scheme"
#Australia #Batteries #Energy

Australia may install 220,000 home batteries under subsidy scheme
Australia is on track to surpass 2024 home battery installation records, with July data from SunWiz indicating that up to 220,000 units could be deployed in the first year of the federal Cheaper Home Batteries subsidy.

WTF? Sheriffs now!
#Australia …

Inside the fringe groups fighting a 'quasi civil war' with self-styled sheriffs and their own court
Wary of being labelled a cult, this 'sovereign citizen' group has never spoken to mainstream media. It made an exception for Four Corners.

"One giant leap for bettongs released into sanctuary as wildlife conservancy aims to operate on 5% of Australia"
#Australia #Animals #Wildlife

"Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first"
#Australia #Plastic #Plastics

"WA’s ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch"
#Australia #Heatwave #Coral

A birds' eye view of September
#BirdLife #Birds #Australia

"Melbourne creek turns bright blue after construction chemicals wash into waterway"
#Australia #Melbourne #Pollution

"Albanese government substantially expands renewable energy scheme amid 2030 target concerns"
#Australia #Energy #Renewables

"Labor under internal pressure to commit to at least 70% emissions reduction by 2035"
#Australia #Emissions #Climate

"Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell is tendering her resignation from her role as Vice-Chancellor and President of the Australian National University."
#ANU #Canberra #Australia

"Former UN climate chief urges Australia to set ‘prosperity’ target of cutting emissions by 75% by 2035"
#UN #UnitedNations #Australia

"Abandoned Queensland coal borehole found to be emitting 10,000 cars’ worth of greenhouse gas"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange

"Clean energy subsidies should be replaced with ‘market-based incentives’ from 2030, Australia’s Productivity Commission says"
#Australia #Energy #Renewables

"Renewables reach record 76% of demand on Australia’s main grid"
#Australia #Renewables #Energy

Renewables reach record 76% of demand on Australia’s main grid
The share of renewables in Australia’s main electricity grid has reached a new high with rooftop and utility-scale solar, wind and hydro combining to deliver 76.4% of electricity demand on Monday.

"Long-hidden methane leak in Darwin raises fresh doubts over Australia’s climate action"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange

Long-hidden methane leak in Darwin raises fresh doubts over Australia’s climate action
The incident adds to serious doubts about whether Australia can meet its commitment to reduce emissions of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas.

"Australia rooftop solar hits 26.8 GW as home battery uptake surges"
#Australia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Australia rooftop solar hits 26.8 GW as home battery uptake surges
Australia is on track to exceed its 2030 rooftop solar targets with a combined 1.1 GW of new capacity installed across 115,584 households and businesses in the first half of 2025.

"Record coral losses in Great Barrier Reef spark concern over escalating climate stress"
#Australia #GreatBarrierReef #CoralReef

Australia’s reefs suffer worst coral decline on record
Some of the reefs surveyed lost as much as 70 per cent of their corals.

"AI, First Nations data boost solar forecasts by 14.6% in Australia"
#Australia #SolarPower #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

AI, First Nations data boost solar forecasts by 14.6% in Australia
Australian researchers improved solar generation forecasts by 14.6% by integrating advanced AI methods with First Nations seasonal knowledge, offering new potential for more accurate renewable energy planning.

"A tree a minute for 24 hours: the young Victorian forest that was planted in a day"
#Australia #Trees #Environment

"Australia rooftop solar installs fall to 206 MW in August"
#Australia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Australia rooftop solar installs fall to 206 MW in August
Australia’s rooftop solar market continues to ease with the latest data from market intelligence outfit SunWiz revealing that national installation volumes dropped off by 12% in August compared to the previous month.