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"A Cruel Blow": Wind Farm Rejection Ends Family’s Renewable Vision

"A Cruel Blow": Wind Farm Rejection Ends Family’s Renewable Vision

The Richards family saw clean energy as the future for their Central Queensland cattle property. Now, a sudden government decision has left that future in tatters.

Queensland News

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Australia’s AI future might depend on U.S. politics

Australia’s AI future might depend on U.S. politics

A 10-year freeze on state regulation in the U.S. might sound distant — but it could shape how AI is used (and controlled) here too.

Analysis

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Tasmania’s government might collapse, the AFL team could die and a Doomsday Fish just washed up on the beach

Tasmania’s government might collapse, the AFL team could die and a Doomsday Fish just washed up on the beach

The opposition is pushing a no-confidence vote, the Premier’s refusing to quit, and even the state’s AFL team is warning this could all end in disaster.

Tasmania News

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She was elected with Greens support – but now Dorinda Cox is a Labor senator

She was elected with Greens support – but now Dorinda Cox is a Labor senator

The WA senator's political pivot has left voters (and her former party) asking: why?

Western Australia News

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Floods, cyclones and $2.2 billion lost – who should pay for climate disasters?

Floods, cyclones and $2.2 billion lost – who should pay for climate disasters?

Foreign owned gas companies are making bank on Australian fossil fuels, so should they be footing the bill?

Analysis

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We already have a plan to ban gambling ads. Why is the government ignoring it?

We already have a plan to ban gambling ads. Why is the government ignoring it?

Most Australians want gambling ads gone. There’s a 31-step plan ready to go — but powerful interests are keeping it on ice.

Analysis

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The new environment minister's first major move? Extending Australia's largest gas project to 2070

The new environment minister's first major move? Extending Australia's largest gas project to 2070

Murray Watt just greenlit a gas extension set to run until 2070 — even as it threatens sacred sites and fuels climate-driven disaster costs for Australians.

Western Australia News

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How 125 complaints were enough to cancel a $1bn wind farm that could’ve powered 266,000 homes

How 125 complaints were enough to cancel a $1bn wind farm that could’ve powered 266,000 homes

While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is selling the nation on a renewable energy future, Queensland’s state government has just pulled the plug on a $1 billion wind farm project near Rockhampton — despite it being approved only 6 months ago.

Queensland News

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Only going to get worse: the grim reality of Australia's climate future

Only going to get worse: the grim reality of Australia's climate future

“Once-in-100-year floods” and "unprecedented disasters” now seem to be happening every few years across Australia. The easy answer? “It’s climate change.” That’s not wrong, but it’s also not the whole picture.

Environment

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