Tag: Australias
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‘It’s like you’re sitting in front of an oven’: surviving the summer in one of Australia’s hottest towns | Indigenous Australians
Few places are more exposed to extreme weather than Roebourne, a tiny cyclone-prone town on…
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Podcast Transcript December 12, 2025— Should kids be banned from social media? Inside Australia’s bold online safety experiment
Episode Description: Australia just became the first country to ban social media accounts for kids…
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Australia’s bold move to ban kids under 16 from social media sparks important global debate
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Starting this week, on December 10th, Australia will become…
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Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions? | Energy
Datacentre power demand in Australia could triple in five years and is forecast to exceed…
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The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
I got a text from a biodiversity advocate around midday on Thursday asking me: are…
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Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40% | Energy
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% last financial year, in what the Albanese government says…
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Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity | Thom Woodroofe and Dean Bialek
The Cop30 climate conference has finally come to an end, with Australia having lost out…
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Australia’s failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it may actually be the best result possible | Adam Morton
Ouch. From one perspective, Australia’s long-running bid to host the Cop31 UN climate conference next…
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Labor must not partner with climate vandals on Australia’s new environmental laws | Tim Flannery
This week the National Liberal Coalition has rewound the clock a decade. When Tony Abbott’s…
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Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned | Australian politics
The Albanese government is overhauling national environment laws. It wants its changes to the Environment…