Brisbane expected to get 80mm of rain, while damaging winds, large hail and possible flash flooding on the cards for Queensland A weekend of wet weather is set to start across the country from Friday, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting severe storms across eastern parts of Australia, particularly in Queensland. Showers and storms were … Read more
Since late 2024, registrations of 11 VET organisations have been cancelled, voiding diplomas, certificates and statements of attainment At least 30,000 people have lost their qualifications in the past year as the regulator cracks down on Australia’s shonky vocational education and training providers. Since late 2024, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has cancelled the … Read more
The International Energy Agency, once known for an anti-renewables bias, now says a more ambitious transition will lower prices Just as the Liberal party walked away from a firm net zero emissions target, a new International Energy Agency report told the world that a more ambitious clean energy transition means lower household power bills. The … Read more
Ex-politicians and candidates warn the decision will likely cause a loss of votes from younger people At least three former Liberal MPs have derided the opposition’s decision to dump net zero by 2050 as an “existential crisis” and “another nail in the coffin” that will guarantee electoral irrelevance for the foreseeable future. Guardian Australia spoke … Read more
Senate inquiry hears how ‘propagandised misinformation’ is drowning out legitimate concerns in Australia’s regions over renewable energy Plans for a community battery in Narrabri had been going well – there was a $500,000 federal government grant, the shire council had agreed on a site and it had the necessary approvals to start building. The battery … Read more
A years-long standoff over who should host the 2026 climate summit leaves Brazilian hosts, and other states, frustrated Delegates turning up in the Amazonian city of Belém for the Cop30 climate conference were greeted by what some interpreted as a less than subtle dig by the Brazilian hosts. The pavilions for Australia and Turkey – … Read more
The $C56bn plan focused on investing in a resource economy falls short of changing Canadians’ day-to-day lives Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, likes to say that when he was young, “we used to build big things in this country, and we used to build them quickly.” That idea – of sprawling projects that transform nations, … Read more
Passengers held on runway for 12 hours after landing in Johannesburg without travel documents South Africa will investigate the “mysterious” arrival of scores of Palestinians who were kept on a charter plane at Johannesburg for 12 hours by border police because they did not have travel papers, the president has said. A group of 153 … Read more
Minister rejects claims Māori history is being sidelined in rewrite which includes cutting some references to the Treaty of Waitangi As cows grazed sleepily in a nearby paddock, then-14-year-old Leah Bell watched as a local Māori elder cried. She was standing at the site of the massacre at Rangiaowhia, where Māori were deliberately burnt to … Read more
The truce broke down this week after a Thai soldier lost a leg to a landmine blast, prompting Thailand’s PM to say the peace deal was ‘now over’ One person has been killed by gunfire along the Thai-Cambodia border as conflict heats up between the two nations days after a Trump-backed ceasefire agreement has broken … Read more