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Malcolm Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:08:57 +0000

Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates

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The Liberals’ new emissions policy is bursting with contradictions – and is unlikely to be what voters want | Tom McIlroy

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 06:56:03 +0000

Sussan Ley appears to have given up trying to meet voters where they are, instead allowing conservative MPs to dictate policy to keep her job – and keep the Coalition together

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Amid Japan’s surge in bear attacks, a torrent of AI-generated videos is adding to anxiety

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 05:37:10 +0000

Videos show schoolgirls fighting off animals, while others show people feeding bears, with some so realistic that users struggled to distinguish between fact and fiction

If a record number of fatal bear attacks wasn’t terrifying enough, experts say a torrent of AI-generated videos in Japan purporting to show people in close encounters with the animals is only adding to public anxiety – and could put people at greater risk.

Sicily deserves better than the looming prospect of a giant bridge that will never get built | Jamie Mackay

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 05:00:16 +0000

Troubled waters over the world’s longest suspension bridge are no surprise. The Italian government should be funding public services

The Whyalla steelworks might be the best place in the world to make low-cost green iron. Will Labor seize the moment? | Rod Sims and Baethan Mullan

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:49:33 +0000

If the government is committed to the energy transition and a future made in Australia, the choice that must be made is clear

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News Corp Australia chair says outlets not part of climate crisis ‘denial machine’

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:34:43 +0000

Michael Miller tells Senate misinformation inquiry platforming climate deniers and net zero critics part of ‘great democracy and healthy debate’

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Liberals formally abandon net zero by 2050 but Ley says reaching target would still be ‘welcome outcome’

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:28:38 +0000

Future Coalition government would not withdraw from Paris climate agreement altogether, Liberal frontbench decides a day after five-hour party room debate

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As a conservative Liberal senator I see no coherent reason to run away from a net zero target | Andrew McLachlan

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:13:27 +0000

We cannot claim to be of the right of politics yet shy away from targets that hold us to account, especially ones that were once the Liberals’ own

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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:01:08 +0000

Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found.

Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:05:42 +0000

Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit

Fear of being bullied by Donald Trump may have prompted Bill Gates to row back on the climate crisis, Al Gore has speculated, as he slammed the billionaire’s new position as “silly”, and the US president for his anti-climate stance.