This tiny sugar glider needs help,but carers are stretched to breaking point

This tiny sugar glider needs help,but carers are stretched to breaking point

Wildlife rescuers have fielded almost a call a minute,and some services are reducing their hours,as demand soars for help for injured wildlife.

  • byBianca Hall andMargaret Gordon

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A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...

A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...

Perth is staring down two days of 40-plus over the final weekend before Christmas even as coral bleaches in Broome – but then things take a cooler turn.

  • byCameron Myles andEmma Young
Dutton to revamp his election-year frontbench as MPs head for exits

Dutton to revamp his election-year frontbench as MPs head for exits

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will unveil a revamped frontbench as soon as this weekend,in a shake-up to replace two shadow ministers and promote younger MPs.

  • byNick Bonyhady andJames Massola
Blue skies and sunscreen or lunch inside? The Christmas Day forecast is in

Blue skies and sunscreen or lunch inside? The Christmas Day forecast is in

Last Christmas a storm cell smashed Sydney and a plane was struck by lightning. Here’s what’s in store this year.

  • byAngus Dalton
Winton’s new novel throws down gauntlet to WA’s biggest companies

Winton’s new novel throws down gauntlet to WA’s biggest companies

West Australian author Tim Winton has used his new novel to throw a lit match into the gas-rich environment that is West Australian politics.

  • byEmma Young
Geologist praised as ‘man who saved our beaches’ opposed sea walls

Geologist praised as ‘man who saved our beaches’ opposed sea walls

Pilkey opposed coastal management policies that “destroy barrier island ecosystems to protect private property”.

  • byCornelia Dean
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Dutton’s nuclear plan stops decarbonisation,punishes consumers and hurts the economy

Dutton’s nuclear plan stops decarbonisation,punishes consumers and hurts the economy

A system built on renewables will lead to lower power prices compared with nuclear. It would take an astonishing leap of faith to suggest otherwise.

  • byMatt Kean
As the heat soars,dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds

As the heat soars,dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds

Though temperature records were not broken across the state on Monday as feared,scientists are finding that even a standard summer day presents real dangers in Sydney.

  • byNick O'Malley andNick Moir
How home owners can save $6000 a year and stay cool

How home owners can save $6000 a year and stay cool

New modelling shows that spending $25,000 on improving energy efficiency – and driving an EV – can save $300,000 over a 25-year mortgage.

  • byJim Malo
These are our ‘sweatiest suburbs’,putting vulnerable at risk in heatwaves

These are our ‘sweatiest suburbs’,putting vulnerable at risk in heatwaves

Inner Melbourne,the northern and south-eastern suburbs are the worst places to be during high heat according to a new metric of Australia’s “sweatiest cities”.

  • byAdam Carey
Miguel bought a car. Then there was a $2000 cost to charge it

Miguel bought a car. Then there was a $2000 cost to charge it

He was thrilled to have a car that would be so much cheaper to run – but then he drove straight into a metaphorical wall.

  • bySue Williams