The sleeper election issue that could bite Morrison and Albanese

The sleeper election issue that could bite Morrison and Albanese

The world is moving ahead of Australia - and both its major political parties - on climate change. It’s an opportunity for independents at the next federal election.

  • byJohn Hewson

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The day she was meant to be put down,rescue dog Maya found her calling

The day she was meant to be put down,rescue dog Maya found her calling

In the midst of the Black Summer,'Bear,the hero koala dog'found international fame. But behind every successful man is a strong woman – this is her story.

  • byLaura Greaves
Alarm raised over logging near'Lazarus'frog

Alarm raised over logging near'Lazarus'frog

Environmentalists have raised the alarm over logging near the habitat of a rare frog in East Gippsland that was long thought extinct until it was rediscovered five years ago.

  • byMiki Perkins
'Of one thing we can be certain,the fires will return':Greg Mullins'global warning

'Of one thing we can be certain,the fires will return':Greg Mullins'global warning

Australia’s unprecedented summer of hell was barely over when California was ablaze. As experts warn of worse to come,one of our most outspoken former fire commissioners reflects on a new age of overlapping catastrophes.

  • byGreg Callaghan
Far from a normal day in the public service:fatalities,fires and car crashes

Far from a normal day in the public service:fatalities,fires and car crashes

Emergency service employees are told they are just public servants like everyone else. But a retired firefighter argues it is far from a normal job."We are there to help those Australians who are having the worst or last day of their life."

  • byJulie Power
'Most significant crisis in the history of travel':where to now for tourism?

'Most significant crisis in the history of travel':where to now for tourism?

The coronavirus has torpedoed the world economy,with travel both a vector for – and a victim of – an historic event that appears to have no end in sight.

  • byBrook Turner
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Fears more desperate people will take on payday loans after fires,coronavirus

Fears more desperate people will take on payday loans after fires,coronavirus

Financial counsellors are warning bushfires and the unfolding coronavirus pandemic could cause a surge of desperate people taking out predatory loans.

  • byJennifer Duke
Insurers concerned about climate change as bushfire claims bill tops $1.3b

Insurers concerned about climate change as bushfire claims bill tops $1.3b

As the cost of this summer's blazes begins to rival that of Victoria's Black Saturday fires,a survey has found climate change is the number one concern of insurance firms.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
These scientists think we're in a'bushfire spiral'. They have a plan
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These scientists think we're in a'bushfire spiral'. They have a plan

It is atop a narrow road running along a ridgeline a few kilometres out of Kinglake that things start to get really,really scary.

  • byLiam Mannix
The'Forever fires'and Australia's new reality

The'Forever fires'and Australia's new reality

The questions raised by this summer’s diabolical blazes are not simple. Nor should the answers be.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Duty,camaraderie,tradition - what drives urban RFS members?

Duty,camaraderie,tradition - what drives urban RFS members?

What makes a person from the burbs bolt towards a raging fire as everyone else flees?

  • bySally Rawsthorne