Coalition’s car price hike claims questioned as pollution caps loom

Coalition’s car price hike claims questioned as pollution caps loom

Independent modelling of proposed fuel efficiency standards suggests the average new car price would rise by as little as 1 per cent.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano

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Serial climate protesters jailed for blocking West Gate Bridge

Serial climate protesters jailed for blocking West Gate Bridge

A Sydney activist is among the three climate demonstrators who allegedly blocked inbound lanes on Tuesday morning,triggering a 25-kilometre traffic jam.

  • byLachlan Abbott andAlex Crowe
Councils race against climate clock to save heritage trees

Councils race against climate clock to save heritage trees

Councils across the state are adopting new tree management policies to save old trees from destruction and increase tree coverage,as they respond locally to rapidly increasing urban heat.

  • byAnthony Segaert
This couple can no longer insure their suburban home thanks to a pesky drain

This couple can no longer insure their suburban home thanks to a pesky drain

They want the new Dunkley MP to champion insurance reform as their premiums spiral due to increased storm water problems.

  • byBroede Carmody
Fremantle activists celebrate after council walks back removal of century-old fig from tree register

Fremantle activists celebrate after council walks back removal of century-old fig from tree register

An impassioned response to the City of Fremantle dropping a Moreton Bay fig from its significant tree register has pushed councillors into revoking their decision.

  • byMark Naglazas
The effects of climate change on your suburb and city revealed

The effects of climate change on your suburb and city revealed

Sustained high temperatures would make parts of Australia essentially uninhabitable for months of the year,according to new analysis. Search the impact on your area.

  • byBianca Hall
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What on Earth is happening to the weather? These charts help explain

What on Earth is happening to the weather? These charts help explain

Global temperature records were shattered last month and parts of WA recorded the world’s hottest temperature before storms and heat buffeted the east coast.

  • byLaura Chung
Internal documents suggest car lobby is over-egging price hikes

Internal documents suggest car lobby is over-egging price hikes

An internal briefing document suggests that the car lobby is exaggerating how much the cost of new cars will go up under the government’s emissions scheme.

  • byNick O'Malley
The Brisbane Life Study,and why it matters to our city in 2024

The Brisbane Life Study,and why it matters to our city in 2024

Welcome to our new series,the Brisbane Life Study,where we investigate the city’s main challenges – and solutions to them – as the population grows.

  • bySean Parnell
Politics,power and prices:The key figure in Labor MPs’ sights
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Politics,power and prices:The key figure in Labor MPs’ sights

The extensive survey of Queenslanders across 2023 was revealing in many ways. One significant focus was awareness of electricity bill rebates.

  • byMatt Dennien
Perth climate voters get MP on board with net-zero ‘vision for future’

Perth climate voters get MP on board with net-zero ‘vision for future’

The teal independent,who is glad to be free of “party ideologies”,says her constituents’ action and work will help her advocate for them at a federal level.

  • byHamish Hastie