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watoday.com.au | William Davis |Caitlin Fitzsimmons |Nick O'Malley |Catherine Strohfeldt
As it happened: Billions in state budget for CopperString | Police allege Pheobe killed, then her body moved | Brisbane sweeps ‘best of’ competitionUpdated June 6, 2025 — 12.35pmfirst published at 5.27amSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeKey postsHide key postsToday’s headlinesBillion-dollar energy announcement for QueenslandBy William DavisMore than a billion dollars has been earmarked for a major Queensland energy project.
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theage.com.au | Josefine Ganko |Emily Kowal |Alexander Darling |Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Key posts1 of 2 12.25pmAdass Israel synagogue fire: Police raid properties in Melbourne’s northern suburbsBy Alexander DarlingVictoria state and federal police say they have carried out a number of search warrants in northern Melbourne, after a Ripponlea synagogue was firebombed late last year. Members of the Adass Israel congregation were forced to flee the synagogue in the early morning of Friday, December 6 after two masked gunmen set it on fire.
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smh.com.au | Caitlin Fitzsimmons |Nick O'Malley
By Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley June 6, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A marine heatwave causing extreme heat and rainfall has enveloped Australia and stretched for 40 million square kilometres across the south-west Pacific, bringing intense heat, extreme rainfall and sea-level rises.
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watoday.com.au | Caitlin Fitzsimmons |Nick O'Malley
“Marine heatwaves push plants and animals beyond their thermal limits, which means they can suffer damaging effects, including high levels of mortality in some cases,” Sen Gupta said.
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smh.com.au | Caitlin Fitzsimmons
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It is peak hour on the humpback highway off the east coast of Australia, a sign of one of the greatest conservation successes of the 20th century, but half of the world’s great whale species are yet to recover from commercial whaling. During the 20th century, nearly 3 million whales were commercially harvested, driving many species to the brink of extinction.
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watoday.com.au | Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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smh.com.au | Bianca Hall |Caitlin Fitzsimmons
By Bianca Hall and Caitlin Fitzsimmons June 1, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum – previously thought to be extinct in NSW – has been discovered in Kosciuszko National Park, to the delight of ecologists. The discovery of the sole possum near the Yarrangobilly Caves indicates the presence of a colony of the tiny creatures, which weigh just 125 grams.
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smh.com.au | Caitlin Fitzsimmons
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rainfall is likely to be above average, except in the south-west and south-eastWarmer than average days are very likelyWarmer than average nights are very likelyNSW residents should brace more for mould than cold, as the weather bureau predicts a warm, wet winter across most of the state.
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theage.com.au | Bianca Hall |Caitlin Fitzsimmons
By Bianca Hall and Caitlin Fitzsimmons May 31, 2025 — 4.53pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Victorians have been warned to brace for winter bushfires, after a warm and dry autumn parched high growth across large parts of the state.
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smh.com.au | Caitlin Fitzsimmons
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Toilet rolls didn’t cut it. Nor did PVC pipes. But sterilised palm fronds turned out to be the perfect aphrodisiac for a rare species of Norfolk Island snail thought to be extinct until five years ago. Fifteen specimens of Campbell’s Keeled Glass-Snail (Advena campbellii) have multiplied into 800 in four years in a captive breeding program at Taronga Zoo Sydney.
