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smh.com.au | Nick O'Malley
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1 week ago | 
watoday.com.au | Nick O'Malley
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watoday.com.au | Nick O'Malley
SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeThis week when waters from the floods that caused such devastation in western Queensland in March first arrived at the home of Annemarie van Doorn and her husband, Luke Playford, creeping along the dry creek beds that feed into the Cooper Creek and Warburton River before sprawling into the great salt pans of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, they brought with them clouds of sandflies and mosquitoes.
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1 week ago | 
smh.com.au | Nick O'Malley
Environment and Climate Editor May 2, 2025 — 3.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Pope Francis was entombed on Saturday in a simple wooden coffin in accordance with his wishes. He is remembered by millions as the “people’s Pope” after a lifetime of advocacy for the poor and disenfranchised.
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1 week ago | 
watoday.com.au | Nick O'Malley
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By Nick O'Malley, Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Bianca Hall May 1, 2025 — 11.45am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As election day draws near, energy policy is a battleground yet again – though this time around, the debate has been largely framed as a cost-of-living issue rather than climate change.
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2 weeks ago | 
watoday.com.au | Nick O'Malley |Caitlin Fitzsimmons |Bianca Hall
SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAs election day draws near, energy policy is a battleground yet again – though this time around, the debate has been largely framed as a cost-of-living issue rather than climate change. The Albanese government’s goal for renewable energy to reach 82 per cent of the grid by 2030 is back within striking distance thanks to a surge of investment in 2024. Want to unlock unlimited news? Read more award-winning journalism from as little as 50c a day.
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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Nick O'Malley
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It took just seconds for modern life in Spain and Portugal to grind to a halt on Monday when the power grid of the Iberian Peninsula shut down just after midday, causing lights to flicker out, traffic signals to darken and the transport system to seize, leaving passengers of underground trains to evacuate through darkened tunnels.
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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Nick O'Malley
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It is a balmy mid-morning on the NSW south coast and, in the seat of Gilmore, Liberal candidate Andrew Constance is on very dangerous ground: a footy field under the gaze of TV cameras.
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2 weeks ago | 
watoday.com.au | Nick O'Malley
Meanwhile, Dutton is making his scepticism towards ambitious climate action plain, suggesting recently that it would be “madness” for Australia to co-host United Nations climate talks, and championing gas-led energy policy. He and his climate and energy spokesman Ted O’Brien insist that 43 per cent is an impossible target.
