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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Shelley Hepworth |Sanjana Jose |Matilda Boseley
Anthony Albanese has secured a stunning federal election win while delivering a devastating result for the Coalition that cost Peter Dutton his own seat.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Matilda Boseley |Sanjana Jose |As credited |Shelley Hepworth
Anthony Albanese will continue as prime minister. As votes were counted, it became clear very quickly that there would be no path to victory for the Coalition and Peter Dutton, with Dutton even losing his own seat of Dickson. Matilda Boseley is here for an unexpectedly early update• Anthony Albanese secures ‘win for the ages’ at 2025 federal election with Labor securing majority• Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?
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3 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Alyx Gorman |Molly Glassey |Eelemarni Close-Brown |Sanjana Jose
From Hong Kong and Hornsby people are popping into Sydney's Du Plessy Pralin & Otello, which is enjoying a viral moment after content creator Max Li posted about one of its decadent creations to his 1.5 million followers. The japonaise cake, now affectionately dubbed the ‘old baby cake', is a gluten-free hazelnut, meringue and chocolate mousse cake adorned with lorikeets in icing sugar.
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3 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Alyx Gorman |Sanjana Jose |Bertin Huynh |Eelemarni Close-Brown
When Paul Adam sees a long queue forming in front of his patisserie in the northern suburbs of Sydney, “That’s when I know I’m going to start working hard,” he says. In the weeks since one of his cakes went viral across several Chinese social media platforms, that has been nearly every day.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Camilla Hannan |Lisa Favazzo |Shelley Hepworth |Graham Readfearn |Aston Brown |Sanjana Jose
Maria Matthes, a lifelong koala conservationist, says loss of habitat and the climate crisis have threatened the endangered species in eastern New South Wales. Almost 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since 2011. They are one of more than 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Lisa Favazzo |Lisa Cox |Sanjana Jose |Miles Martignoni |Shelley Hepworth
In December 2024, when unseasonable flooding threatened the breeding season of a critically endangered turtle, Marilyn Connell and other members of a Queensland community conservation group sprang into action.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Lisa Favazzo |Graham Readfearn |Sanjana Jose |Miles Martignoni |Shelley Hepworth
Josh Bowell worries his kids may never see a wild yellow-bellied glider, one of the 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat. As scientists warn of an extinction crisis, the tradie is one of the passionate people protecting wildlife in his corner of south-east Queensland
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Camilla Hannan |Lisa Favazzo |Shelley Hepworth |Petra Stock |Sanjana Jose
Deberra, as the insects are known in the Taungurung language, are a vital food source for animals across Victoria's alpine country — so their rapid decline has implications for the entire ecosystem. The bogong moth is one of the more than 2,000 Australian species listed as being under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Lisa Favazzo |Lisa Cox |Shelley Hepworth |Sanjana Jose
Dr Amanda Lilleyman, a shorebird expert and advocate, says a defence housing project and an industrial development plan in Darwin are threatening the habitat of the critically endangered far eastern curlew. The bird relies on undisturbed Australian shorelines to fatten up before making an epic migration to the northern hemisphere.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Camilla Hannan |Lisa Favazzo |Adam Morton |Lisa Cox |Shelley Hepworth | +4 more
Australia is facing an extinction crisis. Over the next week, we will bring you stories of hope, resilience and determination as passionate volunteers across Australia stand up for Australia’s endangered species. Most parliamentarians might be surprised to learn it, but Australians care about nature. Late last year, the not-for-profit Biodiversity Council commissioned a survey of 3,500 Australians to gauge what they thought about the environment.
