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The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:30:56 +0000

Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:00:57 +0000

Grattan Institute report argues fall in costs will provide federal government room for more action on climate

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UK ministers take control of £10bn Lower Thames Crossing

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:00:56 +0000

Exclusive: National Highways Agency stripped of oversight with project handed to DfT amid Labour government drive for growth

Ministers have stripped the government’s road-building agency of responsibility for a £10bn tunnel under the River Thames amid a drive by Keir Starmer’s cabinet to take tight control over important infrastructure projects for fear of cost overruns and delays.

High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:00:54 +0000

Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say

The world faces “an emerging crisis” of higher death rates among teenagers and young adults, according to a major study on the causes of death and disability worldwide.

Matilda Boseley steps out to find which Australian birds the public loves – video

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 19:00:33 +0000

In this year's Australian bird of the year poll, Guardian Australia's very own Matilda Boseley has made no secret about her favourite. Dressed as an Australian pelican, Matilda navigates the pigeons of Melbourne to find people to tell her what their favourite native birds are – and give us their best birdcall attempts

2025 Australian bird of the year voting is open! Here's how to vote

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:45:18 +0000

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled.

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 05:59:59 +0000

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country

It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more.

The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List, the world’s most comprehensive global inventory on extinction risk, has declared the Christmas Island shrew is extinct.

This little animal is extremely common all over the island, and at night its shrill shriek, like the cry of a bat, can be heard on all sides.

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:33:49 +0000

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:01:00 +0000

Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW

Baby numbats have been spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in south-western New South Wales, sparking hope for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials.

Crocodile made famous by Steve Irwin ‘wrongfully arrested’ and should be returned to wild, traditional owners say

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:00:59 +0000

Exclusive: ‘Old Faithful’ was captured after Queensland authorities deemed him ‘a problem crocodile’, but Rinyirru Aboriginal Corporation says the government is mistaken

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