People wait outside a closed train station during a major power outage in Barcelona on Monday.

A political tide is turning across Europe,and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight of harsh reality.

  • Rob Harris

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A three-cornered contest in Gilmore makes life complicated for the major parties

How a sense of betrayal brought a major complication to a battleground seat

At the last election,Labor won Gilmore by just 373 votes. A new player has emerged to muddy the waters.

  • Nick O'Malley
A biochar machine,seen here at Earth Systems in Port Melbourne.

Hulking machine built to fight climate change is sitting silent

In a warehouse near the border of Victoria and NSW is a decommissioned machine that sums up how hard it is to find solutions to the climate crisis.

  • Liam Mannix
Just Stop Oil protesters threw tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s famous 1888 work Sunflowers,then glued themselves to the wall at the National Gallery in London in 2022.

After throwing soup at Van Gogh and painting Stonehenge,agents of chaos say they’re done

The group of protesters,which included women in their 80s,grabbed the headlines with disruptive stunts that saw them arrested 3300 times in three years.

  • Rob Harris
A climate protestor confronts Treasurer Jim Chalmers in mid-March,2025.

‘Bird-dogging’:Why the federal election will see a spike in confronting protests

Protesters are gatecrashing politicians’ events before the election has begun. Conservatives claim it shuts down debate. Climate activists insist it’s necessary.

  • Mike Foley
Alfred’s path

The unpredictable path that kept millions on their toes

How can you know exactly where and when a cyclone will hit land,and where the worst damage will be felt? Sometimes,it’s only once it’s all over.

  • Rosanna Ryan andThe Visual Stories Team
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Warringah MP Zali Steggall wants a new fund to harden communities against the climate threat.

Zali Steggall stands by controversial offshore wind,seeks to broaden climate debate

Recent climate catastrophes underscore the need to harden communities against natural disasters even as emissions are cut,says the federal independent MP.

  • Nick O'Malley
Matt Kean in Berowra Valley National Park in northern Sydney:“We’ve got a chance to have some of the cheapest energy bills anywhere in the world.”

Death threats,3am texts:Former Liberal MP Matt Kean on becoming a climate champion

His stance on global warming has earned him powerful enemies – but the Climate Change Authority chair believes the stakes are too high to beat about the bush.

  • Anne Hyland
Homes and businesses in NSW and Victoria are facing winter gas shortages by 2028.

Bowen fired up for election clash as Labor delivers gas supply boost

Energy Minister Chris Bowen is lashing out at the former Coalition government’s “bin fire” gas policy as he clashes with Peter Dutton on energy.

  • Mike Foley andNick Toscano
Climate change report

Confirmed:2024 was the hottest year on record in the air and the oceans

Although warming around the world rose last year,the United Nations’ lead climate agency says there is still time to act.

  • Nick O'Malley