I lived through Fukushima. Australia should think twice about nuclear

Despite the fallout from the devastating 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident,Japan remains locked in to nuclear power. Australia can still choose other less dangerous sources of energy.

  • Ayumi Honda

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Coalition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

‘Voldemort policy’:Labor,Coalition deny hiding energy plans in nuclear election

An earthquake shook a region slated for one of Peter Dutton’s nuclear plants and the PM visited another in a campaign in which the energy debate has been quietly shifted off stage.

  • Mike Foley
Tremors from a 4.6 magnitude earthquake were felt in Sydney high-rise buildings.

Sydney high-rises rattled by Hunter Valley earthquake

Dozens of residents in Sydney towers reported feeling the quake which struck just before 3am. People as far south as Wollongong also reported tremors.

  • Riley Walter
Elephants huddle to protect calves during earthquake.

Incredible moment elephants spring into action to protect calves during earthquake

The highly intelligent and social animals can feel sound through their feet,with cameras catching the herd scrambling to shield their young when they became alert to a threat.

  • Julie Watson
Min Aung Hlaing

Thailand just gave Myanmar what it craved,and it wasn’t humanitarian aid

The junta was so happy with the news that it dominated the first five pages of the Myanmar newspaper,even as thousands lay dead or dying in rubble.

  • Zach Hope
Thai protesters lay posters condemning Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing on top of a sheet covered in fake blood in Bangkok,Thailand. Protesters gathered to oppose the presence of the junta leader,who is attending a regional summit for the first time since the military coup that brought him to power.

Myanmar chief feted by leaders as bombs fall

As the junta leader shook hands in Bangkok,the UN said it had received 14 reports of attacks despite a promised halt to the bombing after the earthquake.

  • Zach Hope
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Rescue workers are seen working at the collapsed construction building.

What it is like to wait for a miracle at Bangkok’s grey mountain of destruction

I’ve been looking at this mound of death for days. Those poor people trapped inside. What they endured,where they might be.

  • Zach Hope
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Car-sized boulders no match for lava as officials race to evacuate fishing village

Residents of a mostly abandoned village in Iceland refused to leave their homes even as molten rock broke through barriers set up to protect them.

  • Bronte Gossling
Family trapped in rubble

Footage shows family stuck under rubble,waiting for rescue

Some survivors filmed their ordeal as they waited to be rescued,trapped in tiny pockets of air between slabs of broken concrete.

Athitaya Yuenyao,22,with her team of electricians.

Athitaya was on the second day of a new job. Her teammates made it out. She has not

Athitaya and her colleagues were about to begin work on the seventh floor of a Bangkok tower when their leader snapped this picture. Then an earthquake struck.

  • Zach Hope