How Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law solved crisis at family farm

How Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law solved crisis at family farm

Alasdair MacLeod was regularly escaping to the country with his young family when he realised something was going horribly wrong there – and needed a radical solution.

  • byCatherine Naylor

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Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest steps up fight against big oil and gas

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest steps up fight against big oil and gas

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has escalated his war against oil and gas producers,and Woodside in particular,taking to a helicopter off the remote WA coast to lambast its $18 billion Scarborough gas export project as a “carbon dioxide bomb”.

  • byPeter Milne
Woodside and Perth’s Fringe World organiser cut final ties

Woodside and Perth’s Fringe World organiser cut final ties

The city’s 2024 summer festival season will be the first in recent memory free of fossil fuel sponsorship after a five-year grassroots campaign declares a win.

  • byEmma Young
Away from the glitter of Dubai,a village is being devoured by sand

Away from the glitter of Dubai,a village is being devoured by sand

Rising out of the desert,the futuristic metropolis of Dubai hosted a historic global agreement this week. Nearby,nature takes its toll.

  • byLucy Cormack
COP28 puts heat on everyone but Australia is well-placed to act

COP28 puts heat on everyone but Australia is well-placed to act

The world has taken stock of its climate change response and found it seriously wanting. Action can and must be taken.

  • byKerry Schott
What COP28 achieved – and what it failed to do

What COP28 achieved – and what it failed to do

For the first time in COP’s 28-year history and in the face of fierce opposition from some states,fossil fuels were explicitly named in the event’s final text.

  • byNick O'Malley
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COP28 ends with tears,and a historic deal on transition away from fossil fuels

COP28 ends with tears,and a historic deal on transition away from fossil fuels

The end of the negotiations came suddenly,a day after the talks were to have ended and after two marathon nights of tough discussions between rival voting blocs.

  • byNick O'Malley
COP28 talks on the cusp of failure with bitter divide over the future of fossil fuels

COP28 talks on the cusp of failure with bitter divide over the future of fossil fuels

There had been hope that the final agreement would include language that specifically addressed the key cause of emissions and climate change – the burning of fossil fuels.

  • byNick O'Malley
Australia accused of hypocrisy in calling for end to fossil fuels at COP28

Australia accused of hypocrisy in calling for end to fossil fuels at COP28

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen told the climate talks that fossil fuels have no future in world energy systems,but his nod to emissions capture has irked some.

  • byNick O'Malley
Want to see what climate change does? I’ll show you my WA desert home

Want to see what climate change does? I’ll show you my WA desert home

Few Australians know the Country I call home. Let me take you there through spinifex,mulga trees,red sand and open skies – and introduce you to my family.

  • bySamantha Murray
Coalition MP talks up triple nuclear option at COP28

Coalition MP talks up triple nuclear option at COP28

A Coalition government would sign a pledge to triple nuclear energy output at its first global COP talks and overturn the Australian nuclear energy moratorium,its energy spokesman said.

  • byNick O'Malley