An El Nino typically associated with a hot,dry spring for Australia is likely to form towards the end of winter – and one model rates the chances of a rare super El Nino at 20-25 per cent.
Nationally,Australia’s environment was better than the average of the past 25 years. Look up our interactive map to see how your suburb or local government area fared.
Developers could soon be required to prove how new housing projects will withstand future climate risks as part of an overhaul of NSW planning laws.
Australia’s summer has been marked by repeated cycles of bushfires followed by floods,as Lake Eyre is set to be flooded for the second time in two years.
The Green family survived a major drought on their sheep farm. I got a front-row seat to the challenges they overcame.
A weather anomaly thousands of kilometres from Australia is having an outsized impact on summer – and the previous times it happened,it was followed by some of the nation’s worst bushfire seasons.
The slightly daggy cousin of flashier plants,the shrub is the staple of many gardens. A tough love approach to maintenance will see fortune favour the brave.
Rain and soaring sheep prices are giving some farmers cause for cautious optimism after two dry years.
A longstanding favourite among landscapers,this hard-wearing material is winning fans of wild gardening and informal planting alike. The secret? Sourcing it as locally as possible.
The Victorian government is considering a second plant to secure the state’s water future in response to concerns about looming shortages.