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Meet the everyday Australians prepping for the end of the world

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Rescue workers saving a child from floods.

Schools close across Nepal after devastating floods and landslides kill at least 170 people

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More than 60 dead after Hurricane Helene's destructive path across south-east US

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Mahnaz Angury reports: There's been 323 drowning deaths in Australia in the past year, a 16% increase from the 10-year average.

Program teaching people life saving skills

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Representatives from 52 countries have gathered in Perth as wheat production declines across the European Union, and in Russia and Ukraine due to the ongoing war.

Climate concerns at the forefront of Perth's global wheat conference

Climate change

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Brazil's President has warned fellow world leaders at the UN that the impacts of climate change are already being felt around the world.

Brazil's president warns of impacts of climate change in Amazon

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Federal government defends three coal mine extensions

Australia

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'Stay in' warns Florida Governor over storm

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Beer’s brewing battle: climate change is challenging traditional hop-growing

Climate change

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PETER DUTTON NUCLEAR ENERGY CEDA

Talking, but still no costing, for the coalition's nuclear energy policy

Australia

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Rooftop solar versus the cost of living crisis

Australia

Climate Change

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'Like an apocalypse': Europe's catastrophic floods in pictures

World

Meltwater ponding in northwest Greenland near the ice sheet's edge on 30 July 2019.

A landslide made the Earth hum for nine days. This is how climate change triggered it

Environment

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Meet the young people who could outlive their own country

Environment

Electricity transmission lines with the sun shining brightly behind

The two places 'undermining' Australia's efforts to cut emissions

Environment

Energy

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Fuel efficiency not living up to claims in some cars, new testing shows

Australia

A high voltage electricity transmission tower is seen in the foreground of the Brisbane CBD skyline in Brisbane

Two days, two energy records broken as eastern Australia shivers through a cold snap

Australia

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Will nuclear lead to cheaper energy prices? Experts weigh in

Australia

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Wage rises, tax cuts and energy bill relief: The cost of living changes taking effect today

Australia

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On alert: Australians receive tsunami warning but it's not as it seems

Australia

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From floods to thunderstorm asthma, this is what spring and summer could bring

Environment

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The bushfire risk in your area: what to expect this spring

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Bushfire risk in your area: What to expect this spring

Environment

Nature

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'Grossly irresponsible': Coal mine extensions criticised by environmental groups

Politics

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Sumina spends her days picking up Australian plastic waste in her Indonesian village

Australia

Solar panels on houses in Melbourne

'No bills': The home improvement saving Australians $3 billion a year

Australia

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Could Australia face a La Niña summer? Here's what's predicted

Environment

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