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Angus Taylor, Matt Canavan, Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce.

‘Climate denial on steroids’: How the global anti-climate movement is fracturing right-wing politics at home

Populists are waging a war against climate action around the world, but in Australia the fiercest battle is among the right-wing parties over policy “purity”.

  • Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley

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A BYD vehicle is driven off the car maker’s ship at Port Melbourne on Tuesday.

How the arrival of a BYD ship marks a sea change in Australian motoring

The Chinese car maker has made a splash in Melbourne with the arrival of a vessel carrying thousands of electric vehicles. BYD now plans to take down Australia’s favourite car brands.

  • Nick O'Malley
The BYD Zhengzhou was dispatched to Australia following a spike in interest in electric cars in March.

An enormous ship docked in Melbourne on Sunday. Its cargo could permanently change Australian motoring

In a major flex of Chinese industrial muscle, a company has used its own purpose-built ship to respond to rampant demand from Australian consumers.

  • Nick O'Malley
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

Bowen’s side role at international summit will cost taxpayers almost $150m

Australia will spend nearly $150 million on Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen’s novel role as president of negotiations at the United Nations’ next climate conference.

  • Mike Foley
Chris Bowen and Angus Taylor: The so-called Climate Wars have ignited again.

Coal comfort: Taylor kicks off Climate War 3.0 in shift from nuclear

The Coalition is upping the ante with an aggressive energy policy designed to tackle the government’s climate agenda and the One Nation insurgency.

  • Mike Foley
Let’s stick together: how penguins avoid the deep freeze.

Humanity’s endangered, so let’s take a tip from the penguins

In 500 years from now, what will they say about us? Did we dare to choose courage over silence?

  • Natalie Kyriacou
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Then the laughing starts ... Tim Flannery with son Coleby and David Attenborough.

The day it dawned on me: David Attenborough is the world’s most-loved man

He’s turning 100 and we’ve been friends for 40 of those years. I never laugh as much as when I’m in his company.

  • Tim Flannery
Natalie Gray is urging anyone living under a flood overlay to check if they’re being overcharged.

The sea is coming for this coastal town, but the land tax kept rising

A Phillip Island community whose land is being reclaimed by the ocean a rate of six metres a year has successfully fought unfair land tax bills.

  • Kieran Rooney
Illustration by Simon Letch

The fossil fuel industry is using the Iran war to undermine net zero

The war is like a Trojan horse – it’s being used by oil and gas producers to lobby for “energy security” and fight tax rises.

  • Ross Gittins
 Darlington Point solar farm, near Wagga Wagga.

This ‘energy crisis’ is fixable. We already have the answers

Australia stands at a crossroads. But a more secure, competitive and prosperous future is possible.

  • Christiana Figueres