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Guardian Australia
Environment
Australian shark attack: man dies after being bitten near Queensland's Fraser Island
The Guardian - Australian Associated Press
A man has died after being attacked by a shark while spearfishing off Queensland’s Fraser Island. The attack happened about 2pm on Saturday while the Sunshine Coast man, 36, was diving off Indian Head
10 hours ago
Guardian Australia
Environment
The environmentalist's apology: how Michael Shellenberger unsettled some of his prominent supporters
The Guardian - Graham Readfearn
Voices that have questioned human-caused climate change have embraced and applauded Shellenberger’s article Few things engage a particular subset of conservative media more than an environmentalist having
16 hours ago
Guardian Australia
Fossil Fuels
'Steamy showers': Australian Instagram influencers post on behalf of natural gas
The Guardian - Elias Visontay
The natural gas giant Jemena has defended paying Instagram influencers, including former contestants of The Block, Married at First Sight and other reality TV shows, to promote the fossil fuel in social
22 hours ago
Guardian Australia
Environment
Australia's register of threatened species critical habitat not updated in 15 years
The Guardian - Lisa Cox
Australia has not updated a register of habitat critical for the protection of threatened species for 15 years, prompting experts to call for it to be strengthened to protect more types of land. An independent
22 hours ago
Guardian Australia
Environment
Heatwaves have become longer in most of the world since 1950s – study
The Guardian - Adam Morton
Heatwaves have increased in both length and frequency in nearly every part of the world since the 1950s, according to what is described as the first study to look at the issue at a regional level. The
1 day ago