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- Environment
- 05/10/2026
- 07:30
Today, more than 65,000 hectares of central west forests become national parks
The Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) is celebrating with Wombat Forestcare, the Wilderness Society, local groups and Victorians who campaigned for more than 20 years to make these parks a reality. Parliament passed the law to create the parks in November 2025. Today that law takes effect and the parks become official. ‘Today we get to see the protection these forests deserve. It's a fantastic day for nature and for Victorians, we have three new national parks! Congratulations to the Carroll Government for getting it done,’ said VNPA Executive Director Matt Ruchel. ‘This is what happens when people work together…
- Community, Energy
- 05/10/2026
- 06:02
‘Lives hang in the balance’: Rich countries must fill woefully inadequate climate funds at Pre-COP
For Immediate Release5 October 2026 ‘Lives hang in the balance’: Rich countries must fill woefully inadequate climate funds at Pre-COP As Pre-COP commences in Fiji, Australia, as President of Negotiations, must treat the huge shortfall in global UN Climate Funds as the life-or-death issue it is and rally wealthy countries to make big polluters pay to fill the funds, the Make Big Polluters Pay Alliance says. Climate-vulnerable countries are already facing billions of dollars in damage from a crisis they did little to cause, while the international climate funds established under the UNFCCC to help them adapt and recover remain…
- Environment, Medical Health Aged Care
- 05/10/2026
- 06:00
Itching for a solution: Addressing mosquito-borne disease as climate change bites
Prevention measures, including vector control, vaccine deployment and cutting greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming are critical to counter the growing burden of mosquito-borne diseases in a changing climate, according to a new paper by Monash University researchers. The review, published today in Science Advances, examines the complex ecological, epidemiological and socioeconomic factors that influence the transmission of malaria and dengue. Malaria is a serious, life-threatening disease caused by a parasite that is typically spread to humans through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Dengue is caused by a virus that is transmitted to humans through the bites…
- Environment, Immigration
- 05/10/2026
- 05:00
Western Australia’s drying climate and its nation-leading, 2.1 per cent per annum pace of population growth, threatens viability and sustainability.
PeterStrachan - SPA National President: 0412 400 952 Michael Bayliss - SPA Communications Manager: 0423 701 611 Rainwater runoff into Perth’s dams has become almost immaterial, forcing increased reliance on energy intensive desalinated water and ongoing over-pumping of ever deeper aquifers. In 2024-25 Perth’s Integrated Water Supply Scheme (IWSS) supplied a total of 337 billion litres of water to customers. After subtracting summer evaporation losses, a desperately dry 2026 autumn and winter means that Perth’s rainfall collection will struggle to supply 3 per cent of Perth’s total IWSS water consumption needs this year. More information on the impact of population…
- Environment, Political
- 04/10/2026
- 15:30
‘Don’t waste this moment’: Pre-COP must back Pacific priorities; respond to the urgency of the climate crisis
NADI, FIJI Sunday 31 August 2026 — As leaders and delegates gather for the Pacific Pre-COP in Fiji and Tuvalu, Greenpeace Australia Pacific is calling on the Australian government to uphold Pacific priorities on fossil fuels and climate finance, and respond to the urgency of the climate and energy crisis by accelerating the just transition away from fossil fuels. The Pre-COP meeting in Fiji and atoll nation Tuvalu is an important milestone on the road to the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye, where Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will take the reins as President of Negotiations. But another coal…
- Environment
- 04/10/2026
- 13:04
Horrific injuries in Australia show the danger of vessel strikes on whales
Images here: https://dams.wwf.org.au/resourcespace?c=6679&k=d3cd0fb014 Citizen scientists have shared shocking images with the World Wide Fund for Nature to raise awareness that whales can suffer horrific…
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- Environment, Regional Country Services
- 04/10/2026
- 10:11
700 gather in Fremantle to send ‘Climate Justice Now’ message to Canberra
4 October 2026 More than 700 people gathered in Fremantle today have sent a clear message to Canberra: act now for climate justice as Pacific churches and communities mobilise ahead of COP31. Members of the Fijian National Conference of the Uniting Church in Australia unfurled a large 'Climate Justice Now' banner at the gathering, standing in solidarity with their brothers and sisters hosting the pre-COP31 conference in Fiji. The group called on Australia to use its COP31 leadership to advance a fair and planned transition away from coal, oil and gas, strengthen climate finance and responses to loss and damage,…
- Government Federal, National News Current Affairs
- 04/10/2026
- 07:00
More homes alone won’t solve the housing crisis, Anglicare report finds
The Australian Government is enabling more social and affordable housing than it has in a generation, but new Anglicare Sydney research warns that supply alone will not solve the housing crisis. Anglicare Sydney's latest housing report, More Than a Key in the Door, draws on 421 resident surveys, 22 interviews and seven years of assessment data across 803 social and affordable homes in NSW. The report shows the strongest results occur when affordable housing is combined with secure tenure, practical support and a sense of community. When these principles are applied resident outcomes are impressive: Loneliness fell from 38% to…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 04/10/2026
- 01:07
Agenus Reports 48% Estimated Three-Year Survival With BOT+BAL in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer at IGCS 2026
Survival estimate remained at 48% between years two and three, extending evidence of durable benefit Results observed in heavily pretreated, difficult-to-treat population that received…
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