Albanese warning on AI social licence ahead of national cabinet
Maintaining Australia’s social licence will be “crucial” as the federal government seeks to draw investment in AI and…
Queensland budget to include $545 million to boost water security, restore dams
The Queensland government will invest $545 million in water security and top up two south-east dams in its…
EPA asked to pause Karara magnetite mine assessment over water concerns
The looming extension to the life of a magnetite ore mine has shires in Western Australia’s Midwest region…
New Device Extracts 1,000 Liters of Clean Water Per Day from Desert Air
Landscape of Death Valley deserted land. Credit: Laurent Goujon / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 A new…
Regional Victorian city of Bendigo facing future drinking water shortage
Drinking water is set to become scarce in some regional towns across Australia as populations grow and climate…
Top End dams overflow as parks come to life in the wake of Cyclone Fina
Each year around Christmas, Judy Hinchliffe and John Rutherford head out to Fogg Dam, outside Darwin, to soak…
Narrabri Shire down to less than two weeks’ supply of water amid PFAS contamination ‘crisis’
Narribri Shire in northern New South Wales has less than two weeks of water available owing to contamination…
NT’s vast Cambrian Limestone Aquifer ‘getting drier’, new study finds
One of the Northern Territory’s most important water sources is getting drier and taking more time to recover…
Eyre Peninsula desalination plant costs blow out by $140 million
The cost of developing a desalination plant on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula has blown out by $140 million…