Once-bustling country towns losing people as industries, youth move away
Behind Alpha's empty storefronts are the remnants of a once-bustling Queensland town with multiple industries and a thriving ...
Science Daily14d
Study shows natural regrowth of tropical forests has immense potential to address environmental concerns
A new study finds that up to 215 million hectares of land (an area larger than Mexico) in humid tropical regions around the world has the potential to naturally regrow. That much forest could store 23 ...
The Australian Financial Review18d
The map that Canberra doesn’t want you to see
A more significant example of this integration comes from Washington, where, as I was recently told, defence planners in the Pentagon now divide their strategic map of the Australian continent ...
Bureau of Meteorology2d
Previous droughts
Australia is prone to drought partly because of its geography ... of intense dryness. Map: Rainfall deciles for the World War II drought (1937 to 1945). Conditions deteriorated in 1937 over New South ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation27d
Queensland election could spell trouble for federal Labor, analysts say
He wishes it was his last for a while, but it's not. After next weekend's Queensland election Mr Cameron knows there's a federal election coming down the track. "I think we should have had both ...
Crikey27d
LNP is set for an easy win in Queensland, but its first term may pose a much greater challenge
It’s long been assumed the Queensland election of October 26 — to elect the state’s 58th (and second fixed, four-year) Parliament — would be a tough ask for a tired-looking Labor ...
SBS18d
Queensland election: David Crisafulli claims victory for LNP, ending Labor's nine-year reign
The Liberal National Party has secured a narrow majority in Queensland, with Labor confirming Premier Steven Miles has conceded defeat. David Crisafulli said the LNP would waste no time in ...
The Conversation19d
LNP wins Queensland election, likely with a clear majority
At that election, Queensland was the only state where the Coalition won the two-party vote (by 54.1–45.9). The second best state for the Coalition was New South Wales, where Labor won the two ...
The Conversation20d
Queensland election signals both major parties accept pumped hydro and the renewable energy transition as inevitable
In Australia, 99% of new capacity is wind or solar. The Queensland election campaign suggests both sides of politics have embraced the renewable energy transition. But solar and wind are variable ...
PEDESTRIAN.TV18d
Who Is Queensland’s New Premier? Everything You Need To Know About LNP’s David Crisafulli
Queensland is set to have a new premier. Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli claimed victory for the narrow election, ending Labor’s decade-long reign in the state. So who is he? Here ...
Couriermail23d
Queensland Premier Steven Miles and LNP leader David Crisafulli face off in final leaders debate
Queensland Premier Steven Miles and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli will be hoping to sway undecided voters at the final leaders’ debate hosted by the Sky News/The Courier-Mail People’s ...
Couriermail18d
Outgoing Queensland premier Steven Miles concedes crushing election defeat
Outgoing Queensland Premier Steven Miles has officially conceded the election. Picture: NewsWire/ John Gass The Murrumba MP, who ascended to the top job following the retirement of Annastacia ...