Author: Greg Smith

[Source: Zac Crellin, The NewDaily, 6 May 2022] Australia has caught up with the rest of the world and now has many of the key ingredients for widespread electric vehicle adoption – infrastructure, a variety of models, and government incentives. Yet plug-in vehicles only accounted for 1.9 per cent of […]

HALF A MILLION HOMES TO BECOME ‘UNINSURABLE’ BY END OF DECADE, SAYS SHOCK REPORT [Source: Tracey Ferrier, InQueensland, 3 May 2022] More than half a million properties across Australia will effectively become uninsurable this decade due to climate change, a new report has warned. The Climate Council says the nation […]

Our population is expected to double in 80 years. We asked Australians where they want all these people to live Julian Bolleter, The University of Western Australia and Robert Freestone, UNSW Sydney Australia’s population is projected to grow to over 50 million people by 2101. This will have enormous implications for […]

Western Australia is moving towards electric buses, with its first battery-electric bus hitting the streets. The new CAT bus will be the first of four electric vehicles to be rolled out as part of a trial. From this week the red bus will service the Joondalup area as part of […]

Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change Kimberley Reid, The University of Melbourne and Andrew King, The University of Melbourne The severe floods in southeast Queensland this week have forced hundreds of residents to flee the town of Gympie […]