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After some of the worst fires and floods ever to hit Australia, a new cohort of climate-conscious independents are threatening to shake up the federal election on Saturday, putting the government under pressure in key districts and potentially reshaping the country's political landscape.

Veteran Australian political writer Michelle Grattan weighs the factors ranged against PM Scott Morrison winning again in the election this Saturday

In election pitch, NSW treasurer says party at risk of becoming like Republicans, with Putin sympathisers and anti-vaxxers

Coal ash is possibly the largest pollution legacy of coal-fired power production in the Hunter yet remarkably it receives relatively little attention in discussions about the region's transition to a clean energy economy.

Analysis: With debate over Warringah candidate continuing, party divisions pave way for difficult year ahead

Dominic Perrottet's minority government is under threat by a Sydney MP over comments on transgender athletes but Labor says the issue should be left to voters.

The contaminated site is being remediated to enable new development.

Members of the NSW government and opposition have been scrambling to air their opinions on trans women in sport.

Dominic Perrottet says he agrees with Prime Minister Scott Morrison that controversial Liberal Warringah candidate Katherine Deves should not be "silenced" over social media posts about transgender people.