The Latest Breaking News from Simon Bradshaw

In the dark: Australia ill-prepared for climate punch

Australia is overdue for a full audit of climate change-fuelled risks as the latest science suggests warming is accelerating.

AAP · Jun 14, 2025

Climate change fuelling Australia's eighth-warmest year

Australia sweltered through its eighth-warmest year on record in 2023, according to a new report from the Bureau of Meteorology.

AAP · Feb 7, 2024

Record heat fuelling 'freak' natural disasters: study

Record heat across the world impacted the global water cycle in 2023, scientists have found, contributing to severe storms, floods, droughts and fires.

AAP · Jan 10, 2024

Nottinghamshire gang stole high value cars and put heroin and cocaine on streets

The criminal scheme to supply illegal Class A and B drugs was active between January 2021 and March 2022, selling through three distinct mobile phone lines, known as ‘drug lines’

Nottingham Post · Apr 21, 2023

Call to focus on green metal exports to win clean race

Australia may not be able to compete with clean energy tax breaks in the United States but it can export the green metals that trading partners will need.

AAP · Apr 6, 2023

Hunter must accelerate transition to avoid catastrophe, climate scientists warn

Fossil fuel intensive economies such as the Hunter must transition to clean energy as soon as possible to help prevent catastrophic warming, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 21, 2023

‘Aim higher, act faster, or risk losing it all’: Climate change report offers ‘final warning’

The IPCC is set to hand down its latest report on climate change, experts are saying it is our final warning to avert the worst.

The New Daily · Mar 19, 2023

Long wait for insurance compounds disaster trauma

A new report into the mental health burden of disasters across Australia shows adequate insurance coverage is central to recovery.

AAP · Feb 27, 2023

WA government concedes 'hurdle is high' as it prepares to legislate 2050 net zero carbon emissions target

WA's environment minister concedes the government has set a high bar with its emissions reduction target, given the state's heavy reliance on high-emitting industries like mining, resources and agriculture.

ABC News · Jan 24, 2023

COP27 Summit: The key takeaways from the 2022 climate conference

The COP27 climate summit in Egypt has delivered mixed results and left some big issues unresolved. Here are some key takeaways.

The New Daily · Nov 21, 2022