New South Wales, Australia, set a new solar generation state record on Tuesday (21 January), with a maximum output of 3,525MW ...

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before ...

While Cook is historically recognised as the explorer who charted and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, his arrival is also seen as a prelude to the violent colonisation, ...

A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national ...

The Murray crayfish disappeared from large parts of its range over the past 40 years. Now a community-driven reintroduction program is bringing the iconic species back.

A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an illuminating Australia Day read.

Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching ...

Humans are causing enormous damage to the Earth, and about 1 million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction.

The Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and ...

Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the ...

The childcare center a block from a synagogue in a suburb of Maroubra was also spray-painted with anti-Jewish graffiti before ...

The resignations in New South Wales come in response to what psychiatrists call years of staff shortages and underresourcing.