Rhiannon Shine

One of Western Australia's biggest gas-fired power plants is battling to avoid bankruptcy, fuelling worries its failure could spark a wider crisis in the state's electricity system.

In Western Australia, the damage to coral reefs including the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo has eclipsed any previous bleaching events. 

In May, the WA government released a report from an ongoing study into the impacts of industrial air emissions on ancient rock carvings, but new emails obtained by FOI have raised questions about the government's role in the scientific report. 

Australia is being flagged as a hub for data centres but there are concerns the nation is not ready to deal with the amount of water they need to function.

Seven years after it was first mooted, the extension of Australia's biggest gas project could not have landed at a more critical juncture for the nation's climate credentials.

Rare earths are critical for manufacturing everything from electric vehicles to wind turbines and defence equipment, and with China's dominance over the supply chain, they have also become inextricably enmeshed in geopolitics. 

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis from Laura Tingle.

The federal environment minister was advised pollution from Woodside's Karratha Gas Plant may be causing irreversible changes to ancient rock art, before granting the company a 40-year extension with strict conditions.

Top statistician accuses government of spinning rock art science

The WA government is facing renewed questions over its plans to boost Perth's tree cover, with experts saying current funding will not come close to delivering on Labor's election promises.