Fran Rimrod

New data shows dozens of suburbs around the country are at risk of becoming uninsurable, triggering warnings of a "climate-induced credit crunch". 

Over the centuries ferries have evolved from using paddles to steam engines, to burning diesel and gas. Can the humble ferry go all electric?

Film industry software is helping researchers study how climate factors influence bushfire behaviour. After another hottest year on record, climate change is heightening the risk of severe bushfires and pushing us to find creative solutions. 

An energy-efficient home can save you thousands of dollars in power bills each year, but the initial outlay for solar or batteries is expensive. Luckily, there are a few ways to pay for it.

Public life ground to a halt, many lost power, and scores of people died behind closed doors. What sounds like the start of a post-apocalyptic movie is in fact Melbourne in January 2009.

Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy changed the lives of those who lived through it. But it has also fundamentally changed the rule book to building in Australia.

The threat eases from four destructive bushfires in Western Australia's south after they razed several properties and critically injured one man over a horror weekend for fire crews.

WA police praise the actions of a group of teenagers for alerting emergency services after a 57-year-old man was attacked by a shark at a Fremantle beach.