Experts suggest tricks for householders to minimise summer heat. SOME PARTS OF Australia are sweltering as a heatwave moves from Adelaide across to the east coast. The City of Churches is no stranger to heatwaves. In February 2017, the city experienced temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius for three consecutive days. At night, temperatures didn't drop
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Going to the beach this Christmas?
A blue-ringed octopus bite is rare but potentially deadly. Here’s what you need to know. AARON HODGSON was collecting shells on a beach just south of Newcastle with his two young daughters when something unforgettable happened. He was holding a bunch of shells in his hand when he felt a slight sucking
‘Only the tip of the iceberg’: Australia’s island paradise polluted by plastic
Tonnes of plastic waste pollute Cocos Island beaches, and what you see is only a fragment A remote tropical island paradise off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean has become home to hundreds of tonnes of rubbish. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are better known as a tropical tourist destination,