The virus – given an Indigenous name that translates to “dangerous Merri lurker” in English – has the potential to save patients who develop pneumonia and infections in hospitals.

National weather forecast for Tuesday November 5.

National weather forecast for Monday November 4.

National weather forecast for Sunday November 3.

Queensland and South Australia are excepting heat and storms.

National weather forecast for Saturday November 2.

Everyone knows both the solution to climate disasters and what’s causing them, but our leaders remain unwilling or unable to take corrective action.

National weather forecast for Friday November 1.

NSW households can claim up to $2600 towards the cost of installing a battery to store solar energy and as much as $400 to connect to a virtual power plant.

National weather forecast for Thursday October 31.

The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology have been mapping Australia’s changing climate for 14 years. Here’s what their latest snapshot tells us.

Solar panel retailer Carolyn Lee is owed $40,000. She wants the government to step in.

National weather forecast for Wednesday October 30.

Australians took out licences to kill more than 1.2 million native animals and birds last year alone, with kangaroos and wallabies comprising almost half the animals killed.

National weather forecast for Tuesday October 29.

Peter Dutton has repeatedly embraced the Canadian province as a model for cheaper power prices.

National weather forecast for Monday October 28

Millions of Australians live in apartments, but many new developments ban washing from being hung outdoors.

National weather forecast for Sunday October 27.

National weather forecast for Saturday October 26.

National weather forecast for Friday October 25.

Australia has the highest uptake of rooftop solar in the world, but the growing number of apartment dwellers has been left behind. This is how to turn the tables.

A civil war in the WIRES animal rescue service that attracted millions following the apocalyptic Black Summer puts the charity at risk of losing public goodwill.

Australia’s largest and richest wildlife rescue charity has introduced a structural change that lessens oversight of what remains of the $100 million raised during the Black Summer bushfires and curtails the rights of volunteers.

National weather forecast for Thursday October 24.