Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Sep 14, 2026
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‘Moving at light speed’: Plug-in solar and batteries are coming to Australia (opens the original)
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Apartment residents could soon be able to buy plug-in batteries to store cheap or free power produced during the day to use in the evening even without solar panels. The plug-in home batteries for energy storage are part of reforms that would also usher in portable panels, broadening access to solar power to renters and apartment dwellers. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said all states and territories had agreed to look at how plug-in solar and batteries could work in Australia t
Greens split as carbon credits for forest protection pass Senate (opens the original)
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The Greens have split over whether to allow state governments to earn carbon credits for protecting public forests, with most of its senators defying calls from former leaders Bob Brown and Christine Milne to side with the Nationals and block the scheme. Three Greens senators crossed the floor to support the National Party’s disallowance motion in a vote on Thursday afternoon, but the government had the numbers with the support of seven Greens, one dissenting Liberal, and key independents. This
A woman was laid to rest in a coffin grown from mushrooms. She’s part of a growing trend (opens the original)
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About 200,000 funerals take place in Australia every year, but a service in the Blue Mountains on Friday marked a first for the country – the woman farewelled was in a coffin grown from mushrooms. Carolyn, a woman in her 70s whose family requested her surname be withheld, was buried at Springwood Cemetery after a service in Faulconbridge. “It feels very true to who she was that even after her death, she can still do something for others while giving something back to nature,” said her husband Do
‘Caught in a trap’: The most expensive regions for insurance on Australia’s east coast revealed (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Megan Vicary is among the growing ranks of Australians who do not carry full home insurance. The 52-year-old moved to her 10-hectare property in Yarramundi in the Hawkesbury region nine years ago and had an insurance policy that cost her about $6000 a year. After four floods in 2022, it went up to $35,000 a year, and she could no longer justify the expense. Now, the quotes are as high as $50,000 a
‘The homes we build twice’: Repair bill for climate disasters climbing faster than inflation (opens the original)
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Solving the housing shortage faces an overlooked competitor – the $11.3 billion spent rebuilding and repairing homes damaged by extreme weather over the past 4½ years. The Insurance Council of Australia describes them as “the homes we build twice”, noting they suck up the resources needed to build new homes without increasing housing supply. In 2025 alone, declared catastrophes damaged 145,392 homes nationwide – almost as many as the 172,657 new homes completed that year, the council’s annual In
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