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OPINION

Our cities’ secret gardens: we connect with nature in neglected green spaces just as much as in parks

People living in cities are increasingly disconnected from nature. This has potentially far-reaching consequences.

OPINION

Not quite a street, not quite a road – why ‘stroads’ are disasters of urban planning, and how to fix them

Stroads are trying to be both a thoroughfare for vehicles, and a place for people.

OPINION

Auckland city needs stormwater systems fit for climate change

The country’s stormwater drain system was designed for the climate we used to have – 50 or more years ago.

OPINION

Mumbai and the world should listen to its fishing communities to fight climate change

As the original inhabitants of Mumbai, the Koli people are spread across a number of historic fishing villages on the city’s coast.

INNOVATION

Summer is coming: Melbourne now has chief heat officers

It’s a first for the country and part of an international movement to improve how cities handle heat in a warming world.

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NEWS

53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

SPORTS

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.

NEWS

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.