AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoCOP31: Anthony Albanese urged leaders to deliver practical climate action through clean energy and climate finance, while UN chief António Guterres pressed for a faster fossil-fuel phaseout. Regional Flights: A Productivity Commission report found regional fares cost 13% more per kilometre than city routes on average, with some remote routes costing more than twice as much. Rising fuel and operating costs are squeezing airlines and communities. Tasmanian Wildlife: A new portable swab test could detect devil facial tumour disease before visible tumours appear. The illness has cut populations by about 80% in some areas. Safer Buildings: University of Queensland researchers and Queensland firefighters are conducting full-scale burns of timber building compartments to test how design can limit fire spread and improve safety. Victorian Transport: Labor has promised more than 550 weekly V/Line services if re-elected, including extra trains on the Bendigo line, as regional seats loom as key election battlegrounds.
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