Tasmania
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Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite
While Cape Grim boasts the cleanest air in the world, it is not immune to rising levels of pollution.
Homes razed as Australia suffers record heatwave
Southeastern Australia faced chaos on Friday, as a heatwave fanned fires that destroyed homes, claimed lives and strained services.
Tasmania carries eco-fight, bans plastic bags
A township on the remote eastern coast of Tasmania has become one of the first in the world to ban the use of plastic bags.