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In issuing lapsed notices on projects, environment minister says she has ‘zero tolerance’ for failure to supply required information

The China Stone Coal and Range Coal projects have been cancelled because the companies involved have not being willing to show how they would protect nature.

The Albanese government will spend $9.2 million and work with Indigenous organisations to help develop a First Nations water holding model.

Australia's national parks are "falling apart" and the federal government will more than double funding to help protect iconic places. In the upcoming

More than $250 million in extra funding has been announced for upgrades at some of Australia's most treasured national parks as part of the upcoming federal budget.

Following the Labor government's announcement this week of a new allocation of funds to combat water contamination, worth $150 million, here's a look back at the Turnbull government's controversial funding decision five years ago that caught so many by surprise.

The federal government will introduce a raft of projects to tackle fishing nets drifting in Australia's north which present a deadly obstacle for wildlife.

Governments love the idea of a win-win – even when it doesn’t exist. That’s why Victoria has been spending millions on planning “red gum irrigation ponds” – essentially, engineered wetlands along the River Murray. These wetlands are designed to save some red gum ecosystems, leave many others to decline, and…

Environmental campaigners say industry-led approach is failing and stronger laws are needed