The Latest Breaking News from Tanya Plibersek

Progressives still can’t believe that Labor is now the party of total capitalism. They’ll waste years if they don’t get wise — fast.

In the biggest indexation rise for 30 years, 4.7 million Australians on welfare payments will receive more money, plus the Coalition (and Liberal Leader Peter Dutton) are extremely unpopular.

Push for moratorium on offsets comes as NSW’s scheme found to have no strategy for ensuring protection of environment

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek tells a G20 meeting that Australia hopes to create its own "Green Wall Street", where businesses from around the world can come to invest in environmental action. So what does this mean, and what could go wrong?

The experiences up for grabs include a game of tennis or pool at The Lodge with Anthony Albanese.

An application from Traditional Owners to block the construction of a fertiliser plant near ancient rock art in the Pilbara was denied by the federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week. This decision is deeply concerning, and points to a much larger problem with Indigenous heritage management.

Conservation groups are stunned by the government's decision to allow oil and gas exploration inside Australian marine parks as it's battling climate change.

Documents submitted two months prior to a federal government decision reveal that Aboriginal custodians in Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula warned they were "extremely concerned" a state-heritage approval for a fertiliser plant would put sacred sites at risk.

The government says regional plans spanning the country will help fix the isolated decision-making that has contributed to Australia sick environment.