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A government action plan that aims to prevent the loss of any more Australian species will focus on an initial list of 110 priority species and 20 places.

AAP

Banks raise interest rates in response to RBA – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Federal government pledges 30pc of all land for conservation to protect threatened species

The federal government will reserve 30 per cent of land for conservation to improve biodiversity and set a goal of no new extinctions in an overhaul of its threatened species action plan.

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Australia to rescue families of Islamic State fighters from Syria

Canberra is set to rescue dozens of Australian women and children of Islamic State fighters from refugee camps in Syria, following a secret mission by the country's security intelligence agency, media reported on Monday.

Reuters

Federal loan for contentious WA urea plant

A $220 million federal government loan will fast-track development of a urea plant in Western Australia amid concerns about its impact on rock art.

AAP

Antarctic expeditioners complain of 'predatory', widespread sexual harassment as minister, division urge change

A review reveals disturbing reports of a widespread culture of sexual harassment at Australian Antarctic stations, including women being too afraid to disclose their periods for fear of retribution.

ABC News

All Victorians to get four wheelie bins to enable recycling of soft plastics and pizza boxes

State environment minister Lily D’Ambrosio and federal counterpart Tanya Plibersek announce change as part of $515m recycling reform

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Cheaper renewables drive coal closures

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says the falling cost of renewable energy was one of the factors behind AGL's early closure of coal-fired power.

AAP

Time is running out on the Murray-Darling plan. Should Tanya Plibersek reach for the big guns?

NSW and Victoria have dragged their heels and now risk the federal government taking over Australia’s most important river system

The Guardian - AU

Endangered Gouldian finch returns to Lee Point, prompting campaign to stop Defence Housing Australia development

The Gouldian finch was once found right across northern Australia but it's now thought there are fewer than 2,500 left in the wild. Their return to a coastal corner of Darwin has started a grassroots movement to stop a Defence housing project.

ABC News

ACT urges Tanya Plibersek to quash defence housing plan that would destroy critically endangered grasslands

Defence Housing Australia wants to clear nearly 16 hectares of natural temperate grassland in Canberra’s north-west

The Guardian - AU

Murray-Darling Basin plan on the brink after NSW says it cannot meet water savings deadline

Failure infuriates other states and may force Tanya Plibersek to impose highly controversial buybacks

The Guardian - AU

Rescue effort under way after some 230 whales beached in Tasmania

Latest mass stranding of whale pod comes just day after 14 sperm whales were found beached off Tasmania’s King Island.

Al Jazeera

Federal government approves New South Wales water resource plan in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

In a major step for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, federal water minister Tanya Plibersek approves the first plan for how New South Wales will share water in the river system.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Green Wall Street’ in Australia won’t save the planet. Markets value profits, not platypuses

If we’re serious about protecting endangered species, we must protect what’s left of their habitat, not ask the market to set a price for destroying it

Crikey

Wait on G-G’s shoulders

Governor-General David Hurley waited for two weeks before signing off on Scott Morrison’s last two secret ministries of Treasury and Home Affairs, and despite more Australians buying electric vehicles car pollution has dropped by only 2% because SUVs are still popular.

AAP

Probe into industry effects on WA rock art

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has granted a request for an independent consultant to assess the effects of industry on ancient West Australian rock art.

ABC News

Minister appoints independent consultant to investigate millennia-old rock art on WA's Burrup Peninsula

One of Australia's key industrial areas is set to go under the spotlight, after the government appointed a reporter to look into traditional owners' claims significant Aboriginal sites are being threatened by continued development.

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Australia launches industry review near ancient rock art

The Australian government has launched a review of industry on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia, a key gas export hub, after concerns were raised by indigenous women about damage to ancient rock art.

Newcastle Herald

Mt Pleasant mine extension pushing against the wind

Opponents of the Mt Pleasant mine extension fear the project's environmental protection licence will be watered down to allow it to continue operating in windy conditions.

Newcastle Herald

Minister can't ignore Mt Pleasant's climate impact, groups say

Environment groups have demanded federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek formally consider the climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction when deciding whether to sign-off on the Mt Pleasant coal mine extension.

AAP

Fail grade for Australia on saving species

Efforts to halt the decline of Australia's threatened species are failing dismally, a new report card warns on National Threatened Species Day.

The Guardian - AU

Coalmine expansion approved for Hunter region would cause almost 1bn tonnes of emissions

Future of Mount Pleasant project to be decided by federal environment and water minister, Tanya Plibersek, but activists say it is ‘reckless’ and should be rejected

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Australia a ‘green Wall Street’? Labor moves to the dark side as a party of capital

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.

Crikey

Welfare boost for 4.7m

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.

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