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Australia’s long-sought stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. It’s back to business as usual

Labor was elected promising to fix Australia’s broken environmental protection laws. But this week the government walked back its commitments.

WA mining and media ‘naysayers’ spreading misinformation about nature reforms, Senate hears

WA mining and media ‘naysayers’ spreading misinformation about nature reforms, Senate hears

Graeme Samuel, who led 2020 review of environmental laws, says ‘I doubt that I’ll be red-faced when we do actually see the laws’

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Take a chill pill, law reviewer tells environmentalists

Take a chill pill, law reviewer tells environmentalists

A staged approach to environmental law reform has conservationists worried but the architect of a review into the matter is confident real change is coming.

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Reynolds still pursuing Higgins

Linda Reynolds will continue her defamation proceedings against Brittany Higgins, private school funding is under the spotlight, and new environmental protection laws are a win for… miners?

Labor accused of broken promise after delaying laws to address Australia’s extinction crisis

Tanya Plibersek says two new agencies will be established but a commitment to rewrite national environment laws has been pushed back

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Tougher laws call to back new environment watchdog

Labor's new environment watchdog has gotten a lukewarm reception from conservationists who argue it must be backed up by law reform to stop mass extinctions.

Four stabbed at Sydney church

An Assyrian church was the scene of another stabbing in Sydney last night, Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation suit fails, and workers could get double leave if they take it at half pay.

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Killer’s father says he did everything in his power to help ‘very sick boy’ – as it happened

Killer’s father says he did everything in his power to help ‘very sick boy’ – as it happened

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Wildlife trafficker's sentence a warning: minister

Wildlife trafficker's sentence a warning: minister

Would-be wildlife traffickers have been warned they will be caught after a Chinese national was jailed for trying to send reptiles from Australia to Hong Kong.

Top environmental groups say some of Labor’s new laws could take conservation backwards

Top environmental groups say some of Labor’s new laws could take conservation backwards

Alliance says there’s not enough ambition in proposed laws to prevent extinctions, as promised by the environment minister

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Minister flags faster environmental decisions

Minister flags faster environmental decisions

Unacceptable projects that have clear environmental impacts would be ruled out from the outset under changes to environmental protection reforms.

Afternoon Update: Toondah harbour plan rejected; Ballarat murder accused faces court; and how much coffee is too much?

Afternoon Update: Toondah harbour plan rejected; Ballarat murder accused faces court; and how much coffee is too much?

Walker Corporation’s plan would have included 3,000 luxury apartments, shops and a marina

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Plibersek rejects wetlands project in draft decision

Plibersek rejects wetlands project in draft decision

In a draft decision, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has refused a development application that would have dredged wetlands east of Brisbane.

Tanya Plibersek plans to reject a $1.3bn development at Moreton Bay. Why was it so controversial?

Tanya Plibersek plans to reject a $1.3bn development at Moreton Bay. Why was it so controversial?

Conservationists have been fighting for years to protect the wetlands at Toondah harbour from the proposed luxury apartments and shops

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Tanya Plibersek rejects Toondah Harbour project over impact on globally significant wetlands

Walker Corporation had proposed 3,000 apartments, marina and shops for the site, which is a critical habitat for the endangered eastern curlew

Whistleblower speaks out about defence housing project

A whistleblower has accused Defence Housing Australia of breaching the conditions of a planning permit in an environmentally sensitive area, which it denies.

Coral bleaching hits 75 per cent of Great Barrier Reef

Coral bleaching driven by climate change has hit three quarters of the Great Barrier Reef as the federal government continues to fight an in-danger listing.

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Labor’s proposed changes to water trigger laws could have ‘centuries-long consequences’, environment groups say

Proposal would allow states and territories to make decisions about coal mining and unconventional gas where water resources are affected

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New water agreement to tap into Indigenous knowledge

The national water initiative will be updated for the first time in 20 years, with climate change and Indigenous knowledge to be better considered.

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Senator quits party to sit as independent – as it happened

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Labor pushes ‘Trump-style’ deportation bill

A new deportation bill might bar citizens of entire countries from getting visas, YouTube blocks videos at the request of the Indian government, and Albanese announces cash for oz-made solar.

Julian Assange has extradition delayed

UK judges ask the US for assurance that Julian Assange won’t face the death penalty, a Centrelink debit system allegedly let AGL take money from vulnerable people, and Peter FitzSimons joins the Bruce Lehrmann saga.

Call to block Woodside's $50b gas peninsula expansion

Prominent Australians have urged Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to save sacred sites they say are at risk from a new gas export hub in Western Australia.

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Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension

Former Labor leader joins other ex-ALP leaders, Indigenous elders and scientists in calling for protection of Indigenous rock art on WA’s Burrup peninsula

Parrot 'stuffed' while logging continues: scientist

A leading expert says Australian governments are not doing what's needed to save the swift parrot, amid a new estimate there may be just 500 left.

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