Today
Big miners ready to compromise on green laws, Murray Watt says
The new environment minister believes some in Australia’s mining industry are ready to help the government deliver green reforms if it speeds up project approvals.
This Month
Environmentalists launch suit to quash North West Shelf approval
A rock art preservation group backed by the Holmes à Court family matriarch has launched a challenge to overturn WA approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension.
Attenborough joins 10,000 people to urge action on High Seas Treaty
Australia is set to back a major new ocean protection treaty to limit industrial-scale fishing and protect international waters from destruction.
Renewables rollout on a collision course with green groups: study
Australia’s energy transition will require around 110,000 square kilometres of land – that’s roughly 1.7 times the size of Tasmania.
May
Why Labor could go all in on gas
The government’s sign-off on Woodside’s North West Shelf project is a signal it’s ready to take a more supportive approach to gas’ role in the energy transition.
Watt makes the only choice on Woodside
A new environment minister has finally granted a decades-long extension for operation of the vital North West Shelf project. But the fights over gas won’t stop.
Report findings pave the way for North West Shelf go ahead
A scientific report at the centre of the government’s move to delay a decision on the future of Woodside’s project has allayed environmental and cultural concerns.
Can Labor help the Pilbara go green?
Labor now has a rare, politically unencumbered opportunity to secure the nation’s energy supply, industrial competitiveness and climate transition.
Watt urged not to ‘kill projects with bureaucracy’, as doyen emerges
The Holmes a Court family matriarch has lent her voice to the chorus of environmentalists lobbying against a 40-year extension of Woodside’s major North West Shelf gas plant.
Watt won’t rule out giving EPA veto over resources projects
A new federal environment protection agency could be handed the power to approve major resources projects.
WA to push Labor on mining ties
Anthony Albanese’s massive election win won’t change WA Premier Roger Cook’s demanding approach to advocating for the west coast mining sector.
‘Show you’re centrist’: Watt demands Ley help fix environment laws
The new environment minister says business and green groups will need to compromise to fix the nation’s broken environment regulations.
Albanese resets the board for a high-stakes political game
The prime minister says he is confident he has the right people in the right ministerial roles as he shrugs off any criticism about his new team.
Plibersek sidelined, PM puts fixers in environment and NDIS
Mark Butler has been given the task of bringing the NDIS under control, while Tanya Plibersek has been pushed out of environment and replaced by Murray Watt.
April
Revealed: The mounting cost of cleaning up the CFMEU
The administrator of the CFMEU has spent more than $4 million in seven months – mostly on salaries – but the figures have not been reported to parliament as required.
Dutton plans two-step defence boost as Russia concerns linger
The Coalition is set to unveil its promised defence spending boost this week before Anzac Day, amid questions over Moscow’s bid for an airbase in Indonesia.
Politicians are the problem behind the cost-of-living squeeze
Weak business investment and real wage growth is a design feature of the Albanese Labor’s care economy model that the Dutton Coalition is failing to challenge.
Bipartisan illusion on pay rises
It’s the magic pudding pitch. Even Peter Dutton is joining Labor in pretending that real wages can increase while productivity is shrinking.
Employers call for 2.5pc minimum wage increase
A major employer group argues any above-inflation increase in the minimum wage must be linked to productivity, clashing with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
A Trump-proof Australia needs productive industrial relations
The lack of a real election contest over greater workplace flexibility will condemn Australia to lower productivity and leave the nation less protected.