January
England’s Sherwood Forest, where the wallabies roam
A spate of unlikely sightings in the East Midlands sends the Financial Review’s correspondent on a hunt for his furry fellow Aussie expats.
If you think you can hold a grudge, consider the crow
Sometimes the only way to avoid attacks from a murder of crows is to move a long way away. Bribing the birds can also work.
December 2024
Plibersek’s EPA a threat to mining, claims WA premier
An unapologetic Roger Cook said: “We’ve made our position in relation Nature Positive absolutely clear.”
November 2024
Why Albanese kneecapped Plibersek
The PM, pushed by WA’s Roger Cook, made a captain’s call to deny Peter Dutton the chance to paint Labor as anti-WA or anti-mining.
October 2024
EDO expert on Indigenous culture says he’s ‘just a white fella’
The Federal Court ultimately rejected the arguments made by the Environmental Defenders Office and allowed Santos to develop the $5.8 billion gas project.
Gina Rinehart slashes plans for next big mine as ESG factors hit
The billionaire businesswoman has dramatically scaled back the proposed Mulga Downs iron ore project by 40 per cent to overcome environmental concerns.
Queensland’s koala farmland fund hits fund-raising trail
Upscale Funds Management is targeting $6.6 million for its Koala Farmland Fund 2.
July 2024
Environmental rules threaten survival of South32’s Worsley refinery
More than $1b was wiped off the value of South32 as it cut production guidance and warned forest protection rules threatened the future of a WA alumina refinery.
June 2024
Nature the next frontier but boards lack skills
Biodiversity is critical for maintaining a liveable planet, but a deficit of skills at the board level is proving a roadblock in accounting for its value.
Why we should embrace tall-tree tourism
Only 34 per cent of the world’s surviving forests are old-growth ones, and many are under threat. If California’s Redwood National Park is anything to go by, there is hope, however.
May 2024
Plibersek’s new environment laws friendless
Business, conservationists, the Greens and key crossbenchers have all criticised Labor’s plans for a new Environment Protection Agency.
April 2024
These researchers are training native wildlife to fear feral cats
If Australia’s vulnerable species are to survive, they need to learn how to spot danger.
‘Take a chill pill’: Graeme Samuel urges calm on environment law delay
Former competition tsar Graeme Samuel has urged conservation groups to “take a chill pill”, and for miners to stop talking “rubbish” on plans to overhaul federal environment laws.
Internal Labor group chides Plibersek on nature-positive ‘vacuum’
A Labor green group says reforms to environmental laws are an Albanese “election commitment” on an issue Labor members have campaigned for nearly a decade.
February 2024
There may be millions more species than we realise
As DNA testing creates new ways of defining species, scientists can’t agree on how many there are.
December 2023
Santos bears brunt of Queensland ban on gas projects in Lake Eyre Basin
Days before Christmas, the state has ruled out future oil and gas production in the rivers and floodplains areas in the ecologically important region.
Make it harder for CEOs to get big salaries, bonuses: super funds
Executives should only get bonuses for outperformance, and not for business as usual, the Australian Council for Superannuation Investors says.
November 2023
Directors urged to get advice as nature risk turns liability
A groundbreaking legal opinion says company directors who fail to consider the toll on nature could be in breach of their duty of care and diligence obligations.
October 2023
Biodiversity credits aim to help repair nature
The government is seeking to establish a nature repair market, with biodiversity credits creating a new asset class for investors.
September 2023
New business guidelines aim to help firms account for impact on nature
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released its final rules on nature risk, which will force banks to understand the effects of lending.