August
Regis in $192m writedown after Plibersek call sinks gold mine
Regis Resources slashes value of NSW mining project and withdraws ore reserve in fallout from Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s intervention.
- Brad Thompson
Billionaire fisherman faces barramundi wipeout
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison’s private company, Wild Barra Fisheries, faces uncertain future under plans to ban gill nets in the NT and Queensland.
- Brad Thompson
Gold miner says $1b project ‘unviable’ after Plibersek intervention
Regis Resources may challenge Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to protect Indigenous heritage over the $1 billion McPhillamys project in NSW.
- Peter Ker
June
Heritage ‘price gouging’ strains miners and native title groups
Archaeologists and anthropologists have been accused of “ripping off” native title groups and miners, and driving a sharp rise in the cost of heritage surveys
- Peter Ker
April
‘Mind-blowing’ Tasmanian Devil tooth uncovered in WA’s Juukan Gorge
Local Aboriginal landowners had requested archaeological excavation of the area after it was destroyed by Rio Tinto blasting in May 2020.
- Tom Rabe
November 2023
- Opinion
- NSW residential property
The public servant being paid to hold back Sydney
NSW’s Heritage Council, under chairman Frank Howarth, opposes one of the most important developments planned for central Sydney.
- Aaron Patrick
August 2023
NIMBYs, a pub and Zimmermann. The most Sydney property story ever
As vaunted fashion brand Alemais tries to convert a historic pub into its flagship store, some very fashionable neighbourhood NIMBYs came out in force.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
WA’s heritage laws debacle a drag on the Voice
Despite the scrapping of the new laws, the fallout will surely make it harder for the Voice referendum to get across the line.
- The AFR View
Miners warn Albanese not to repeat WA heritage debacle
One of Kalgoorlie’s Indigenous leaders said he tried to alert the WA government to the pitfalls of controversial legislation that was formally scrapped on Tuesday.
- Brad Thompson
WA to backflip on controversial Aboriginal heritage laws
WA will scrap contentious new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws that have caused alarm among the farming, mining and property industries, and been linked to falling support for an Indigenous Voice to federal parliament in the state.
- Updated
- Brad Thompson
July 2023
Miners, WA tell Albanese to butt out of Aboriginal heritage
Miners have found an unlikely ally in new WA Labor premier Roger Cook as Aboriginal heritage laws rock support for Labor and the indigenous voice to parliament.
- Brad Thompson
June 2023
Rinehart lashes WA heritage laws proposal amid miner, farming anger
The billionaire has also criticised plans to boost immigration, saying the federal government should instead ease restrictions on the hours worked by pensioners and students.
- Brad Thompson
May 2023
How the low-rise working class homes of Bordeaux went upmarket
These products of the region’s late 19th and early 20th century expansion have become not just sought after, but even objects of adoration for devotees.
- Feargus O'Sullivan
March 2023
Billionaire Lang Walker pushes for $750m twin Collins Street towers
The two proposed 41-storey towers would deliver more than 140,000 square metres of office space to central Melbourne, but the state’s heritage authority has so far vetoed the project.
- Nick Lenaghan
July 2021
Veterans Minister endorses Kerry Stokes War Memorial reappointment
Andrew Gee sought a briefing on a $500 million redevelopment plan days after joining federal cabinet.
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- Tom McIlroy
June 2021
Indigenous veto a ‘red flag’ to mining, LNG heavyweights in WA
WA’s peak resources industry lobby group says any power of veto in new Aboriginal heritage laws would threaten the economy.
- Brad Thompson
May 2021
WA rules out veto power for traditional owners
An impasse between the government and Indigenous leaders threatens to derail WA’s long-awaited introduction of new Aboriginal heritage legislation.
- Brad Thompson
Mateship, patriotism on show in controversial War Memorial rebuild
A public consultation about the $500 million redevelopment plan received a record number of submissions.
- Tom McIlroy
February 2021
Bipartisan support frays for $500m War Memorial plan
Labor MPs on a key parliamentary committee have called for changes to major expansion plans for the historic memorial.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Australian War Memorial
‘Adverse impact’: government warned on War Memorial redevelopment
Internal documents show officials warned that the $500 million expansion plan would see adverse impacts on the iconic building’s heritage value.
- Tom McIlroy