Tanya Plibersek
Historic moment for Murray Darling as water wars reignite
Farmers are reviving their campaign against the revived plan to boost the health of the nation’s largest river system.
- by Mike Foley
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Opinion
Nuclear energy
Dutton’s nuclear plan contains a fib, but there’s also a fact in its favour
The opposition leader’s numbers seem plucked out of the air, but renewable projects aren’t coming anywhere near fast enough to fill Australia’s looming energy gap.
- by David Crowe
Climate is too serious to be obstructed by politics
Dutton seems interested only in creating conflict, even if it distances himself from the Coalition’s traditional friends in the business community who just want policy certainty to help their forward planning after a decade of climate obfuscation under the previous Coalition government.
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Renewables
The truth about Australia’s race to roll out renewables
New figures heighten the dispute over energy policy after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed this week he would not set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
- by David Crowe
Islands of hope: The fight to eradicate feral pests and save native wildlife
Australia’s wildlife is under threat from feral invaders on land and at sea, but some of the greatest gains are being made away from the mainland.
- by Mike Foley
‘A lucrative business’: Why 730 tonnes of tyres have been seized in Australia in the past year
Illegal exports of Australia’s waste, including tyres, are in high demand by international manufacturers, to create fuel oil for further plastics manufacturing.
- by Amber Schultz
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Environmental protection
‘Straight from the Gina Rinehart playbook’: Plibersek lashes Dutton’s mining project pledge
The opposition leader is promising to slash green tape for resources projects, which has prompted Tanya Plibersek to accuse him of writing policies for mining magnates.
- by Mike Foley
Plibersek names the enemies: deepfake porn, anti-feminist algorithms, the manosphere
Plibersek warns parents about the malicious influence of artificial intelligence.
- by Olivia Ireland
Analysis
Political leadership
Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers
Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.
- by James Massola
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Biodiversity
‘Completely unacceptable’: Environmental offsets scheme riddled with breaches
The federal government’s first national audit of the environmental offsets scheme has found many projects are not fulfilling their commitments.
- by Ben Cubby
Endangered greater glider found dead next to department’s felling site
Conservationists are furious after they warned the government about the presence of greater gliders and Leadbeater’s possums in trees identified for removal.
- by Bianca Hall
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