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Peter Dutton says the nuclear waste problem is not his to solve.

There’s a gaping hole in Dutton’s nuclear plan. He says it’s Albanese’s problem to solve

Those who fear they will bear the burden of his nuclear power scheme want answers from the opposition leader.

  • Julia Carr-Catzel

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The sweeping pandemic powers of Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard are wound back on Monday afternoon.

‘Needs to be resolved’: Health inquiry into Ipswich waste concerns

The Crisafulli government has called on former chief health officer John Gerrard to head an inquiry into the effect of odours from waste facilities.

  • Savannah Meacham
The Hinkley C nuclear plant under construction in the UK, the country’s first in two decades.

The $80 billion question buried in Dutton’s nuclear power plan

The public could be left with a big clean-up bill after the opposition’s proposed nuclear reactors reach the end of their life.

  • Mike Foley
The discovery of asbestos at Rozelle Parklands prompted the Minns government to set up the name-and-shame register.

The environmental offenders being named and shamed by the government

The new name and shame register was promised after the discovery of asbestos at the Rozelle Parklands in January.

  • Michael McGowan
Peter Dutton once claimed a small modular nuclear reactor would produce only a Coke can’s worth of waste.

Dutton said a reactor’s waste would fill a Coke can. Try 27,000 of them

Australia would face a big nuclear waste task under the opposition’s energy policy, which would generate hundreds of barrels of spent nuclear fuel a year.

  • Mike Foley
Joost Bakker at the home he has built for his mother in Monbulk, Victoria.

He’s known for his zero-waste mantra. Now Joost Bakker is turbo-charging it – for his mum

Building with straw, turf and recycled materials are no small-scale fantasy for Bakker: he says the world needs millions more homes like one he’s just built.

  • Andrew Mackenzie
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Huge stockpiles of rubbish went up in flames at SKM Recycling plant in Coolaroo in July 2017.

‘Like Armageddon’: Impact of toxic SKM rubbish blaze laid bare

Those who lived and worked near the massive 2017 fire at the recycling facility in Melbourne’s north told a court how it had left their lungs burning and the ground covered in smouldering ash.

  • Sarah Danckert
A levy on paper and cardboard exports has been scrapped.

Coalition votes with Greens to ditch Morrison-era fee on rubbish shipped overseas

The removal of the levy could force taxpayers to foot the bill for the cost of administering waste export licences.

  • Mike Foley
Supermarkets selling loose produce for more than plastic-wrapped items.

Buying fruit and veg without plastic wrapping? You’re paying extra for it

Supermarkets are charging shoppers more for loose produce than the same items covered in plastic.

  • Mike Foley
An artist’s impression of the proposed Prospect Hill International waste to energy plant in Lara.

Rubbish rebels: Labor MPs, ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats

The minister who first introduced Victoria’s waste-to-energy policy is opposing an incinerator, as the Allan government takes friendly fire from Labor MPs.

  • Bianca Hall and Kieran Rooney

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