Environmental protection
Is farmed salmon a guilty pleasure this Christmas?
Tasmanian salmon will be on the tables at thousands of Christmas lunches. Questions remain about the environmental cost.
- by Mike Foley
Latest
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.
- by Michael McGowan
Council’s slap on the wrist over Trigg dune clearing triggers state environmental questions
A minor infringement over the clearing of dune vegetation has some residents of the City of Stirling up in arms.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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.
- by Mike Foley
Albanese weighs in again on Plibersek’s portfolio with salmon farming pledge
Labor’s two most high-profile rivals are at it again, as the PM backs a fishy business.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Biodiversity
ABC show reckons we should eat invasive species. It’s a recipe for disaster
Eat the Invaders has an appealing pitch, but while well-intentioned, the show could end up doing more harm than good.
- by Carol Booth
The map, songline and pipeline. How legal experts misused Indigenous culture
“OMG, we win again!!!” wrote one campaigner about the fight with oil and gas giant Santos. But then the court changed its mind.
- by Nick Toscano
PM absolutely denies feud as Plibersek tries to save her bill
The Greens are demanding tougher conditions if the environment protection agency is back on table in February.
- by David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Coalition frontbencher says voters conned into backing independents
Opposition communications spokesman Paul Fletcher, facing a battle against an independent at the next election, says teals had duped traditional Coalition supporters.
- by Shane Wright
Albanese says Elon Musk has an agenda on social media ban
The prime minister says while he’s prepared to speak to the tech billionaire over the ban, Australian voters can expect to wait a bit longer before the next election.
- by Shane Wright
‘Downright dangerous’: National body responds to claims officers ‘planted fire ants’
In a statement, the National Fire Ant Eradication Program called the allegations “false and unfounded”.
- by Courtney Kruk
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