Tanya Plibersek
Would Peter Dutton cut free TAFE? Does Tanya Plibersek have a place in Anthony Albanese’s cabinet? We reality check
It was a drama-filled week muddied with word salads and a truly criminal number of statistics being lobbed at punters. Here’s the truth behind the press conferences and debates.
- Bronte Gossling
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- Australia votes
PM brushes off Plibersek question as MPs jostle for seat at cabinet table
Plibersek has made fun of her awkward greeting with the prime minister at Labor’s campaign launch on Sunday, saying she “should’ve done an elbow bump” instead.
- Paul Sakkal
- Analysis
- Australia votes
‘Bit of a shadow campaign’: The curious case of the missing environment minister
Tanya Plibersek is everywhere and nowhere this campaign, showing her own popularity within Labor … and a schism with Anthony Albanese.
- Mike Foley
Federal decision on Woodside’s North West Shelf delayed until after election
The new deadline of May 31 was uploaded to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water website on federal budget day.
- Hamish Hastie
Albanese stares down his own MPs over fishy captain’s call
The prime minister has again overruled Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and faced opposition from his own party over his plan to protect Tasmania’s farmed-salmon industry.
- Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal
‘The only option’: Environment minister sued by Wilderness Society
The environmentalist group is taking legal action over allegations that the environment minister failed in her duty to protect threatened wildlife.
- Mike Foley and Bianca Hall
- Exclusive
- Victorian Parliament
Port of Hastings wind project referred to corruption body
The state opposition has referred to IBAC documents which detail secret Victorian and Commonwealth discussions about a proposed renewable energy hub.
- Chip Le Grand
Victoria’s Goldfields fast-tracked in bid for World Heritage status
The long campaign to recognise the area shaped by Victoria’s gold rush has just had a significant victory.
- Mike Foley
- Exclusive
- Climate policy
Weeks after Plibersek clash, Albanese under pressure from own MPs to pass stalled bill
The prime minister intervened on negotiations between the environment minister and the Greens in December, leading to criticism that he had caved to mining interests.
- Paul Sakkal
Australia scans the frozen continent for early signs of deadly disease
Antarctic researchers are on high alert for a deadly strain of bird flu, which could hit the continent’s wildlife at any moment – and from there make its way to Australia.
- Mike Foley
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