State of Environment
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City life
The way of water: Can anything be done to save our disappearing beaches?
Fremantle’s popular and cherished South Beach is being impacted by erosion, like many beaches around the country. What are we prepared to pay to save this important part of the Australian way of life?
- by Mark Naglazas
Latest
Plibersek urged to scrutinise Victorian coal mine ‘pit lake’ plan
Latrobe Valley residents have asked the new federal environment minister to scrutinise a proposal to flood the enormous Hazelwood coal mine to make a lake, citing concerns about future water availability.
- by Miki Perkins
LETTERS
Letters
MPs’ rejection of mask advice a slap in the face
Readers discuss the mask divisions between the Coalition and other MPs in parliament; negotiations between Labor and the Greens over carbon emissions; and Scott Morrison’s absence.
What the bald eagle and a tiny bat can tell us about Australia’s broken system for protecting nature
We are still killing off our unique fauna at a horrifying rate.
- by Nick O'Malley
To save Australia’s precious environment we must do these five things
There is still time to act on the alarming decline of this country’s environment. It is the ambition of our actions that needs to be reimagined.
- by Laura Chung and Miki Perkins
Editorial
Editorial
Morrison has been rightfully condemned on climate. Let’s hope Labor can do better
A 278-page overview of the five-year environment report released on Monday by the federal government made for depressing reading.
- The Age's View
LETTERS
Letters
Shocking report shows now is the time to act
Readers discuss the State of Environment report and Australia’s wildlife extinction; conflict of interest for Planning Minister Lizzie Blandthorn; and Scott Morrison’s comments about not trusting government.
Plibersek promises new laws next year to tackle rapid environmental decline
The government plans to create a new environmental protection agency as experts say the need is urgent. “There cannot be endless consultation.”
- by Miki Perkins and Mike Foley
Analysis
Environmental protection
After a decade in the wilderness, Labor still lost on the environment
The Albanese government has emerged from a near decade in opposition without a plan to tackle the slow train wreck that is Australia’s extinction crisis.
- by Mike Foley
The five graphics that explain the State of the Environment report
The gang-gang cockatoo is among the more than 200 plants and animals that have been added to the threatened species list. Here are the other grim findings.
- by Laura Chung
Analysis
Climate policy
Australia more willing to catalogue destruction of natural heritage than to preserve it
The nation’s latest environmental report card is out, and the news is bad. Ecosystems are collapsing at a terrifying rate. But the damage can be reversed.
- by Nick O'Malley
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