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Christine MiddapAssociate editor, chief writer

Christine Middap is associate editor and chief writer at The Australian. She was previously editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine for 11 years. Christine worked as a journalist and editor in Tasmania, Queensland and NSW, and at The Times in London. She is a former foreign correspondent and London bureau chief for News Corp’s Australian newspapers.

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environmental penaltyNation

Snowy 2.0 and the endangered northern corroborree frog.

Snowy 2.0 hit with frog fees for pollution

Frogs will be the winners in the latest Snowy 2.0 pollution payout – but what about the long-term damage to Kosciuszko National Park, environmentalists ask.

Christine Middap

Inside storyMedical

Associate Professor Michelle Telfer. Picture: ABC

How trans and gender diverse youth ‘took over’ a young Michelle Telfer’s life

Michelle Telfer and a Melbourne gender service were lauded for their ‘lifesaving work’ with trans kids. But a Family Court justice has raised concerns about the practice of gender affirming care.

Christine Middap

EXCLUSIVENation

Generic of woman's (adult, mother) hand, holding a baby's or toddler's hand.

Baby failed by broken family lost in a broken system

Violence, neglect, drug use … welfare authorities knew of the dire family life of a baby girl in regional NSW. Why couldn’t they save her?

Christine Middap

More to dowellbeing

Andrew Dyer was the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner, the middleman between the renewables industry, community and government. He suddenly announced his resignation and leaves the job this week. Picture: Alex Coppel.

‘Time to let people know’: former energy infrastructure tsar’s shock diagnosis

As Andrew Dyer travelled the country dealing with the renewable energy transition, he carried a private struggle. Now he reveals how he juggled his demanding role with a devastating diagnosis.

Christine Middap

commentaryNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 28, 2025: Hero police officer Amy Scott leaves the Lidcombe Coroners Court on the first day of the Westfield Bondi Junction inquest. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Humility and humanity of cop who thought she’d die

Inspector Amy Scott readily admits to being scared as she entered Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre to hunt a knife wielding murderer. Don’t forget that police feel fear too, she said.

Christine Middap

ExclusiveNation

Slavery, the dark side of cheap solar

Ramila Chanisheff has a simple plea for Australians: Don’t build the green revolution on the back of slave labour.

Christine Middap

Inside storyIndigenous

## De-identified versions ## 19/3/25: (not to be identified)..NSW foster carers with indigenous children. John Feder/The Australian

‘Offended we’re not Aboriginal’: foster parents’ ‘culture’ horror

These foster parents were hailed for their devotion to two Indigenous children they’d raised since babies. But they were soon to learn that loving and caring isn’t always enough.

Christine Middap

Renewable energyPolitics

Koala and Sharman’s rock-wallaby habitat are set to be cleared for a new wind farm, an environment charity says.

Charity in Plibersek court challenge over Forrest-backed wind farm

A north Queensland charity is seeking a judicial review of the Environment Minister’s approval of a wind farm in a biodiversity hotspot near a Wet Tropics world heritage area.

Christine Middap

Snowy 2.0Nation

KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK, AUSTRALIA. MARCH 24, 2025: Construction workers at the 120m wide transmission line corridor for the Snowy 2.0 connection project,the new two lines would be side-by-side, spanning from the Snowy 2.0 generator site through Kosciuszko National Park to the new substation located in Bago State Forest. Picture: Martin Ollman

Wilderness defiled as green energy crusade cuts through heart of Kosciuszko

From the air and from the ground it’s an unexpected sight: kilometres of native forest felled and bulldozed along pristine slopes and ridges in one of the country’s most beloved national parks.

Christine Middap

Renewable energyNation

A solar farm fire near Raywood in central Victoria. Picture: Supplied

Five solar farms shut down over fire risk

The Victorian energy safety regulator has ordered five solar farms owned by subsidiaries of a Chinese-owned company to stop generating electricity after a fire at one site spread to uncontrolled vegetation.

Christine Middap

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