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.
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.
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.
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.
Childhood vaccination rates have been falling across the country since the Covid pandemic, with some pockets seeing steep declines.
Alarm is being raised as routine vaccination rates fall in the pandemic’s wake, posing a threat to us all | Rates of undervaccinated babies vary across the nation.
Country councils at the forefront of the renewables transition say the very communities being asked to power the nation could be the biggest losers.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has given the green light to three contentious wind farms, including one of the country’s most hotly contested projects south of Tamworth.
The sight of students in uniform joining in the ‘Allahu Akbar’ chants of a large group of adults waving loud speakers and Palestinian flags outside a school won’t just chill the besieged Jewish community; it’s a wake-up call to the NSW government.
Amanda Duncan, who uncovered years of serious failings at the Launceston General Hospital, had a deeply personal reason to advocate for patients. Her sister had needed someone just like her.
Anthony Albanese shouldn’t have been surprised by the Illawarra hecklers. Come election time he will have to pick a careful path through regional Australia if he is to avoid further embarrassment.
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