Environmental protection
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Labor vowed to take on miners over Indigenous heritage. Now Albanese is their guest
The prime minister’s tour of northern Australia came with no moves to rekindle memories of the Indigenous Voice referendum.
- Mike Foley
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‘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
The stately tree that was saved because people gave a fig
The stately old fig tree in Clovelly looked set to be razed. But a community campaign reversed a decision to send in the chainsaws.
- Michaela Whitbourn
A beetle is killing some of Perth’s grandest trees. The eastern states could be next
In the WA capital, century-old Moreton Bay figs are among the trees falling victim to an alarming pest – and the city is taking extreme measures to counter it.
- Victoria Laurie
This is the heartbeat of efforts to save a global icon. Is it too late?
A new generation of scientists are refusing to give up on the Great Barrier Reef.
- Angus Dalton and Janie Barrett
‘Rotten, stinking’ dead fish brandished in Senate salmon fight
Opposition to the prime minister’s captain’s call to shield salmon farming from legal challenges prompted the Greens to stage a piscatorial stunt in the Senate.
- Mike Foley
Melbourne could have a new park 76 times the size of the Botanic Gardens – if government acts now
The land for a huge proposed park on Melbourne’s northern fringe could soon be lost to developers, the government has been warned.
- Adam Carey
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
Here’s a simple solution to the cane toad invasion. And it costs just 66¢ a hectare
A narrow patch of land stands between the invasive species and the Pilbara – 27 million hectares where native species thrive. A new program taking aim at the cane toads’ Achilles heel.
- Julie Power
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