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Environmental protection
This review could shape the future of WA’s environment laws. So, were any green groups consulted?
Questions have been raised over whether any input from environmental organisations found its way into an important review that will shape the future of WA’s environmental protection regime.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Greens on the hunt for first-ever lower house seat in WA
Bandt will spend the next week doorknocking the Perth electorate hoping to connect with its large cohort of renters.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Gas
Onshore gas companies now have six years to sell their product overseas
Under the new policy, companies like Mineral Resources and Strike Energy with onshore gas tenements will be allowed to export 20 per cent of the commodity extracted until the end of 2030.
- by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
Cost of living
Cook’s free Zoo tickets mean the die is well and truly cast for WA
After almost eight years in power, this government has got lazy, unimaginative, crass and ever-ready to use taxpayer dollars to grab happy headlines and votes.
- by Gary Adshead
‘I think they got the message’: Cook backs in watered-down environment laws after PM’s visit
WA Premier Roger Cook has welcomed news the federal government is willing to scale back stalled environment reforms which have drawn the ire of the state’s miners.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Climate policy
New laws will force sellers to disclose the energy efficiency of their home
Homes will be legally required to disclose their energy efficiency rating at the point of sale under a new scheme being developed by the federal government so prospective buyers can identify whether homes are power soakers or energy efficient.
- by Sarah Brookes
Cook overhauls environmental laws, watchdog, to cut ‘green tape’
Assessments by WA’s environmental watchdog will remain independent, but green groups fear its board will be stacked with protectors of development, not ecology.
- by Peter Milne
Analysis
Biodiversity
WA’s eco-watchdog rejected Gorgon. Chevron’s performance has proved it right
Labor has ignored WA’s environment watchdog on a huge gas project before. Will Roger Cook learn the lesson before it decides on Woodside’s Browse?
- by Peter Milne
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Gas
WA premier walks back his words on Woodside’s Browse gas mega-project
The West Australian premier has reopened the possibility his government will support the $30 billion gas export project – even if its environmental watchdog does not.
- by Peter Milne
Perth street circuit to host Supercars from 2026
The WA government on Sunday announced its plan to build a street circuit less than 10 minutes out of the city centre.
- by Joanna Guelas
‘We need you’: Cook calls on private sector to suggest government land best for housing
Premier Roger Cook says “it’s personal” in the battle to supplement Perth’s increasing housing crisis.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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