Tanya Plibersek
Half Australia’s oceans to be protected in win for seals, penguins
The government has tripled the size of a marine park surrounding little-known Australian islands that teem with penguins, seals and seabirds.
- by Mike Foley
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Moving pictures tell heartbreaking story
One day, across a field pockmarked with bomb craters, two parties might walk towards each other in tears and embrace, remembering all those lost on both sides in a stupid, pointless, unwinnable war. I wait for that day.
Opinion
Australian economy
Nature positive? How about we stop being nature negative first
Commonwealth subsidies that harm biodiversity are estimated to be $26.3 billion a year. Removing or reducing these subsidies is an economic imperative – and required by international treaty.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Antisemitism should not be welcome here
The stain of racist inhumanity on our country is reflected in the historically barbarous treatment of our Aboriginal population.
Why Tanya Plibersek is ‘absolutely prepared to put the blowtorch on Peter Dutton’
The environment minister is fighting back at the criticisms of her political opponents as global green leaders descend on Australia.
- by Mike Foley and Nick O'Malley
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Political leadership
Labor says the Greens aren’t Bob Brown’s party any more. He disagrees
“[The Greens] don’t talk about the environment any more,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. “They talk about some extreme agenda.”
- by Paul Sakkal
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Pollution
The big switch coming for cruise ships heading to White Bay
Cruise ships berthing in Sydney’s inner west will soon be required to hook up to onshore electricity while in port, following years of community complaints about pollution.
- by Mary Ward
Property investors are hardly hard done by
I cannot feel sorry for Chirayu Shah and his poor, hard-done-by sons. He and others like him who are rich enough to put their spare cash into investment properties have been enjoying massive tax concessions for years.
The forest survived devastating bushfires. Now it’s being bulldozed for holiday homes
Houses in the popular coastal village sell for up to $4 million, with vacant blocks going for almost $1 million.
- by Catherine Naylor
Plibersek approves ‘1.3 billion tonnes’ of coal mine emissions
The environment minister has approved decades-long extensions to three coal mines, while her plan to create an Environment Protection Authority remains in limbo.
- by Mike Foley
Public-private school divide against national spirit
If our politicians were required to send their offspring to state schools, there would be a dramatic change in funding.
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