What the Albanese government did on the environment amid the Liberals’ turmoil: threatened species, a new coal project and carbon leakage

An expansion of the Middlemount mine could lead to about 236m tonnes of carbon dioxide being emitted in the coming decades after the coal is shipped overseas, conservationists say. Photograph: Koalas not Coal

On Friday, as Angus Taylor ascended to the leadership of a riven and defeated political party, the Albanese government slipped out a handful of announcements on contentious climate and environment issues.

Here is what you may have missed.