Environmentalists worry as Labor seeks consensus on new federal nature laws Environment minister Murray Watt is restarting the process after the government shelved earlier proposed reforms The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2025
Thorny nature reforms threaten to entangle new minister Labor's pledge to deliver a once-in-a-generation overhaul of environmental laws went unfulfilled in its first term, leaving a new minister to finish the job. AAP · May 17, 2025
Plibersek had nature positive deal in writing before Albanese vetoed without her knowledge Exclusive: Environment minister agreed detail with Greens but the PM intervened after lobbying from WA premier and miners The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2024
Labor rejects ban on native forest logging as PM accuses Greens of hypocrisy on housing National conference outlines plans for energy transition, making early childhood education universal and closing gender pay gap The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2023
Labor push for publicly owned plantations to end native forest logging Party’s environment lobby group wants forestry policy focused on restoring native forests, arguing they have more value as a carbon and biodiversity sink The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2023
Labor faces internal fight over native forest logging despite emissions pledge Labor’s Environment Action Network says draft national platform ‘very, very weak’ on opposing native forest logging and land clearing The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2023
Australia criticised for resisting Cop27 push to end international fossil fuel subsidies Labor party’s environment wing says it’s ‘disappointing’ Albanese government has not joined partnership which would build consensus across OECD The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2022
Grassroots push to include climate change in Labor’s revamp of national conservation laws Party’s environmental action group says emissions must be considered during development approvals process The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2022
Greens will ruin climate consensus if they sink 43% target, Labor activist warns ‘We were in this place in 2007 and we watched it all go wrong,’ Labor and former Wilderness Society campaigner Felicity Wade says The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2022