'Don't go too far': MPs warn of environment concessions Labor backbenchers want the environment minister to hold firm on controversial reforms to nature protections as negotiations drag on. AAP · Oct 28, 2025
Jane Hume renews push to lift nuclear energy ban – as it happened Follow the latest updates live The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2025
Environment minister could approve projects at odds with nature laws under Labor overhaul New ‘national interest’ provision revealed as extracts of legislation circulated to stakeholders before bill introduced to parliament later this week The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2025
Labor has huge lead in a South Australian poll, 5 months from the election Labor has a blowout lead in South Australia, with the election in March 2026. The federal party has also expanded its lead in a Morgan poll. The Conversation · Oct 26, 2025
Opposition wants ‘balanced outcome’ on environment protection reforms – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2025
'Get on board': minister's environment overhaul appeal Negotiating the passage of major environment reforms through parliament is pulling the federal government in different directions. AAP · Oct 26, 2025
‘We have to book bigger rooms’: Green membership surge causes novel problems Party rides high with new leader Zack Polanski winning media plaudits and supporter numbers doubling to 140,000 The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025
Battle ahead for Labor as details on nature bill emerge Labor insists its long-awaited environmental reforms will be passed through the Senate despite objections from both the opposition and Greens. AAP · Oct 26, 2025
As the Coalition shows its colours on nature, Labor faces a question: will it really protect Australia’s wildlife? There are some decent elements in what Labor is proposing, but the overhaul could end up as tinkering rather than transformation The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2025
How England’s new Reform councillors compare in their views to other parties Reform UK has positioned itself as the voice of discontent in British politics – a home for voters who feel both Labour and the Conservatives have lost touch with ordinary people. The Conversation · Oct 24, 2025
Three councillors and top Scottish Green candidate defect to Your Party The defectors hit out at the Scottish Greens leadership. Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025
Polanski Says Yes: Why Does Green Party Plan to Take UK Back into the EU? Zack Polanski confirms Green Party's EU rejoin aim in bold interview, amid Labour's Brexit damage admissions and 80% membership boom International Business Times UK · Oct 24, 2025
Bark stripped off Labor's landmark environmental reform Landmark environmental reforms could be dead on arrival, having won no friends from climate activists or those who want mining projects fast-tracked. AAP · Oct 24, 2025
Free phones for some in Samsung triple-zero 'debacle' Some Samsung phone users with old mobiles will get free replacements after triple-zero glitches, but not everyone will be so lucky. AAP · Oct 23, 2025
The Conversation · Oct 23, 2025 Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’ Twice in recent times the Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy: in 2009 over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and in 2018 over the National Energy Guarantee, a plan to reduce emissions while maintaining reliability at lowest cost.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2025 Afternoon Update: Nature laws in doubt; 1970 cold case suspect named in parliament; and Sydney’s queer and kink subcultures Coalition joins the Greens in criticising Labor’s proposed changes to federal environmental protection laws
AAP · Oct 23, 2025 Nature reforms all at sea as Libs, Greens play hardball Big changes to Australia's environment laws are coming under fierce criticism as the government tries to chart a pathway through parliament for the overhaul.
The Conversation · Oct 22, 2025 Most Australians agree there’s a housing crisis. But they differ on what’s causing it – and how to fix it Housing was a key issue during the 2025 federal election. In a campaign fought on the cost of living, rising housing costs – rents, mortgage repayments and house prices – were issues that all parties had to address.
AAP · Oct 22, 2025 Cost of policing Palestine rallies 'cannot be provided' Costs of policing weekly pro-Palestine marches have been raised by a premier as a reason to ban them but police say an accurate figure is hard to come by.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 22, 2025 Greens say Labor’s nature laws revamp ‘worse than status quo’ with climate impact of fossil fuel projects overlooked Private briefings confirm how Labor intends to deal with some contentious elements of rewritten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025 The politics of despair have engulfed Britain. But Zack Polanski is offering a way out The leader of the Greens wants to focus on battles that unite – such as taxing wealth – without yielding an inch on minority rights, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2025 Companies could have profits from breaking environment laws stripped under Australian reforms Exclusive: Looming overhaul of protections should also include definition of ‘unacceptable impact’ on environment, Murray Watt says
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025 ‘Ask your daughters’: Merz defends his call for large-scale deportations German chancellor is accused of taking a page from extremist parties with ‘dangerous’ rhetoric on immigration
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025 Labour should return to its social-democrat principles Letters: The party must reconnect with its ideology of solidarity and compassion, and not be a bleak copy of Reform UK, says Dr Wouter Servaas
The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2025 As ANZ duped customers and ignored hardship notices, the bank’s bosses raked in $26m in bonuses The bonuses – awarded during the bank’s three years of misconduct – have been condemned as ‘indefensible’ and ‘tone-deaf’, especially given recent job cuts