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New ‘national interest’ provision revealed as extracts of legislation circulated to stakeholders before bill introduced to parliament later this week

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.

Negotiating the passage of major environment reforms through parliament is pulling the federal government in different directions.

A year from a bruising election, state Liberal and Labor leaders have painted vastly different pictures of how the government is performing.

Labor insists its long-awaited environmental reforms will be passed through the Senate despite objections from both the opposition and Greens.

Opposition senator’s FoI request rejected by Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on national security and cabinet solidarity grounds

There are some decent elements in what Labor is proposing, but the overhaul could end up as tinkering rather than transformation

Landmark environmental reforms could be dead on arrival, having won no friends from climate activists or those who want mining projects fast-tracked.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lauded a titan of the Labor movement for significant reforms social and political reforms that changed Australia.

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.

Coalition joins the Greens in criticising Labor’s proposed changes to federal environmental protection laws