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Channel Seven’s Spotlight dug for dirt on renewable energy. Here’s what they left out

Program portrayed efforts to wean Australia off fossil fuels as morally bankrupt, trashing rainforests and enslaving Australia to China

The Guardian - AU · Apr 22

Activist jailed for anti-logging, mining protests

A Tasmanian activist has been jailed for three months for breaching a suspended sentence during protests at mining and logging sites.

AAP · Jul 14, 2023

How Tasmania’s anti-protest laws drove Bob Brown back to frontline activism

After decades of environmental campaigning, the former Greens leader says optimism and looking after each other are critical to climate fight

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2023

Two men have died after falling into a void in Dugald River mine in outback Queensland. Here's what we know so far

Two men have died after falling down a hole, known as a stope, in a mine in outback Queensland. This is what we know about the situation so far.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2023

Bob Brown accuses Tanya Plibersek of putting industry above environment on Tarkine trip

Environment minister visited Tasmania for two days and insists she’s taking mine decision seriously but Brown wanted her to visit rainforest with him

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2022

Miner ordered to remove equipment in Tas

A court has ordered a mining company remove equipment from the site of a proposed expansion in Tasmania, ruling approval for works was invalid.

AAP · Jul 28, 2022

Judge finds Morrison government erred in approving preliminary work on tailings dam in the Tarkine

Conservationists say judgment is one of the most significant in environmental law since the environmental protection act was introduced in 1999

The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2022

Bob Brown Foundation wins legal case against Chinese-owned MMG mine tailings dam approval

A Federal court finds the Morrison government's approval for a tailings dam in Tasmania's wilderness area is invalid, prompting calls for people arrested during protests there to be compensated as "citizen heroes".

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022

Rann Kali, the war memorial built by BSF at the request of Christian and Muslim soldiers

The memorial has now become a pilgrimage point for locals

The Hindu · Jul 3, 2022

Anti-protest laws briefing sessions for miners, forestry ahead of Tasmanian Upper House debate

A mining representative sat through and rebutted briefings to Tasmanian politicians provided by environmental and civil groups, but when it came time for them to hold a briefing, it was closed to everyone else.

ABC News · Jun 27, 2022