The Latest Breaking News from Murray Watt

This week, Environment Minister Murray Watt met with groups representing business, the environment, renewable energy and First Nations communities in a bid to restart Labor’s stalled environmental reforms. There was one group in the room Watt presumably had to woo hardest: Western Australia’s miners.

There is no time to waste to fix broken nature laws, Environment Minister Murray Watt says, although early indications suggest climate will not be included.

The federal environment minister has joined forces with more than 90 countries to clamp down on plastic waste harming the environment and human health.

Environment minister Murray Watt is returning from oceans conference where he pledged to curb the scourge of plastics and ratify a treaty to protect the high seas

Environment minister Murray Watt is restarting the process after the government shelved earlier proposed reforms

The wait continues for a final decision on the future of a major gas plant as campaigners call for greater transparency about the controversial project.

It’s not so much that rural and metro communities hold different opinions about climate change but rather they are holding completely different conversations

The potential of blue carbon - using the power of the seas - will feature prominently in Australia's official climate plans following a landmark agreement.

Ahead of this week’s crucial United Nations ocean conference, federal Environment Minister Murray Watt promised that by 2030, 30% of Australian waters would be “highly protected”.