The Latest Breaking News from Sussan Ley

Australian court overturns ruling requiring mine approvals to weigh climate harm

An Australian court on Tuesday overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the country's environment minister to consider harm to children from climate change as part of the approval process for a coal mine.

Reuters · Mar 15, 2022

Children's climate change case overturned on appeal as Federal Court dismisses government's 'duty of care'

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley successfully argues she does not have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2022

Cruise ship ban to end; nation records 24 Covid deaths – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2022

Humpback whales removed from Australia’s threatened species list but feeding grounds still at risk

Sussan Ley says number of humpback whales in Australian waters has grown from 1,500 at height of the commercial whaling industry to estimated 40,000

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2022

Commonwealth should consider 'risks' of granting Canberra heritage status

The ACT government is concerned the listing could limit its ability to deliver new, and upgrade old, infrastructure in Canberra.

The Canberra Times · Feb 24, 2022

Union calls on PM to apologise for strike comments; 34 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

NSW government drops case against rail workers’ union; Australia closes embassy in Lviv, Ukraine. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2022

NSW Liberals reject another push to endorse sitting MPs as federal intervention considered

State party again refuses to endorse federal ministers Sussan Ley and Alex Hawke, as well as key moderate Trent Zimmerman

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2022

Port Stephens Koala Hospital has questions around 'endangered' listing

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley on Friday announced koala populations in NSW, Queensland and ACT will be listed as "endangered", instead of "vulnerable".

Newcastle Herald · Feb 11, 2022

Koalas now considered endangered in NSW, Queensland and the ACT

Environmental groups say the federal government's decision to upgrade koalas from "vulnerable" to "endangered" in three jurisdictions is "grim" but "important".

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

Koala listed as endangered after Australian governments fail to halt its decline

No recovery plan for the Australian marsupial was in place despite it being identified as a requirement nine years ago

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022