The Latest Breaking News from Tanya Plibersek

Inaccurate statement by the International Union for Conservation of Nature made as part of the 1982 process for world heritage status for Tasmanian wilderness area

Former Treasury chief says every measure of Australia’s environment is ‘going in the wrong direction’

Further 41 species on course to be declared critically endangered, complicating Albanese government’s zero extinctions target

Exclusive: Partnership means Senate will investigate $25m budget shortfall that has affected dozens of crucial programs

Group chaired by former chief scientist Ian Chubb writes to Tanya Plibersek, saying ‘business as usual’ on the reef is not an option

Independent MPs Monique Ryan and Sophie Scamps say the Labor bill to allow permits for storing carbon dioxide in international waters would encourage more gas projects

Exclusive: Lawyers and environmentalists warn international community is watching carefully amid ‘science, logistics and influence race’

Today is a good day to be Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. UNESCO, the United Nations body expected to vote on whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, instead deferred the decision for another year. This, an insider told French newspaper Le Monde, was largely due to the…

Natasha Fyles tells National Press Club that Northern Territory is ‘not for turning’ on the project