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'A policy aesthete': a new biography of Tanya Plibersek shows how governments work – and affect people's lives

Days before the publication of a new biography of federal Labor cabinet minister Tanya Plibersek, the Nine newspapers carried an exclusive extract in the Good Weekend magazine, accompanied by a news article leading with Plibersek’s assertion that if she had stood for the party’s leadership after the 2019 election she…

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023

‘Step in’: Pressure on retailers to clean up their act

The environment minister is under mounting pressure to force industry to deal with the waste it produces and stop relying on voluntary targets.

The New Daily · Mar 9, 2023

'Step in': Pressure on retailers to clean up their act

The environment minister is under mounting pressure to force industry to deal with the waste it produces and stop relying on voluntary targets.

AAP · Mar 9, 2023

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Penguin paradise and geological freak: why Macquarie Island deserves a bigger marine park

Macquarie Island, around 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, is more than just a remote rocky outcrop. In fact, it’s the only piece of land on the planet formed completely from ocean floor, which rises above the waves to form peaks that teem with penguins and other bird species, some of them…

The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023

Get the basics right for National Environmental Standards to ensure truly sustainable development

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has attracted controversy by proposing to update 30-year-old superannuation laws with a definition of the purpose of superannuation as being to fund a dignified retirement. There is a clear lesson here for other reforms to make policy objectives clear, even when they seem obvious. One important…

The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023

Supermarket giants promise to ‘urgently’ resume soft plastics recycling

Australia's three big supermarkets have promised to "urgently" revive the failed soft plastics recycling scheme, but still face big problems.

The New Daily · Mar 7, 2023

Federal Labor recommits to building multi-million-dollar Kakadu tourist centre, four years after election promises

The federal government has recommitted to funding a multi-million-dollar visitors centre in Kakadu National Park but says careful consultation is continuing with traditional owners.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

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Kakadu National Park rangers prepare for mass culls of feral animals after population boom

Government figures reveal Kakadu's feral pig population has doubled and buffalo numbers are up by 50 per cent. So what's gone wrong?

ABC News · Mar 4, 2023

From Aussie politics to catering funerals: Here are 10 new books to check out in March

Looking to lose yourself in a crime thriller or learn about one of Australia's top politicians, this month's new releases have you covered

The New Daily · Mar 4, 2023

‘I would have won’: Devastating reason Tanya Plibersek abandoned leadership plans

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has brushed aside Tania Plibersek's suggestion she would have become Labor leader in 2019 had she nominated

The New Daily · Mar 4, 2023

Albanese sidesteps Plibersek Labor leadership claims

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sidestepped claims by Tanya Plibersek that she would have become Labor leader in 2019 had she run for the job.

AAP · Mar 4, 2023

Tanya Plibersek urges assault survivors to reach out for help after her daughter reveals own story

In an extract of a new book, Plibersek says her daughter’s experience was part of the reason she didn’t seek the Labor leadership in 2019

The Guardian - AU · Mar 4, 2023

Adam Bandt says Greens could support key Labor climate policy if fossil fuels developments paused

Greens leader says party will negotiate in good faith on proposals that deal with the ‘untenable’ opening of new coal and gas mines

The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2023

Libs fight super tax despite ‘little sympathy’ for rich

The opposition will fight changes to super taxes for multimillionaires, despite admitting there is little public sympathy for the wealthy.

The New Daily · Mar 2, 2023

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The New Daily · Mar 2, 2023

Traditional owners take protest to Plibersek

Traditional custodians from the Burrup in WA have brought their fight to protect rock art to Sydney, protesting outside the environment minister's office.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2023

Murray-Darling Basin plan in chaos as Victoria and NSW oppose further water buybacks

Both states are behind on their commitments and Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says South Australia is being left ‘high and dry’

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Water ministers fail to agree on way forward as Murray-Darling Basin Plan deadline looms

Water ministers have failed to reach agreement about how hundreds of gigalitres of water promised for the environment will be recovered across the Murray-Darling Basin.

The New Daily · Feb 23, 2023

Supermarkets offer to take plastic waste after REDCycle collapse

Australia's two biggest supermarkets will take responsibility for piles of soft plastic left after the collapse of a major recycling scheme.

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ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Coles and Woolworths offer to take on tonnes of soft plastic after REDcycle collapse

Australia's two major supermarkets move to take responsibility for massive stockpiles of soft plastics, following the collapse of recycling company REDcycle.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023

Coles and Woolworths offer to ensure stockpiled plastic rubbish does not go into landfill

The supermarket chains say they will take responsibility for the 12,000 tonnes of waste stockpiled after the collapse of the REDcycle recycling scheme

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023

Australia to make area the size of Germany a marine park in Southern Ocean

Plan to triple size of Macquarie Island protection zone to shield ‘remote wildlife wonderland’

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Government plans to protect marine area the size of Germany around Macquarie Island

An area roughly the size of Germany is set to be added to Australia's protected marine zones, safeguarding the future of millions of penguins, seals and sea birds on Macquarie Island.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Federal government restarts water buybacks to meet Murray-Darling Basin Plan target

The federal government has announced it will start a new round of water buybacks to help it achieve a key target under the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2023

‘Making the climate crisis worse’: Greens blast Labor after Queensland coal seam gas expansion approved

Decision allows Santos to open 116 new wells with an operational life of about 30 years in the Surat Basin

AAP · Feb 21, 2023

Santos wins approval for 116 gas wells in western Qld

The federal government has given Santos approval to drill 116 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland's Surat Basin with an operational life of 30 years.

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