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Plibersek’s ‘determination’ alone won’t save the Great Barrier Reef – here’s what needs to happen

And scientist Dr Peter Ridd from the IPA accuses the BoM and CSIRO of ignoring what he claims are the benefits of global heating

The Guardian - AU

Australian food organic waste target abandoned by the federal government

Australia has abandoned its goal of collecting food organic waste in kerbside bins by 2023, now aiming for all metropolitan households and businesses to be able to put food in their green bins by the end of the decade.

ABC News

Australia’s government pledges to fight UN plans to classify Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’

The new Labor government said progress will be made on climate targets

Evening Standard

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Afternoon Update: Nationals spark Indigenous voice row; Daryl Maguire charged; and China’s escalating protests

Voice campaigners say the Nationals are ‘out of touch’ with regional Australia

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be on ‘in danger’ list: UN

Adding the Great Barrier Reef to UNESCO’s ‘in danger’ list could tarnish the heritage site’s allure for visitors.

Al Jazeera

Great Barrier Reef flagged as ‘in danger’ world heritage site. What does this mean?

Scientists have made recommendation for the reef. So what did their report say, how might the government respond and what happens next?

The Guardian - AU

Australia argues against 'endangered' Barrier Reef status

Australia’s environment minister says her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites

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Great Barrier Reef should be put on 'in danger' list, UN panel says

Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is "in danger", a UN panel recommended on Tuesday, saying the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change and warming of oceans.

Reuters

Small lots may make Huntlee hot property, but not how you think

Lots this small forces developers to remove all trees on the estate, leaving the homes with no heat cover and small lots prevent any planting of new trees.

Newcastle Herald

United Nations recommends Great Barrier Reef be added to World Heritage 'in danger' list

A UN delegation again recommends Australia's Great Barrier Reef be added to the World Heritage 'in danger' list, urging immediate and urgent action to protect it.

ABC News

Rio to fund foundation for Juukan owners

Rio Tinto will provide funding for a foundation providing extensive benefits to the traditional owners of the destroyed Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

AAP

‘Tangled mess of inaction’: hundreds of threatened species recovery plans expiring in next six months

Growing list facing extinction and underresourcing of conservation means plans have not been updated

The Guardian - AU

Rocket launches pose extinction-level threat to SA’s tiny southern emu wren, conservationists warn

Tanya Plibersek could list the bird as endangered amid concerns about proposed rocket launch site

The Guardian - AU

Mine company's blasting of rock shelters likened to Taliban

An Australian minister has likened a mining company blasting ancient rock shelters to the Taliban’s destruction of giant Buddha carvings and vowed to improve protections of Indigenous cultural heritage

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Afternoon Update: Labor, Coalition team up on anti-corruption bill; ABC reboots Mother and Son; and a heartbreaking paramedic response

Legislation on federal anti-corruption body has passed lower house without amendments to strengthen its powers

The Guardian - AU

Labor commits to new Indigenous heritage protections but response to Juukan Gorge report angers traditional owners

Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura traditional owners say government should have consulted them about response to Rio Tinto’s destruction of sacred site

Reuters

Australia approves national plan to safeguard Indigenous heritage

Australia will strengthen laws to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said on Thursday, following a review of mining standards after Rio Tinto's destruction of the sacred Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

ABC News

Government to legislate new protections after Juukan Gorge destruction

The federal government responds to an inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of a sacred site at Juukan Gorge, agreeing to legislate new cultural heritage protections and review the native title act.

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Newcastle Herald

'Sobering reading': Australia to experience an increase in extreme weather events

The State of the Climate report released every two years, has found changes to weather and climate extremes are happening at an increased pace across Australia.

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Federal assessment of millennia-old rock art begins on Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula

An independent reporter is visiting the region to see what impact industrial emissions are having on the rock art, and whether it can be moved.

The Guardian - AU

Australia faces worsening extreme weather events latest BoM and CSIRO climate report finds

The continent is now 1.47C hotter than it was in 1910 and sea levels around the coastline are rising at an accelerating rate

The Canberra Times

You think the weather is bad now, science says it's going to get worse

The State of the Climate report released every two years, has found changes to weather and climate extremes are happening at an increased pace across Australia.

AAP

Australia joins global no-plastic pledge

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says she wants to see a plastic-free Pacific as Australia joins a global push to end plastic pollution worldwide.

ABC News

Australian government pledges to recycle all plastics by 2040

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says despite the collapse of a major soft plastics recycling scheme, the federal government has set a target to recycle or reuse 100 per cent of plastic waste by 2040.

AAP

Greens urge Bowen on coal and gas

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen needs to have a firm position on coal and gas projects when he arrives in Egypt for COP27 talks, the Greens say.

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