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Tanya Plibersek delivers State of the Environment address following 'shocking' climate report — as it happened

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has addressed National Press Club following a five-yearly report into Australia's climate, which she has described as "shocking" — as it happened.

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Majority of Australia's environment in 'poor' state as Labor blames the Coalition for decade of 'inaction and wilful ignorance'

Climate change, mining, pollution, invasive species and habitat loss are outlined in the five-yearly report that has been released, with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek laying the blame squarely at the feet of the previous government.

ABC News

State of the environment: shocking report shows how Australia’s land and wildlife are being destroyed

List of threatened species grows as ecosystems show signs of collapse due to climate crisis and habitat loss

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Plibersek's plan to fix sick environment

Australians have been promised a radical overhaul of the nation's environment laws after a landmark report detailing the shocking state of its natural assets.

AAP

Calls for more water buybacks to sustain Murray Darling Basin as government continues to fall short of target

Just two gigalitres of a promised 450GL have been delivered so far ahead of the overdue Water for the Environment Special Account review

The Guardian - AU

Times have changed: why the environment minister is being forced to reconsider climate-related impacts of pending fossil fuel approvals

A non-profit group is imploring the new federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to consider the climate change impacts of 19 fossil fuel projects currently pending approval, drawing on a rarely used legal provision that will require her to reconsider the findings of her predecessors.

The Conversation

Govt asked to review fossil fuel projects

A Queensland environment group is trying to force the re-examination of the biggest fossil fuel projects planned in Australia.

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Labor asked to reassess decisions about coal and gas projects made by previous governments

One expert says that, if the application reaches the courts, it may set an important precedent, forcing the consideration of climate change in assessments of fossil fuel projects.

ABC News

Labor faces decisions on approval of up to 27 coal developments including greenfield mines

Environment minister Tanya Plibersek says she would be ‘carefully considering’ projects referred under EPBC Act

The Guardian - AU

Australia needs more gas. Some Traditional Owners say the price is too high

As Australia faces a gas crisis, Indigenous communities fear their millennia-old sacred sites will be collateral damage in the rush for fresh supplies.

ABC News

Plibersek calls for 'greater effort' from basin states to implement Murray-Darling Basin Plan in full

Labor has promised to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in full, but new Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says there's a long way to go.

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Greater glider listed as endangered, as climate change and logging threatens species

The greater glider lost more than a third of its habitat during the Black Summer bushfires and has remained vulnerable to logging and a warming climate.

ABC News

Glider in rapid slide towards extinction

It's taken six years for the greater glider to slide from relatively common, to threatened and now endangered under the latest federal listing.

AAP

Australia records 75 Covid deaths as data shows fatalities rising since March – as it happened

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Tanya Plibersek declares environment ‘is back front and centre’ in Australia at UN ocean conference

Environment minister receives enthusiastic welcome in Lisbon and flags five blue carbon projects to safeguard ocean health

AAP

New cash splash on blue carbon: Plibersek

Five new blue carbon projects will be funded across Australia in the battle against climate change, the environment minister has told the UN Ocean Conference.

The Conversation

Labor promised to fix Australia's big water problem. These 6 things must top the to-do list

During the federal election campaign, Labor promised to future-proof Australia’s water resources. Now, new Water Minister Tanya Plibersek must deliver on the policy – one vital to securing Australia’s future.

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Breeding at age 73: new details of endangered orange roughy’s life cycle prompt calls to limit fishing

Australian fisheries management says there are regional differences and new data only applies to population in New Zealand

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With koala numbers in decline, one lobby group has drafted its own protection legislation

Much of the east coast considers Australia's cuddly marsupial endangered, and one key lobby group wants new laws to make sure it doesn't get any worse.

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Conservation group seeks injunction to stop Woodside gas project to protect Great Barrier Reef

A massive Woodside gas project approved in the Western Australia will contribute to damage to the Great Barrier Reef, conservation lawyers will argue.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: ‘damning’ environment report, China’s missile interception test, the story behind cult hit Grimmish

Tuesday: The Victorian Greens will introduce a bill to parliament to impose a ban on all new gas connections to homes within three years. Plus: why Australia is running out of teachers

The Guardian - AU

Environment report Coalition didn’t release paints ‘damning story of neglect’, Tanya Plibersek says

Minister will release five-yearly report which she says details ‘alarming story’ of native species extinction and cultural heritage loss

Newcastle Herald

Letters: High costs of insurance leave the vulnerable high and dry

Newcastle Herald readers have their say on the issues of the day.

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek urged to protect Indigenous rock art up to 50,000 years old by blocking fertiliser plant

Previous environment minister, Sussan Ley, declined to issue emergency protection to halt $4.5bn development on Western Australia’s Burrup peninsula

The Conversation

Our new environment super-department sounds great in theory. But one department for two ministers is risky

Good news, Australia – the environment is back. Our new government has introduced a new super-department covering climate change, energy, the environment and water.

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