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Labor’s dumping of Australia’s new nature laws means the environment is shaping as a key 2025 election issue

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shelved the proposed reforms to Australia’s 25-year-old environment laws, citing a lack of parliamentary support for the changes.

The Conversation

Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show a sustained strategy approved by environment minister Tanya Plibersek

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: shock at ‘antisemitic’ plot discovery, Plibersek’s praise for doomed EPA deal, Smith’s Galle ton

Documents reveal how environmental protection plan fell apart; Jewish groups express horror after discovery of explosives in a caravan near Sydney

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Unapologetic activist faces fate for office 'liar' tag

A climate activist who spray painted the word "liar" on the federal environment minister's electorate office says more politicians should be called out.

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‘We’re gobsmacked’: climate groups angered by Labor’s ‘no new coalmines’ claim

Campaigners say Queensland mine given go-ahead this week is a new development, not an extension of an existing mine

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government approves four coalmine expansions as Greens condemn ‘despicable’ move

Tanya Plibersek says projects in NSW and Queensland produce coal for making essential steel as critics say move ‘opposite of climate action’

The Guardian - AU

Hiker found in Blue Mountains after six days – as it happened

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'I support salmon farming': PM backs Tassie industry

Anthony Albanese has declared his support for salmon farming in Tasmania, marking another split on an environmental issue as Labor prepares for an election.

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Woodside gas project given WA environmental approval

After six years of assessment and hundreds of appeals against it, a massive Woodside gas project has been given WA environmental approval to operate until 2070.

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Town to 'flourish' with fix for brown, smelly water

Rural residents who have dealt with brown, smelly drinking water for decades say government funding will help their town prosper.

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'Kicking the can down the road' on packaging reforms

The plastic waste crisis is set to continue after the federal government failed to lock in a responsibility scheme, to the frustration of an emerging industry.

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‘Getting things done’ a fitting mantra for the tidal wave of laws the government pushed through in one week

Frustrated that his agenda was stuck in the Senate, the prime minister decided it was time for recalcitrants to be forced to the table – and it worked

The Guardian - AU

‘Pushing isn’t always pretty’: Adam Bandt on why the Greens blocked Labor’s agenda until last sitting day of the year

But Bandt would not be pressed on Anthony Albanese’s decision to cancel a environment deal the Greens and David Pocock struck with Tanya Plibersek

The Guardian - AU

Plibersek had nature positive deal in writing before Albanese vetoed without her knowledge

Exclusive: Environment minister agreed detail with Greens but the PM intervened after lobbying from WA premier and miners

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese gets down and dirty in deal making and breaking as Senate rushes to Christmas finish

In the chaotic dying days of 2024’s final parliamentary sitting, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reverted to a role he played in Julia Gillard’s government.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese kills off deal with Greens to pass ‘nature positive’ legislation after intervention by WA premier

Roger Cook says he spoke to ‘highest level’ of federal government to reiterate his view the environment bills in their current form ‘should not be progressed’

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Environment watchdog scrapped as PM railroads minister

The prime minister has bulldozed his own environment minister to quash a deal to establish an environment watchdog.

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Anti-coal protests 'playing into Dutton's hands'

Protesters travelling to Canberra after blockading a key coal port have been warned they risk helping the coalition win office.

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The Guardian - AU

Musk argues social media bill may not be lawful – as it happened

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Greens drop climate trigger demand in attempt to restart Nature Positive talks with Labor

Minor party’s offer, which includes ban on native-forest logging, represents its second concession on stalled legislation in less than a week

Newcastle Herald

Railway-blockade fine added in latest protest crackdown

A proposed $22,000 fine for protesters obstructing railways balances the right to protest with keeping people safe, according to the NSW government.

AAP

Minister faces legal action over stalled $1b gold mine

The decision to block sections of a proposed $1 billion gold mine under Indigenous heritage laws is facing a Federal Court challenge by the mine's developer.

The Guardian - AU

McPhillamys goldmine owner launches legal review over Plibersek’s Aboriginal heritage decision

Regis Resources to seek costs, a declaration that the order was ‘legally invalid’ and that it be redetermined by a different minister

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Victoria blows past federal rejection of renewables hub

A terminal to support Victoria's offshore wind ambitions is still under consideration, flying in the face of a 2023 federal rejection.

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek was rebuked by NSW minister for decision to block $900m goldmine, documents reveal

Courtney Houssos says proposed mine would create 860 jobs over its 15-year life and inject $67m annually into local economy

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