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The Latest Breaking News from Tanya Plibersek

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 Conversation · Nov 28, 2024

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’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2024

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.

AAP · Nov 27, 2024

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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.

AAP · Nov 25, 2024

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

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 24, 2024

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2024

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.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 11, 2024

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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.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2024

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.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2024

Canberra lashed for 'kicking the can' on salmon farms

The federal government has been criticised from several quarters for delaying a decision relating to the future of salmon farming and an endangered fish.

AAP · Oct 29, 2024

Australian PM defends his free first-class upgrades on Qantas flights

‘All of mine have been declared,’ Albanese says, defending the first-class upgrades

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

Remote harbour salmon farms record 1000-tonne deaths

Data released under right-to-information reveals more than 1000 tonnes of salmon died at a harbour where the future of fish farming is under a cloud.

AAP · Oct 24, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2024

‘What the hell is happening’: calls for answers after 10% of Tasmanian salmon die in Macquarie Harbour fish farms

Greens MP says number of mortalities is ‘enormous’ and ‘most likely the result of overstocking’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2024

The Hindmarsh Island bridge case is being deliberately misremembered in a new fight over the Blayney goldmine

Twenty-three years after the federal court found there was no reason to think ‘secret women’s business’ was a lie, the claim that it was is still being used to discredit what Aboriginal people say about their culture

The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2024

After 25 years of piss-taking Australia’s politicians, the ‘disturbingly accurate’ Wharf Revue bows out

The minds behind the satire reflect on a quarter century of politics and belters

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2024

Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s recent decision to approve expansion plans for three New South Wales coal mines disappointed many people concerned with stabilising the global climate.

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AAP · Oct 18, 2024

Australia look to NZ for advice on bird flu threat

Australia and New Zealand environment ministers have met to discuss the best way to prevent a deadly outbreak of bird flu that's caused havoc elsewhere.

AAP · Oct 13, 2024

Deadly bird flu could lead to mass extinctions

Australia is preparing for a deadly strain of the bird flu which could lead to the extinction of unique species, as authorities brace for its arrival.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2024

Tanya Plibersek defends Aboriginal heritage order blocking ‘irreversible damage’ of goldmine tailings dam

Financial impact on mining company does not outweigh ‘permanent loss’ to cultural sites, environment minister says

The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2024

Nature groups in ‘dismay’ over Albanese’s leadership on ‘critical’ environmental reforms

Exclusive: Letter to PM accuses handful of businesses and mining interests, mainly in WA, of trying to ‘undermine and derail’ law

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2024

Scientists contest environment minister’s claim of ‘blitzing’ Australia’s ocean reserve expansion goal

Tanya Plibersek claims Labor is protecting 52% of its ocean territory, but experts say that is ‘misleading’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2024

Environment summit taking place in Sydney while greater glider habitat is logged is ‘bullshit’, advocates say

Harvesting in Bulga state forest, inland from Port Macquarie, is just 400km from global nature-positive summit the government is hosting

The Guardian - AU · Oct 7, 2024

‘Huge environmental win’: Australia to protect 52% of its oceans, more than any other country, Plibersek says

Sub-Antarctic marine park expansion welcomed but scientists say some areas important to penguins and seals missed out on sanctuary-level protection

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