Pedal power pushes Lake Pedder's plight to Parliament A campaign to restore Tasmania's Lake Pedder has made its way to Canberra. The Canberra Times · Apr 11, 2022
How will Queensland's natural disasters and COVID-19 pandemic shape the federal election? Queensland is again shaping up to be in the hot seat this federal election with back-to-back disasters swaying voter sentiment, analysts say. ABC News · Apr 10, 2022
Seats to watch at the federal election in Queensland, where three-way contests and newcomers may hold the key Labor told it needs to ‘find a way to reconnect with Queenslanders’, where the Liberal party holds 23 of the state’s 30 seats The Guardian - AU · Apr 10, 2022
Labor's Murray-Darling Basin policy pledges more environmental water for SA, angering upstream states Federal Labor is coming under fire from its own side of politics, with the Victorian government slapping down its Murray-Darling Basin policy. ABC News · Apr 8, 2022
‘They brought their politics with them’: will Queensland’s newest residents affect the election? The state’s population grew by more than 57,800 in 12 months, mostly from southern migration The Guardian - AU · Mar 26, 2022
Q+A examines increased cost of living, China's deal with Solomon Islands, and asylum seeker settlement deal with New Zealand A pensioner tells the Q+A panel that rising cost-of-living pressures mean she and her son are now getting their food from charities and rent is steadily forcing them out of their home. ABC News · Mar 24, 2022
Timing questioned over $5.4 billion Qld dam fund The federal government has committed $5.4 billion to build a dam in North Queensland, but the "interesting" timing of the announcement has been The New Daily · Mar 23, 2022
Sydney spared worst of rain but Newcastle still under threat – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2022
Federal opposition hints at changes to water savings in Murray-Darling Basin Federal Labor hints it will seek to tear up a major agreement about how water could be recovered for the environment across the Murray-Darling Basin if it wins this year's election. ABC News · Feb 27, 2022
$1b plan to save Great Barrier Reef will fail without climate change action, expert says The Morrison government's funding commitment has been criticised by a scientist who says it will mean nothing if global carbon emissions are not reduced. ABC News · Jan 28, 2022
At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2022