Environmental protection
Opinion
Biodiversity
ABC show reckons we should eat invasive species. It’s a recipe for disaster
Eat the Invaders has an appealing pitch, but while well-intentioned, the show could end up doing more harm than good.
- by Carol Booth
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The map, songline and pipeline. How legal experts misused Indigenous culture
“OMG, we win again!!!” wrote one campaigner about the fight with oil and gas giant Santos. But then the court changed its mind.
- by Nick Toscano
PM absolutely denies feud as Plibersek tries to save her bill
The Greens are demanding tougher conditions if the environment protection agency is back on table in February.
- by David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Coalition frontbencher says voters conned into backing independents
Opposition communications spokesman Paul Fletcher, facing a battle against an independent at the next election, says teals had duped traditional Coalition supporters.
- by Shane Wright
Albanese says Elon Musk has an agenda on social media ban
The prime minister says while he’s prepared to speak to the tech billionaire over the ban, Australian voters can expect to wait a bit longer before the next election.
- by Shane Wright
‘Downright dangerous’: National body responds to claims officers ‘planted fire ants’
In a statement, the National Fire Ant Eradication Program called the allegations “false and unfounded”.
- by Courtney Kruk
Miners rejoice as Albanese shelves environment watchdog
The resources sector wants the reform to be abandoned altogether rather than returned to the agenda in February.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Political leadership
How Albanese threw Plibersek – and the rest of us – under the bus
It’s pretty clear Albanese feels threatened by his environment minister, but many of his colleagues were unhappy when he scuppered her deal to secure Labor’s environmental reforms.
- by Jenna Price
‘Done over’: Labor dismay over PM’s call to ditch environment watchdog
Labor MPs and grassroots members are reeling from Anthony Albanese’s intervention to scrap a deal to deliver a major election commitment.
- by Mike Foley and James Massola
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Anthony Albanese
Albanese intervenes to scupper Plibersek’s negotiations with the Greens
The minister for the environment’s negotiations with the Greens over a major reform were close to bearing fruit. But the prime minister halted talks.
- by Mike Foley, James Massola and Hamish Hastie
Workplace safety watchdog launches legal action over Santos oil spill linked to dead dolphins
Neither Santos nor the government made the spill public at the time and, when it was eventually revealed by WAtoday, Santos described the incident as “minor”.
- by Hamish Hastie