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Protests ensue as clearing begins on controversial $1.25 billion Bunbury Outer Ring Road

Police have intervened as protesters try to physically stop machinery clearing bushland to make way for the Bunbury Outer Ring…

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WA ring road approved by federal government threatens ancient trees and endangered wildlife

Tanya Plibersek’s department gave green light despite state of environment report finding Australia’s natural heritage is in poor and deteriorating…

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Judge finds Morrison government erred in approving preliminary work on tailings dam in the Tarkine

Conservationists say judgment is one of the most significant in environmental law since the environmental protection act was introduced in…

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Bob Brown Foundation wins legal case against Chinese-owned MMG mine tailings dam approval

A Federal court finds the Morrison government's approval for a tailings dam in Tasmania's wilderness area is invalid, prompting calls…

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Bob Brown win in Tas mine court battle

The Federal Court has declared government approval for mine expansion-related works in west Tasmania didn't properly consider potential harm to…

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Shot and left to rot: Tasmania grapples with deer dilemma as invasive pest numbers soar

Environmentalists, farmers and commercial hunters are all calling on the state to end protection of an animal introduced 190 years…

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Blockade Australia: how a ‘sharp-eyed hippy’ set off events that cast a harsh light on anti-protest laws

Rights groups worry that the ability to protest is under threat from a suite of new and proposed legislation around…

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Tasmania's upper house passes legislation to impose harsher penalties on protesters

Tasmania's upper house effectively passes legislation to impose harsher penalties for protesters and organisations that obstruct workers or cause a…

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Goodbye, Moses: farewelling Moss Cass and an era in Melbourne’s west

The life of Gough Whitlam’s most creative minister is one for radicals to steer their lives by.

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‘Go after the money’: Goldman environmental prize winner honoured for urging banks to divest from coal

Julien Vincent’s Market Forces organisation started with a spare laptop and a spare bedroom before raising the ire of the…

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It’s the year 2139, and yet another series of Big Brother is hitting your TV…

The seemingly endlessly running show is likely to do well on replay and streaming, but television viewers are dwindling.

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The rush to renewable energy means a new mining boom. But first, Australia needs to make some tough choices

Electric cars, solar panels and wind turbines — green technology relies on what can be a dirty industry. Why acting…

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All politics is local. There’s even a party to prove it

The Local Party may draw its energy from the dream-crystal depths of Tasmania, but that’s how disruptive forces grow in…

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Coalition’s $220m pledge for native forestry ‘bad news’ for threatened species, conservationists say

Morrison says he ‘won’t support any shutdowns of native forestry’ as he announces new Tasmania hub in country’s most marginal…

The Guardian - AU

Queensland turned its back on Labor over coal jobs last federal election. What are the key issues this time?

After three years of bushfires, a pandemic and rising living costs, Australians face another federal election, with job security and…

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Movement marks 50 years of green politics, 40 years since the Franklin Dam campaign turning point

The Franklin Dam debate divided a state 40 years ago. It was a turning point in a political environment movement…

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How the fight to save Tasmania’s Lake Pedder led to the world’s first green party

A rowdy meeting in Hobart 50 years ago was the start of an organised effort to push for a spotlight…

The Guardian - AU

Raiders well represented in list of NFL 51 greatest HBCU players

Five Raiders make the list of NFL 51 greatest HBCU players

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Giant rubber plant growing in Hobart stairwell could be 'world's biggest', fans say

This late-50s building, with its seven-storey glass stairwell, contains what some argue is the world's biggest indoor plant.

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