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Local communities will bear the brunt of climate harms caused by new coal mine expansions if tougher approvals are not introduced, a legal expert says.

Exclusive: Guardian Australia reveals carefully crafted profiles of swing voters the government believes will determine next state election

In his just-released memoir, historian and former diplomat Lachlan Strahan recalls being picked up from his Melbourne primary school by a neighbour on November 11 1975, the day Gough Whitlam was sacked as prime minister. His politically active mother “was so upset she didn’t trust herself behind the wheel”.

Australia has been warned its gas exports risk slowing the global energy transition, just weeks after the government approved the country's biggest gas project.

One Nation leader also seen with Gina Rinehart – and many of her talking points align with mining magnate

This week the Labor government announced it is poised to introduce a bill to parliament that will impose regulatory obligations on major subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services operating in Australia.

Hopes for quick Senate passage of sweeping environment reforms appear set to be dashed with the Greens claiming they have been written for "big business".

A Labor premier who helped obstruct a previous attempt at environmental reform is now calling on the Greens and coalition to get behind revised laws.

A report on cronyism will see the light of day after Senate pressure prompted the government to agree to release findings on jobs for mates in government.

Pressure mounts on federal government to rethink controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for projects

Proposed changes to Australia's biggest workers compensation scheme are caught in the middle of a political fracas as opponents say the reforms are "barbaric".