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No promises: NSW State Government and Opposition will 'consider' releasing secret report

Mining companies have been granted access to Sydney drinking water catchment in a last-minute move from the NSW government, alarming environmental activists.

Growing up, Tyler Mahoney spent her days searching for gold in the WA desert. She still loves the "dopamine hit" of finding it.

A proposed EU law to prevent environmental and human rights abuses by multinationals has been cautiously welcomed by global Indigenous leaders seeking to highlight the damage done by extractive industries. However they say the text needs to go further if it is to protect Indigenous populations from mining companies.

The Federal Court has heard evidence as part of a long-running dispute between traditional owners and Andrew Forrest's resources company.

The three years since the onset of the pandemic have witnessed a dramatic redistribution of national income, away from labour compensation and towards business profits.

The NSW Ombudsman was stymied by a lack of records produced by the department, which were "not sufficient to allow us to understand how the disclosures were received, handled and investigated" the report says.

The Canadian-headquartered mining company is working to revive production at the historic South Crofty mine in Pool near Redruth

From faded boom towns to places abandoned due to natural disasters these husks of their former selves serve as reminders that civilisation doesn't always find a way and what's been built can melt away