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Approval met with fury from conservation groups and the Greens, who called it a ‘betrayal’ of Australians who want climate action

The federal environment minister has taken an unreasonably long time to determine an application to protect rock art near a gas plant, a court has found.

Environment minister will lobby committee to place Murujuga on world heritage list despite concerns about ‘degrading acidic emissions’ from industrial sites

The controversial extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project off Western Australia faces two legal challenges. Both raise significant concerns about the validity of government approvals. One could even seek an injunction, preventing federal environment minister Murray Watt from making a final decision.

A traditional custodian's bid to protect Indigenous rock art will soon head to court as activists cop fines for protesting against energy giant Woodside.

Pollution damage to the ‘oldest outdoor art gallery on Earth’ is among the concerns as Woodside seeks to extend the life of a huge liquified natural gas project

A bid to protect sacred rock art has created a potential hurdle to Environment Minister Murray Watt's efforts to decide on a massive gas project's extension.

Environmentalists fear overheated water could bleach Ningaloo Reef as woman says swimming at local beach like taking ‘hot’ shower

First Nations activists call legislation ‘a betrayal’ while Greens leader tells parliament Labor are ‘climate con artists’