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Australia needs to reduce emissions to net zero by 2038 to do ‘fair share’ to contain global heating, analysis shows

Exclusive: Researchers say government’s climate schedule needs to be brought forward by a decade to keep heating to 1.5C

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek approves habitat clearing in Darwin despite risk to endangered bird

Environment minister says redesign would ‘avoid most adverse impacts’ on Gouldian finch, while critics point to Australia’s ‘terrible record on extinctions’

The Guardian - AU

Liberal senator urges inquiry into Higgins text leak

A Liberal senator says there needs to be an investigation into how private material from Brittany Higgins' rape investigation was made public.

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Coalition, Labor back police inquiry into Higgins leak

As the debate over the Brittany Higgins rape allegations turns "ugly", Liberal and Labor senators have backed a police inquiry into leaked material.

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Former PM has ‘no recollection’ of senator’s claim – as it happened

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‘Egregious abuse’: Gallagher turns the tables over Higgins affair

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has described media reports of Brittany Higgins’ leaked text messages are the “most egregious abuse of privacy I’ve ever

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Katy Gallagher says she didn't alert Albanese or Wong to the pending Brittany Higgins' interview

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has categorically denied misleading the Senate over her prior knowledge of the Brittany Higgins interview, but refused to be drawn on what discussion she might have had with Higgins or her partner David Sharaz at the time.

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Women will ‘think twice’ before coming forward

Accusations against Labor it weaponised the Brittany Higgins allegations for political gain will stop other women from coming forward, politicians are warning.

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Australian governments impose recycling rules after packaging industry fails on waste

New rules agreed at meeting of environment ministers welcomed as breakthrough by conservationists

The Guardian - AU

Unesco praises Albanese government for efforts to protect Great Barrier Reef

Commitments to improve water quality and reduce stress from commercial fishing could mean the reef avoids going on world heritage danger list

The Guardian - AU

'Illogical, irrational and unlawful': Minister taken to court over Hunter mine ruling

The Mt Pleasant expansion plan will extend the mine's life by 22 years

Newcastle Herald

Minister taken to court over ‘mega’ coalmine approvals

Activists are taking federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to court for not accepting the climate risk of three proposed coalmine expansions.

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Conservationists welcome gillnet fishing ban in Great Barrier Reef world heritage area

The federal environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, announced the $160m plan on Monday afternoon

The Guardian - AU

Macquarie Island Marine Park set to triple in size

The federal government plans to triple the size of Macquarie Island Marine Park, home to vast congregations of wildlife living between Tasmania and Antarctica.

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Full judgment in defamation case handed down – as it happened

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Macquarie Island marine park set to almost triple in size

Australia's federal environment minister signs off on plans to almost triple the size of the marine park off Macquarie Island — and the seafood industry's peak body have concerns about the process by which the decision was made.

The Guardian - AU

Pressure grows on Albanese government to end native forest logging

Exclusive: Labor facing calls from 15 crossbenchers, as well as party insiders, to transition to plantation timber as part of reform to environmental laws

The New Daily

‘Destroys trust’: Philip Lowe reveals RBA hired embattled PwC over staff underpayment scandal

Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe has confirmed the central bank has underpaid staff, revealing embattled consultancy PwC was hired to help.

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Labor not giving ‘sweetheart deals’ to energy giants

Labor has rejected a claim that it has cut a special deal with an energy giant to exempt it from paying additional taxes under a proposal change.

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Environment department has PwC contracts: Plibersek

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has asked for contracts her department has with PwC to be placed under "strict controls".

The Guardian - AU

Toondah Harbour: should a wetland home to endangered birds become $1.3bn worth of shops, high-rises and a marina?

A Queensland controversy has been building for eight years and will soon be in the hands of Tanya Plibersek

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Juukan Gorge rehabilitation work underway three years after Rio Tinto blast

It's been three years since Rio Tinto blew up sacred rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in WA's Pilbara region. While nothing will make up for the destruction, traditional owners are working to rehabilitate the site.

The New Daily

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek demands ‘extreme’ action to save maugean skate

The federal environment minister will write to her Tasmanian counterpart demanding "extreme intervention" to save an ancient fish from extinction. Tanya

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Plibersek demands 'extreme' action to save ancient fish

An ancient fish that's suffered under the pressures of salmon farming could be the first to go extinct under federal environment laws, a hearing has been told.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Albanese governs on softly-softly catchee monkey formula. Would Plibersek or Chalmers have been bolder?

Reading Margaret Simons’ recently released biography of Tanya Plibersek brought to mind an interesting question. What sort of Labor government would we have if Plibersek, rather than Anthony Albanese, had become Labor leader in 2019, and then won the 2022 election?

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