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Australia rejects new coal mine on environmental grounds

Australia has for the first time rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law

The Independent UK

Tanya Plibersek killed off Clive Palmer's coal mine. It's an Australian first – but it may never happen again

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has formally rejected mining magnate Clive Palmer’s proposed Central Queensland Coal Project. Her decision was based on the risk of damage to the Great Barrier Reef, freshwater creeks and groundwater.

The Conversation

Coal mine rejection not broad precedent, says minister

Tanya Plibersek has defended her decision to block Clive Palmer's proposed coal mine in Queensland on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef.

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Clive Palmer's Queensland coal project rejected

A central Queensland project proposed by Clive Palmer has become the first coal mine to be refused under national environmental laws.

AAP

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek blocks Clive Palmer's Central Queensland coal mine

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek cites national environmental laws as the reason for rejecting Clive Palmer's Central Queensland coal mine project.

ABC News

‘War on cigarette butts’: Coalition plan to reduce pollution ‘never existed’, Tanya Plibersek says

Up to 9bn plastic cigarette butts are discarded and washed into waterways in Australia each year

The Guardian - AU

Labor plan for nature repair market rehashes old proposal and risks failure, experts say

Private sector is not seen to be ready to act as main buyer and draft is similarly worded to a Morrison-era bill

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Barnaby Joyce says Labor hasn't released the wording to enshrine the Voice to Parliament in the constitution. Is that correct?

Barnaby Joyce says Labor has not released the detail of the wording change to the constitution for the Voice to Parliament. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

How upside-down wheelie bins became crucial in the fight to rid Christmas Island of cats

Parks authorities are on track to remove most cats from the island by the end of 2023, but first they needed to stop giant crabs messing with their traps.

ABC News

Hunter farmers fight for their family's future

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is awaiting further information about an application to reclassify the environmental impacts of the proposed Hunter Gas Pipeline.

Newcastle Herald

Referendum puts reconciliation at stake

A leading campaigner for the voice to parliament is urging Australians to consider how a failed referendum would damage the nation's future reconciliation.

AAP

Federal environment department investigating allegations of unlawful Northern Territory land clearing

The federal environment department is investigating allegations of unlawful land clearing in the Northern Territory, where satellite images obtained by the ABC suggest swathes of unique savanna have been flattened to make way for a cotton industry.

ABC News

Probe launched into NT land clearing

The federal environment department is examining potentially illegal land clearing for cotton farming in the Northern Territory.

AAP

Cold, remote and risky: why Australia is turning to robots to boost its presence in Antarctica

Researchers and engineers team up to identify new technologies to safely delve deeper into the icy continent

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Traded biodiversity 'credits' are key to Labor's environmental plans, but critics are not convinced

A market where koala credits are traded is now central to the federal Labor government's plan for halting Australia's extinction crisis, but critics are not convinced that demand is strong enough to make a serious impact on the environment.

AAP

Indigenous advice about environment policy

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has made a series of appointments to an Indigenous advisory committee that provides feedback on land and sea management.

AAP

Polar mission to uncover million-year ice

An Australian team has set off on a mission to traverse 1200 kilometres in Antarctica and drill down into ice that is one million years' old.

AAP

Nature pact a win despite flaws: minister

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says Australia can be proud of its role in negotiating a landmark pact to address the global nature crisis.

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The Guardian - AU

Greens lambast Labor for failing to offer extra funding for global nature deal at Cop15

While other countries have made additional pledges, Australia criticised for failing to offer more than its budget commitments

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Plibersek fights reef listing at summit

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has lauded Australia's progress from environmental "laggard to leader" as nations agree on a nature protection framework.

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Australia to host global nature summit

The environment minister says an upcoming summit, to be hosted by Australia, will help countries share expertise to increase private investment in nature.

The Guardian - AU

Cop15: Australia, US commit to measuring value of nature and reflecting it in national accounts

Environment minister Tanya Plibersek says countries will develop a global standard for measuring nature, its condition and economic contribution

AAP

Australia promises more cash for nature

Australia has promised ongoing funding to help developing countries protect nature as the environment minister heads to a biodiversity summit in Canada.

ABC News

Murray-Darling Basin Authority ends contracts with First Nations advisory in northern basin

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is urgently seeking an alternative forum to consult with First Nations communities in the northern basin, after cutting ties with an advisory group it says failed to deliver on contracts.

The Conversation

'Complete elation' greeted Plibersek's big plans to protect nature - but hurdles litter the path

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has announced a much-anticipated overhaul of Australia’s national environment law. The plan is rich with welcome new policies – but the path to change is littered with hurdles.

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