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Rocket launches pose extinction-level threat to SA’s tiny southern emu wren, conservationists warn

Tanya Plibersek could list the bird as endangered amid concerns about proposed rocket launch site

The Guardian - AU

Mine company's blasting of rock shelters likened to Taliban

An Australian minister has likened a mining company blasting ancient rock shelters to the Taliban’s destruction of giant Buddha carvings and vowed to improve protections of Indigenous cultural heritage

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: Labor, Coalition team up on anti-corruption bill; ABC reboots Mother and Son; and a heartbreaking paramedic response

Legislation on federal anti-corruption body has passed lower house without amendments to strengthen its powers

The Guardian - AU

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Labor commits to new Indigenous heritage protections but response to Juukan Gorge report angers traditional owners

Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura traditional owners say government should have consulted them about response to Rio Tinto’s destruction of sacred site

The Guardian - AU

Australia approves national plan to safeguard Indigenous heritage

Australia will strengthen laws to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said on Thursday, following a review of mining standards after Rio Tinto's destruction of the sacred Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

Reuters

Government to legislate new protections after Juukan Gorge destruction

The federal government responds to an inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of a sacred site at Juukan Gorge, agreeing to legislate new cultural heritage protections and review the native title act.

ABC News

'Sobering reading': Australia to experience an increase in extreme weather events

The State of the Climate report released every two years, has found changes to weather and climate extremes are happening at an increased pace across Australia.

Newcastle Herald

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Federal assessment of millennia-old rock art begins on Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula

An independent reporter is visiting the region to see what impact industrial emissions are having on the rock art, and whether it can be moved.

ABC News

Australia faces worsening extreme weather events latest BoM and CSIRO climate report finds

The continent is now 1.47C hotter than it was in 1910 and sea levels around the coastline are rising at an accelerating rate

The Guardian - AU

You think the weather is bad now, science says it's going to get worse

The State of the Climate report released every two years, has found changes to weather and climate extremes are happening at an increased pace across Australia.

The Canberra Times

Australia joins global no-plastic pledge

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says she wants to see a plastic-free Pacific as Australia joins a global push to end plastic pollution worldwide.

AAP

Australian government pledges to recycle all plastics by 2040

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says despite the collapse of a major soft plastics recycling scheme, the federal government has set a target to recycle or reuse 100 per cent of plastic waste by 2040.

ABC News

Greens urge Bowen on coal and gas

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen needs to have a firm position on coal and gas projects when he arrives in Egypt for COP27 talks, the Greens say.

AAP

'In our interests' for China climate help

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says its of everybody's interest for co-operation from China on climate change.

AAP

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Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says farmers are ready to sell water licences as bureaucrats confirm 50 gigalitres worth of buybacks

The federal water minister says she's received approaches from farmers keen to sell their water licences back to the government.

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek to announce $12m for crackdown on shonky water trading practices

ACCC to oversee reform of water market which emerged after Murray-Darling Basin changes meant water allocations could be traded

ABC News

While Australians are keen to recycle their plastic, figures show the current system is not working

Australians overwhelmingly want to recycle their waste, but a fragile recycling system means it's almost impossible to process the vast amounts of rubbish we generate.

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek says Coles and Woolworths must ‘step up’ to fix plastic recycling crisis

REDcycle collections stopping from Wednesday with factory fire and ‘downturns in market demand’ blamed

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Overhead transmission lines approved for Snowy 2.0, sparking criticism from conservationists

Conservationists have criticised a federal government decision to build overhead powerlines in the national park as part of the Snowy 2.0 project.

The New Daily

Environment Minister puts mattress and tyre industries on notice

Makers and importers of mattresses and tyres must make sure products are disposable in an environmentally-friendly way.

AAP

Minister warns mattress, tyre industry

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has put makers and importers of mattresses, tyres and medical plastics on notice during National Recycling Week.

The Guardian - AU

Bob Brown accuses Tanya Plibersek of putting industry above environment on Tarkine trip

Environment minister visited Tasmania for two days and insists she’s taking mine decision seriously but Brown wanted her to visit rainforest with him

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek to reassess 18 proposed oil and gas projects to consider their climate change impact

Queensland environment group had asked federal minister to revisit decisions made going back to 2011

Newcastle Herald

Mount Pleasant among big coal and gas projects in legal limbo

People can help ensure "environmental law accounts for the reality of climate change".

ABC News

Coal and gas projects to be reassessed after conservation group wins legal bid on climate change impacts

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will reassess 18 major coal and gas project proposals following a legal application submitted by a Queensland conservation group.

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