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Tanya Plibersek declines to fast-track Senex Energy gas project

Tanya Plibersek knocks back a request to exempt an energy project in southern Queensland from assessment against environmental laws, saying she is "not satisfied" it is in the national interest.

ABC News

Plibersek backs Burrup Peninsula fertiliser plant, despite Indigenous heritage concerns

Despite concerns for Aboriginal heritage in the area, the federal government is electing not to intervene in the development of the plant.

ABC News

Tanya Plibersek backs contentious fertiliser plant on Burrup peninsula

Federal environment minister says Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation supports development despite concerns over impact on culturally important sites

The Guardian - AU

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Tanya Plibersek urged to block $4.5b fertiliser plant proposal amid fears for rock art

The federal Environment Minister says she is carefully considering an application to build a fertiliser plant that opponents say would threaten ancient rock art in the Pilbara.

ABC News

Plibersek confirms $3m for Port Stephens koala program

Ms Plibersek officially opened Port Stephens Koala Hospital on Thursday and made good on an election promise to help fund the first year of the five-year program.

Newcastle Herald

Murray-Darling Basin report card shows state targets 'slipping behind' as water-saving deadline nears

A new report card by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority shows both state and federal governments have work to do if they want to meet targets.

ABC News

Plibersek lists more species after fires

Australia's threatened species list just got longer with the addition of a striking black cockatoo and an alpine lizard hit hard in the Black Summer fires.

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Recycling upgrade part of plan to build domestic industry

ACT recycling will get a major tech upgrade.

The Canberra Times

New organics, recycling facilities for Canberra

The new facilities will kickstart local jobs, the federal environment minister said.

The Canberra Times

Indigenous voices are heard in Redfern, and a beloved community sporting hub is saved

There are tears, cheers, relief and cautious celebration in Redfern as a determined community successfully averts the immediate closure of the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence.

ABC News

‘This joint is important’: Linda Burney issues ultimatum over future of Redfern’s National Centre of Indigenous Excellence

Minister for Indigenous Australians says negotiating organisations have one week to agree on future of community centre

The Guardian - AU

Federal Minister Linda Burney says National Centre of Indigenous Excellence must stay open

The Minister for Indigenous Australians tells the decision-makers who are closing the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence in inner Sydney they have "a week to get their acts together" to keep its doors open.

ABC News

Uncertainty over Sydney Aboriginal centre

Ministers have reassured the Sydney Aboriginal community the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence will not close its doors, but uncertainty remains.

AAP

Australia to protect Barrier Reef by banning coal mine

Australia’s new government plans to prevent development of a coal mine because of its potential impact on the nearby Great Barrier Reef

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Tanya Plibersek proposes blocking Clive Palmer's Queensland coal mine on environmental grounds

Tanya Plibersek proposes rejecting Clive Palmer's Central Queensland Coal Project on the grounds it is likely to damage the Great Barrier Reef. It is the first time in Australian history a federal environment minister has set the wheels in motion to reject a coal mine.

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek says she will block Clive Palmer’s proposed coalmine near Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s environment minister says billionaire Palmer’s Central Queensland Coal proposal would likely have ‘unacceptable impacts’ on reef

The Canberra Times

Midwinter ball back - in spring - with a chance to win a tennis match with the PM

Fancy a game of tennis with Anthony Albanese? Dinner with Penny Wong? Both experiences will be up for auction at this year's Midwinter Ball

The Guardian - AU

‘Nothing off the table’ in bid to deliver 450GL of water for Murray-Darling, Labor says

Tanya Plibersek accuses the Coalition of preventing the delivery of water for South Australia through ‘brown tape’ bureaucracy

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Murray Darling will not get water returns

The Murray Darling Basin will not get the 450 gigalitres of extra water promised for the environment under a $1.8 billion fund, an independent review has found.

ABC News

Water promised to the Murray-Darling Basin won't be delivered, despite PM doubling down on commitment

Hundreds of gigalitres that were promised to the Murray-Darling system by 2024 will be impossible to deliver, investigators have found — but the new federal government is doubling down on the promise.

The Guardian - AU

Murray-Darling Basin Plan ‘cannot achieve’ environmental water savings target, report finds

Findings will increase calls for voluntary buybacks, which could provide the water quickly but would require legislation

ABC News

Protests ensue as clearing begins on controversial $1.25 billion Bunbury Outer Ring Road

Police have intervened as protesters try to physically stop machinery clearing bushland to make way for the Bunbury Outer Ring Road project, which will create a more direct route between Perth and the Margaret River tourist region.

ABC News

Tasmanian government and UNESCO seemingly at odds over national park development: Greens

"Confused" is how Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O'Connor says she feels about the way the Tasmanian government is continuing to support development in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

ABC News

Irrigators say Murray-Darling Basin focus needs to be on delivering outcomes, not on deadlines

The delivery of 450 gigalitres of environmental water for South Australia has been a controversial topic — and irrigators say it is getting in the way of progress.

AAP

Miner ordered to remove equipment in Tas

A court has ordered a mining company remove equipment from the site of a proposed expansion in Tasmania, ruling approval for works was invalid.

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