Dr Shanta Barley,Chief Climate Scientist,Fortescue,at the Climate Integrity Summit.

Australians are being misled by ‘dodgy’ offsets,say Fortescue

The iron ore giant says the public is being misled into believing that low-quality carbon offset schemes will lead to net zero,despite evidence that only reducing fossil fuels will work.

  • Michael Bachelard

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Steve Blore was the pin-up boy for Climate Friendly. Until the rules changed.

‘Parasites’,‘cowboys’:The carbon companies dividing rural Australia

Carbon developers descended on rural Australia 10 years ago promising big money and an easy fix to complex problems. Today,farmers are crying foul.

  • Charlotte Grieve andMichael Bachelard
Using mulga forests to save carbon is under fresh scrutiny.

Dust and dead trees:The reality of Australia’s biggest carbon saver

The nation has made a multibillion-dollar bet that carbon locked in desert scrub will offset emissions elsewhere,but doubters - from scientists in the city to the farmers on the land - are growing.

  • Michael Bachelard,Charlotte Grieve andThe Visual Stories Team
Ben Roberts-Smith.

Court quashes federal police bid to keep Ben Roberts-Smith corruption probe secret

The Federal Court has brushed aside the AFP’s attempts to keep secret the details of an anti-corruption investigation that reached the top levels of the peak policing body.

  • Michael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
The industry group representing property owners has expressed concern about the integrity of the carbon offset market.

One hundred ‘carbon-neutral’ corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns

Mounting doubts that carbon offsets may not stand up to scrutiny have driven an exodus from the federal government-managed system.

  • Michael Bachelard
Health Minister Mark Butler.

Transgender medicine review throws an inkblot test at a culture war

What was the government thinking when it launched itself into one of the most contested culture war issues of recent years?

  • Michael Bachelard
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The treatment of children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria is back in the news following the closure of a prominent gender clinic in the UK.

Puberty blockers and treatments for trans youth under review

The federal government has ordered the review to come up with new guidelines for the treatment of trans and gender diverse children.

  • Michael Bachelard andMike Foley
Sam Keast,who died by suicide in a factory in Melbourne in 2023.

Sam died at an Exclusive Brethren-linked workplace. His sister wants answers

Sam Keast thought of his workplace as his “kingdom”;his death there has prompted a WorkSafe investigation.

  • Michael Bachelard
Dandenong’s Sara Djakovic at Melbourne Park cheering on her near-namesake,Novak Djokovic,in his blockbuster quarter-final.

They came feeling peevish and left jubilant:Djokovic’s fans on their rocky ride

Riding every point,the supporters of a man they describe as a Serbian national hero egged him on to a victory of old over young.

  • Michael Bachelard
The Melbourne Club on Collins Street.

No phones,women or business talk:What it’s like inside Melbourne’s most prestigious club

Behind an imposing facade is the granddaddy of Melbourne’s private clubs – an exclusive and privileged all-male,old-world institution.

  • Michael Bachelard