Train stations and car parks:The gardens proving beauty can be found anywhere

Train stations and car parks:The gardens proving beauty can be found anywhere

After decades of photographing the world’s best gardens,Claire Takacs is looking for inspiration in unexpected places.

  • byMegan Backhouse

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Plibersek swamps Victoria on Murray Darling water buybacks

Plibersek swamps Victoria on Murray Darling water buybacks

The federal government will push ahead with unpopular water buybacks from farmers despite Victoria opposing the move in a bid to complete the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

  • byMike Foley
Murray-Darling $13b rescue indefinitely delayed:Plibersek warns states to act now

Murray-Darling $13b rescue indefinitely delayed:Plibersek warns states to act now

The environment minister said the plan would not meet its July 2024 plan to restore the basin as she warned of looming environmental disaster.

  • byMike Foley
‘Would you come here for a weekend? Would you bring your kids?’ Fears lead mine will damage tourism

‘Would you come here for a weekend? Would you bring your kids?’ Fears lead mine will damage tourism

The prospect of a lead mine 30 kilometres outside Mudgee has frightened parents,farmers and winegrowers in the regional hotspot.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Opponents lament tree ‘massacre’ after Sydney’s ritziest golf club reno approved

Opponents lament tree ‘massacre’ after Sydney’s ritziest golf club reno approved

Woollahra Council said it had garnered an additional 300 trees for the site in amended plans rubber-stamped in court on Thursday.

  • byMichael Koziol
Water buybacks remain on agenda to protect Murray-Darling Basin:Plibersek

Water buybacks remain on agenda to protect Murray-Darling Basin:Plibersek

The water minister took a swipe at the Nationals for allowing irrigators to sell their water rights to international buyers,but not the government for Australia’s environmental benefit.

  • byShane Wright
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NSW,Victoria threatening Labor’s Murray-Darling election promise
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NSW,Victoria threatening Labor’s Murray-Darling election promise

Water Minister Tanya Plibersek will be forced into a clash with state ministers this week as NSW and Victoria threaten to derail a key Labor election promise.

  • byMike Foley
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Don’t get blinded by science

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Water scheme beloved by the Nationals would pump $20 billion down the drain

Water scheme beloved by the Nationals would pump $20 billion down the drain

A costing of John Bradfield’s nation-building vision to irrigate Australia’s interior shows the scheme can’t turn a profit even if farmers get water for free.

  • byMike Foley
$1.8 billion plan to help save Murray Darling river system set to fail

$1.8 billion plan to help save Murray Darling river system set to fail

A report predicts rule changes championed by the Nationals spell failure for an environmental initiative the Albanese government promised to deliver.

  • byMike Foley
Queensland mulls Bradfield scheme report as minister damns PM’s pledge

Queensland mulls Bradfield scheme report as minister damns PM’s pledge

The state has been urged to approve a new $5.4 billion dam near Townsville,in a move that has put a key political proponent of an even more ambitious water security plan offside.

  • byMatt Dennien