Within two years,the environment minister has gone from long-awaited reformer to a deep disappointment for green groups.
The Albanese government is backing away from its pledge to lodge a comprehensive nature protection reform in parliament.
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.
The company behind the Toondah Harbour project will attempt to redesign the marina and apartment complex after being told it posed an unacceptable risk to the environment.
The project – which would have seen the construction of thousands of apartments – has been found to pose an unacceptable risk to “rare,unique and important” wetlands.
Aerial survey results show massive bleaching along the 2300-kilometre ecosystem,which may trigger the announcement of a global event following similar incidents in the northern hemisphere.
Chris Bowen’s goal of meeting Australia’s climate targets by 2030 collides with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s role protecting the ecosystem from large developments.
Australia’s largest environmental legal centre faces an external review after a judge determined it had coached Indigenous witnesses and confected evidence.
The Albanese government faces fresh questions over its climate action after the Great Barrier Reef was hit by its fifth mass bleaching event since 2016.
The latest event in Australia follows mass bleaching in the northern hemisphere,sparking fears of a destructive global event.
In some rare good news for the critically endangered lowland Leadbeater’s possum,conservationists have identified 34 possums in the wild – an increase of 10 possums on the last count.