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'Complete elation' greeted Plibersek's big plans to protect nature - but hurdles litter the path

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has announced a much-anticipated overhaul of Australia’s national environment law. The plan is rich with welcome new policies – but the path to change is littered with hurdles.

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Labor’s proposal to fix broken environmental protection system comes with big question marks

To succeed, the EPA will need to be truly independent and be given funding and powers to enforce the law across Australia

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David Pocock and the Greens welcome Labor’s environmental reforms but push for more urgent action

Crossbench say government’s response ‘moving in the right direction’ but lacks aspects such as a climate trigger and a pause on logging

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Developments to face independent umpire

Labor has detailed how it will fix Australia's nature laws with green groups welcoming moves to shift development decisions to an independent adjudicator.

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Labor to respond to review of nature laws

The environment minister is about to tell Australians how she'll fix laws that have failed the nation's ailing environment, two years on from a major review.

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‘Tangled mess of inaction’: hundreds of threatened species recovery plans expiring in next six months

Growing list facing extinction and underresourcing of conservation means plans have not been updated

The Guardian - AU

Our environmental responses are often piecemeal and ineffective. Next week's wellbeing budget is a chance to act

Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ federal budget next week will for the first time include a section on wellbeing, which aims to measure how well Australians are doing in life.

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The Greens' climate trigger policy could become law. Experts explain how it could help cut emissions – and why we should be cautious

Australia’s freshly elected parliament is hashing out the details of Labor’s Climate Change Bill, which would enshrine an emissions reduction target into federal law. The Greens have the numbers to block the bill in the Senate, and are likely to seek concessions from Labor in return for their support.

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Anthony Albanese rules out banning fossil fuel projects, citing risk to Australian economy

PM says if Australia didn’t export coal there would be ‘replacement coal from other countries that’s likely to produce higher emissions’

The Guardian - AU

David Pocock calls for ‘climate trigger’ in environment laws ahead of new parliament opening

Labor will rely on the Greens and independents to pass its 43% emissions reduction target but independents say there’s a mandate for a bigger goal

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Grassroots push to include climate change in Labor’s revamp of national conservation laws

Party’s environmental action group says emissions must be considered during development approvals process

The Guardian - AU

A penguin farm in the Australian desert: a thought experiment that reveals the flaws our in environment laws

Imagine this fictitious scenario. The federal environment minister announces government approval for a large-scale penguin farm near Alice Springs. It will produce 300,000 penguins each year for the high-end feather market in Europe.

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Labor won't overhaul environment laws until next year. Here are 5 easy wins it could aim for now

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week acknowledged the grave state of Australia’s environment and pledged new laws to go before parliament next year.

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Documents reveal extent of Uber’s lobbying of Daniel Andrews’ government to legalise its operation in Victoria

Documents show how Uber sought to influence key players in the Andrews government and launched an ‘aggressive’ campaign against the taxi industry

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The dire state of the environment report is a major challenge for Labor – and an opportunity

A true picture of how bad things have become emerges from the report, but with 2,000 pages of convincing evidence, change is possible

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'Bad and getting worse': Labor promises law reform for Australia's environment. Here's what you need to know

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek acknowledges “it’s time to change” after the State of the Environment report revealed a bleak picture of Australia’s natural places.

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek pledges new environment laws to end years of ‘wilful neglect’ by Coalition

Minister says legislation will go before parliament next year and confirms bid to protect 30% of land by 2030 as she launches state of the environment report

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The Uber files: firm knew it launched illegally in Australia, then leaned on governments to change the law

Exclusive: company acknowledged in documents leaked to the Guardian it had used ‘hyper-aggressive tactics’ in global expansion

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Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it's good science

Floods, fires and droughts in Australia devastate lives, destroy wildlife and damage property. These disasters also cost billions of dollars through loss of agricultural and economic productivity, environmental vitality and costs to mental health. People are looking for long-term solutions from politicians and researchers.

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Environment report Coalition didn’t release paints ‘damning story of neglect’, Tanya Plibersek says

Minister will release five-yearly report which she says details ‘alarming story’ of native species extinction and cultural heritage loss

The Guardian - AU

Environment to-do list: five ministerial priorities for Tanya Plibersek

Australia’s new minister faces difficult challenges fixing laws, creating an EPA and curbing an extinction crisis

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Labor to set up independent environmental protection agency and restore ‘trust and confidence’

Proposed EPA to collect data on the plight of the country’s wildlife as Labor commits to global biodiversity targets

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I want my vote to count for nature: how do the major parties stack up?

The animals and plants at risk of extinction finally made it onto the political agenda last week, as Labor and the Greens launched biodiversity policies ahead of the federal election.

The Guardian - AU

Labor pledges millions in funding to protect threatened species and Great Barrier Reef

Opposition says it will also provide a response to the Samuel review into Australia’s national environmental laws

The Guardian - AU

Missing in action: five issues the major parties are avoiding in the 2022 federal election

Key areas such as conservation, the arts, science and education have been neglected in a narrowly focused campaign

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