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Children's climate change case overturned on appeal as Federal Court dismisses government's 'duty of care'

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley successfully argues she does not have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects.

ABC News

Cruise ship ban to end; nation records 24 Covid deaths – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Coalition to allow some projects, including mining, to bypass federal environmental approvals

Conservationists warn using workaround to speed up decisions will lead to worse outcomes

The Guardian - AU

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Court reverses climate duty of care ruling

Three Federal Court judges have overturned a finding that the Australian government has a duty of care to protect children from harms caused by climate change.

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Fertiliser company urged to halt plans to remove Burrup Peninsula Indigenous rock art

Environment minister Sussan Ley asks Perdaman not to go ahead until a review is carried out after traditional owners raise concerns

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberals to consider fresh preselection plan to avoid federal intervention

State executive set to weigh up push for fast-tracked plebiscites in challenged seats, including those of ministers Sussan Ley and Alex Hawke

The Guardian - AU

Humpback whales removed from Australia’s threatened species list but feeding grounds still at risk

Sussan Ley says number of humpback whales in Australian waters has grown from 1,500 at height of the commercial whaling industry to estimated 40,000

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Commonwealth should consider 'risks' of granting Canberra heritage status

The ACT government is concerned the listing could limit its ability to deliver new, and upgrade old, infrastructure in Canberra.

The Canberra Times

Union calls on PM to apologise for strike comments; 34 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

NSW government drops case against rail workers’ union; Australia closes embassy in Lviv, Ukraine. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberals reject another push to endorse sitting MPs as federal intervention considered

State party again refuses to endorse federal ministers Sussan Ley and Alex Hawke, as well as key moderate Trent Zimmerman

The Guardian - AU

Port Stephens Koala Hospital has questions around 'endangered' listing

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley on Friday announced koala populations in NSW, Queensland and ACT will be listed as "endangered", instead of "vulnerable".

Newcastle Herald

Koalas now considered endangered in NSW, Queensland and the ACT

Environmental groups say the federal government's decision to upgrade koalas from "vulnerable" to "endangered" in three jurisdictions is "grim" but "important".

ABC News

Koala listed as endangered after Australian governments fail to halt its decline

No recovery plan for the Australian marsupial was in place despite it being identified as a requirement nine years ago

The Guardian - AU

Morrison government spends $50 million saving koalas while taking away their homes

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley is reportedly poised to decide whether some koala populations should be listed as endangered, as new research shows her government continues to approve land clearing in koala habitat.

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Newcastle Herald

Snowy Hydro boss says lot more gas plants in pipeline

Green groups have slammed the government for pushing ahead with its new power station.

Newcastle Herald

Ley gives Kurri power plant the green light

Ms Ley and Energy Minister Angus Taylor will be at the plant site outside Kurri Kurri on Monday to announce the approval.

The Guardian - AU

‘A drop in the ocean’: government’s $50m koala pledge won’t tackle root cause of decline

Campaigners say ‘money isn’t the issue’ when there’s no koala recovery plan, while other threatened species receive little funding

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Warring NSW Liberal factions take time out after text leak ahead of last-ditch preselection talks

With Scott Morrison’s threat of a federal intervention now public, the factions are expected to regroup over the weekend

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The Guardian - AU

Scientists dispute Morrison government claim to UN its Great Barrier Reef approach ‘second to none’

Environment minister tells world heritage centre that government investments are ‘strengthening the resilience of the reef’

The Guardian - AU

At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

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ABC News

Great Barrier Reef to receive another $1 billion in funding to save jobs and environment

The Environment Minister is playing down the threat of an "in danger" world heritage listing for the Great Barrier Reef, saying it can be seen "from outer space, but not from an office in Paris".

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