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Triple-zero text function could be piloted after outage

Liberal senator Sarah Henderson asked an inquiry why text-to-triple-zero had not been implemented in Australia as a solution after a fatal outage last year.

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'Gaslit': government under fire over algal bloom claims

A government's sustained denials that a harmful algal bloom was toxic have been proven wrong and there must be an inquiry, the Liberals and Greens say.

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Palestinian author lashes 'racist' festival axing

Randa Abdel-Fattah has opened up on her cancellation from Adelaide Writers' Week in a wide-ranging conversation with former festival director Louise Adler.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’

The Greens have suffered a year of significant setbacks. The election saw their numbers go backwards, losing three of their four lower house seats, then one of their senators, Dorinda Cox, defected to Labor.

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Labor strikes deal with Greens on nature laws overhaul amid criticism ‘dirty deal’ being ‘rammed through’

Deal to rewrite the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks end to five-year struggle to fix broken system

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Environment reforms to pass after Labor-Greens deal

The first major changes in decades to Australia's long-criticised environment laws aim to better protect natural sites and speed up project approvals.

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Labor to rule out controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for coal and gas if Greens back nature laws

Exclusive: Concession follows fierce criticism of the workaround but may not be enough to convince minor party

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Response 'far too slow' to combat algal gloom crisis

An inquiry has condemned the government response to a devastating algal bloom and called for a federal plan to tackle climate-induced ecological disasters.

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Greens prepare to tear environment reforms 'to shreds'

Hopes for quick Senate passage of sweeping environment reforms appear set to be dashed with the Greens claiming they have been written for "big business".

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Powerbroker calls on Liberals, Greens to back reforms

A Labor premier who helped obstruct a previous attempt at environmental reform is now calling on the Greens and coalition to get behind revised laws.

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View from The Hill: Nationals dump net zero – say Australia shouldn’t cut emissions faster than comparable countries

Once again, the Nationals have got out in front of the Liberals on a key issue, this time net zero, announcing on Sunday they were dumping their commitment to it.

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Tech giants agree to teen ban but give dark warning

The most powerful tech giants will abide by Australia's ban on children under the age of 16 despite arguing it risks undermining confidence in the rules.

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Bark stripped off Labor's landmark environmental reform

Landmark environmental reforms could be dead on arrival, having won no friends from climate activists or those who want mining projects fast-tracked.

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Free phones for some in Samsung triple-zero 'debacle'

Some Samsung phone users with old mobiles will get free replacements after triple-zero glitches, but not everyone will be so lucky.

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Nature reforms all at sea as Libs, Greens play hardball

Big changes to Australia's environment laws are coming under fierce criticism as the government tries to chart a pathway through parliament for the overhaul.

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Greens say Labor’s nature laws revamp ‘worse than status quo’ with climate impact of fossil fuel projects overlooked

Private briefings confirm how Labor intends to deal with some contentious elements of rewritten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Google won’t reveal if it is lobbying Trump about YouTube’s inclusion in Australia’s under-16s ban

Company tells Senate inquiry ban will be ‘extremely difficult to enforce’, will have ‘unintended consequences’ and won’t make children safer

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Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remark

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Afternoon Update: PM backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan; festivalgoer’s legal win after strip-search; and a night out in Sydney’s coolest suburb

The Australian government says the 20-point peace plan leaves the door open to a two-state solution

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Bob Katter in strife for threatening to punch reporter

The tirade of threats Bob Katter unleashed on a TV reporter has landed him in the parliamentary doghouse, with a standards committee asked to investigate.

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Glamour in the nation's capital as pollies show out

Australia's politicians, corporate powerhouses, the media and celebrities are descending on Canberra decked out in their finest frocks and tuxes.

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‘We’re watching it get worse all the time’: as fish vanish in SA’s algal bloom, livelihoods are also at stake

For fishing communities along the South Australian coast where an algal bloom has devastated marine life, the impact of the disaster is emotional as well as financial

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Senate to hold SA algal bloom inquiry as Greens warn ‘Adelaide beaches today could be Bondi tomorrow’

Inquiry to look into water quality, tourism, ecosystem health, Indigenous communities, fishing, and responses of state and federal governments

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SA algae crisis ‘incredibly disturbing’ but federal government won’t declare natural disaster, Watt says

Greens’ Sarah Hanson-Young warns $14m in federal funding ‘nowhere near’ enough to support South Australian communities reeling from toxic algal bloom covering coast

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Political leaders 'passing the buck' on algae crisis

The federal environment department has sent representatives to investigate South Australia's algal bloom crisis as leaders face criticism for their response.

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