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Murray-Darling Basin plan on the brink after NSW says it cannot meet water savings deadline

Failure infuriates other states and may force Tanya Plibersek to impose highly controversial buybacks

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2022

Rescue effort under way after some 230 whales beached in Tasmania

Latest mass stranding of whale pod comes just day after 14 sperm whales were found beached off Tasmania’s King Island.

Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2022

Federal government approves New South Wales water resource plan in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

In a major step for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, federal water minister Tanya Plibersek approves the first plan for how New South Wales will share water in the river system.

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022

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‘Green Wall Street’ in Australia won’t save the planet. Markets value profits, not platypuses

If we’re serious about protecting endangered species, we must protect what’s left of their habitat, not ask the market to set a price for destroying it

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2022

Probe into industry effects on WA rock art

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has granted a request for an independent consultant to assess the effects of industry on ancient West Australian rock art.

AAP · Sep 14, 2022

Minister appoints independent consultant to investigate millennia-old rock art on WA's Burrup Peninsula

One of Australia's key industrial areas is set to go under the spotlight, after the government appointed a reporter to look into traditional owners' claims significant Aboriginal sites are being threatened by continued development.

ABC News · Sep 14, 2022

Australia launches industry review near ancient rock art

The Australian government has launched a review of industry on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia, a key gas export hub, after concerns were raised by indigenous women about damage to ancient rock art.

Reuters · Sep 14, 2022

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Fail grade for Australia on saving species

Efforts to halt the decline of Australia's threatened species are failing dismally, a new report card warns on National Threatened Species Day.

AAP · Sep 6, 2022

Coalmine expansion approved for Hunter region would cause almost 1bn tonnes of emissions

Future of Mount Pleasant project to be decided by federal environment and water minister, Tanya Plibersek, but activists say it is ‘reckless’ and should be rejected

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2022

Catastrophe, pollution, dirty subsidies and nature capitalism: another week in the climate crisis

The chance of extreme events is increasing because emissions aren’t slowing down. The hard work to transform the economy has barely begun.

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2022

Tanya Plibersek urged to save Gouldian finches from NT defence development

Conservation group calls on environment minister to reconsider project near Darwin after 100 birds were spotted in bushland marked for clearing

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2022

Tennis or pool with the PM, anyone?

The Midwinter Ball is approaching and a who's who of Canberra's Parliament House are offering themselves up to auction as they hope to raise money for charity.

AAP · Sep 3, 2022

Plan for ‘sea of roofs’ will destroy last koala habitat in western Sydney, critics say

Environment groups call on federal minister to reject NSW government’s ‘deeply flawed’ Cumberland Plain conservation plan

The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2022

Greens call for environment offsets probe as Tanya Plibersek dreams of Australia as ‘green Wall Street’

Push for moratorium on offsets comes as NSW’s scheme found to have no strategy for ensuring protection of environment

The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2022

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ABC News · Aug 31, 2022

'Nature credits' could make Australia the 'Green Wall Street' for the world, Tanya Plibersek says

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek tells a G20 meeting that Australia hopes to create its own "Green Wall Street", where businesses from around the world can come to invest in environmental action. So what does this mean, and what could go wrong?

The Conversation · Aug 26, 2022

Sacred Aboriginal sites are yet again at risk in the Pilbara. But tourism can help protect Australia’s rich cultural heritage

An application from Traditional Owners to block the construction of a fertiliser plant near ancient rock art in the Pilbara was denied by the federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week. This decision is deeply concerning, and points to a much larger problem with Indigenous heritage management.

AAP · Aug 26, 2022

Marine parks in oil, gas exploration area

Conservation groups are stunned by the government's decision to allow oil and gas exploration inside Australian marine parks as it's battling climate change.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

Traditional owners' group initially opposed moving sacred rock carvings in Pilbara, documents show

Documents submitted two months prior to a federal government decision reveal that Aboriginal custodians in Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula warned they were "extremely concerned" a state-heritage approval for a fertiliser plant would put sacred sites at risk.

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AAP · Aug 24, 2022

Regional plans key to environmental rescue

The government says regional plans spanning the country will help fix the isolated decision-making that has contributed to Australia sick environment.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

Perdaman fertiliser plant near ancient rock art gets nod from Plibersek, leaving some 'devastated'

A controversial multi-billion-dollar fertiliser plant will go ahead on the Burrup Peninsula in WA, with some traditional owners fearing it will destroy the world's oldest and largest rock art collection.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2022

Indigenous group says Tanya Plibersek ‘hasn’t done her homework’ on Burrup peninsula fertiliser plant

Save Our Songlines accuses environment minister of ‘false conclusions’ about support for development and says it risks ‘another Juukan Gorge’

AAP · Aug 23, 2022

Green light for contentious WA urea plant

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has rejected an application to pause works on a contentious West Australian fertiliser plant.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

Tanya Plibersek declines to fast-track Senex Energy gas project

Tanya Plibersek knocks back a request to exempt an energy project in southern Queensland from assessment against environmental laws, saying she is "not satisfied" it is in the national interest.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

Plibersek backs Burrup Peninsula fertiliser plant, despite Indigenous heritage concerns

Despite concerns for Aboriginal heritage in the area, the federal government is electing not to intervene in the development of the plant.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2022

Tanya Plibersek backs contentious fertiliser plant on Burrup peninsula

Federal environment minister says Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation supports development despite concerns over impact on culturally important sites

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