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resources April 13, 2019
CSIRO steps back on Adani approval
As Scott Morrison readied to call the election, Melissa Price rushed to give federal approval to Adani’s Carmichael mine, citing support from the CSIRO.
environment April 6, 2019
Labor’s climate change and EV plan
The government was quick to deride Labor’s latest action plan on climate change, particularly its electric vehicle target. Meanwhile, experts, including the NRMA, say the policy didn’t go far enough and that Australia risks falling woefully behind on motoring technology.
environment February 23, 2019
The science of insect population collapse
Amid recent warnings of the mass extinction of insects in the coming decades, the global lack of research into insect populations has come into focus.
resources March 2, 2019
Scott Morrison says his new $3.5 billion climate fund will cut Australia’s emissions, but experts warn he is playing a numbers game that is ‘essentially dishonest’.
resources February 16, 2019
Matt Canavan hijacks native title fight on Adani
While Resources Minister Matt Canavan insists Adani has the full support of the Wangan and Jagalingou people, the legitimacy of a land agreement with the mining giant is the subject of a Federal Court appeal.
environment February 2, 2019
‘Gross negligence’ on Murray-Darling
Murray-Darling Basin royal commissioner Bret Walker, SC, has savaged successive governments and found the basin’s management authority is ‘unwilling or incapable of acting lawfully’.
rural January 26, 2019
Fish kill: What led to the Murray disaster
The death of hundreds of thousands of fish in the Murray-Darling Basin was unprecedented, but it was not without warning.
resources November 17, 2018
As the government pushes to legislate for control of energy prices, retailers blame poor policy for rising bills. Meanwhile, experts say, the market continues to be gamed by energy generators.
resources October 27, 2018
Climate change claims its first mammal extinction
Liberal moderates, corporations and the voters of Wentworth have all called on the Morrison government to act on climate change. But the country’s top scientists say its effects are already wreaking havoc across Australia.
environment October 6, 2018
Fact-checking Morrison on climate change
While Scott Morrison claims Australia will meet its Paris climate targets ‘in a canter’, his government’s own modelling predicts it will fall well short, and he has no climate plan past 2020.
environment September 29, 2018
Exclusive: Morrison set reef grant terms
The terms of Malcolm Turnbull’s $444 million Barrier Reef grant were set by Scott Morrison, who as treasurer insisted the money not go to a Commonwealth agency.
