WA’s environment watchdog stripped of power to assess big polluting projects

WA’s environment watchdog stripped of power to assess big polluting projects

The major change to the Environmental Protection Authority’s remit was included in the state’s new greenhouse gas emissions policy for major projects.

  • byHamish Hastie

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Trout fishing on the hook for threatened species’ survival

Trout fishing on the hook for threatened species’ survival

The popular pastime could be curtailed to save at-risk native species from extinction.

  • byMike Foley
‘Earth is sending out an SOS’:the battle to reverse wildlife losses

‘Earth is sending out an SOS’:the battle to reverse wildlife losses

Wildlife populations have fallen dramatically over the past 50 years. But a new global movement aims to turn that around by 2050.

  • byBianca Hall andNick O'Malley
Half Australia’s oceans to be protected in win for seals,penguins

Half Australia’s oceans to be protected in win for seals,penguins

The government has tripled the size of a marine park surrounding little-known Australian islands that teem with penguins,seals and seabirds.

  • byMike Foley
‘Refugees in their own country’:Starving cockies flood Perth Zoo vets amid food crisis

‘Refugees in their own country’:Starving cockies flood Perth Zoo vets amid food crisis

Perth’s zoo and black cockatoo rehab centres are struggling with emaciated cockatoos after an unprecedented climate event wiped out their remaining food source.

  • byEmma Young
A ‘crazy’ new scheme to save world’s forests

A ‘crazy’ new scheme to save world’s forests

What if stopping deforestation became a money spinner for developing countries?

  • byManuela Andreoni
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Why Tanya Plibersek is ‘absolutely prepared to put the blowtorch on Peter Dutton’

Why Tanya Plibersek is ‘absolutely prepared to put the blowtorch on Peter Dutton’

The environment minister is fighting back at the criticisms of her political opponents as global green leaders descend on Australia.

  • byMike Foley andNick O'Malley
‘They’re an idiot’:Mayor lashes those behind Perth park tree carnage
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‘They’re an idiot’:Mayor lashes those behind Perth park tree carnage

Over the past two years,56 trees planted in four separate occasions at a park in Ocean Reef have been poisoned or cut.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
New environmental watchdog boss lifts lid on WA Labor’s cash-for-access forums

New environmental watchdog boss lifts lid on WA Labor’s cash-for-access forums

In defending his independence and suitability for the new role and JBS&G’s donations Darren Walsh revealed why many WA businesses like Labor’s Business Roundtable.

  • byHamish Hastie
We surveyed your local election candidates. See what they really think

We surveyed your local election candidates. See what they really think

Use our interactive to find out which key issues candidates across 31 councils in Greater Melbourne say they will back if elected.

  • byCara Waters,Rachael Dexter andNathanael Scott
This review could shape the future of WA’s environment laws. So,were any green groups consulted?
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This review could shape the future of WA’s environment laws. So,were any green groups consulted?

Questions have been raised over whether any input from environmental organisations found its way into an important review that will shape the future of WA’s environmental protection regime.

  • byHamish Hastie