Coalition votes with Greens to ditch Morrison-era fee on rubbish shipped overseas

Coalition votes with Greens to ditch Morrison-era fee on rubbish shipped overseas

The removal of the levy could force taxpayers to foot the bill for the cost of administering waste export licences.

  • byMike Foley

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Parliamentary abuse investigations delayed

Parliamentary abuse investigations delayed

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe said a process quirk was re-traumatising alleged victims by forcing them through unnecessary hoops.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Nathan’s grand renovation dream had serious challenges. The answer was 1000km away

Nathan’s grand renovation dream had serious challenges. The answer was 1000km away

The multimillion-dollar Dawes Point home is one of Sydney’s oldest buildings. Its new owners had no idea of the complexities that lay ahead.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Wildlife emergency:Australia prepares for bird flu onslaught

Wildlife emergency:Australia prepares for bird flu onslaught

A deadly strain of bird flu has swept the globe,and Australia is the last uninfected continent. Preparations for the carnage have just begun.

  • byMike Foley
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
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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
Moving pictures tell heartbreaking story

Moving pictures tell heartbreaking story

One day,across a field pockmarked with bomb craters,two parties might walk towards each other in tears and embrace,remembering all those lost on both sides in a stupid,pointless,unwinnable war. I wait for that day.

Nature positive? How about we stop being nature negative first

Nature positive? How about we stop being nature negative first

Commonwealth subsidies that harm biodiversity are estimated to be $26.3 billion a year. Removing or reducing these subsidies is an economic imperative – and required by international treaty.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Antisemitism should not be welcome here

Antisemitism should not be welcome here

The stain of racist inhumanity on our country is reflected in the historically barbarous treatment of our Aboriginal population.

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