The removal of the levy could force taxpayers to foot the bill for the cost of administering waste export licences.
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe said a process quirk was re-traumatising alleged victims by forcing them through unnecessary hoops.
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.
A deadly strain of bird flu has swept the globe,and Australia is the last uninfected continent. Preparations for the carnage have just begun.
The popular pastime could be curtailed to save at-risk native species from extinction.
Wildlife populations have fallen dramatically over the past 50 years. But a new global movement aims to turn that around by 2050.
The government has tripled the size of a marine park surrounding little-known Australian islands that teem with penguins,seals and seabirds.
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.
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.
The stain of racist inhumanity on our country is reflected in the historically barbarous treatment of our Aboriginal population.
The environment minister is fighting back at the criticisms of her political opponents as global green leaders descend on Australia.