Levelling the playing field on school sport

Levelling the playing field on school sport

Participation in school sport gives young children an opportunity to sample a range of activities. Education should be viewed as an investment,not an expenditure.

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Penny knows Neville needs to be locked up,like all the other killers

Penny knows Neville needs to be locked up,like all the other killers

The number of pet cats per household could be capped as Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek prepares a scheme to protect wildlife from domestic and feral felines.

  • byMike Foley andMillie Muroi
Teals show voters want more than mediocrity

Teals show voters want more than mediocrity

The Liberals and their National partners achieved next to nothing during nearly a decade in power,apart from fighting the forces of progress. They turned a $300 million national debt into more than a trillion-dollar debt,and in only eight years oversaw 20 different climate and energy policies,most of which ended up being nothing more than grand announcements.

Plibersek accuses Greens of wooing unions at expense of environment

Plibersek accuses Greens of wooing unions at expense of environment

The Greens have slammed the government’s proposed reforms and are refusing to back a new Environment Protection Agency.

  • byMike Foley
Lies,damned lies and gold mines:What you need to know about the Blayney bunfight
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Lies,damned lies and gold mines:What you need to know about the Blayney bunfight

The McPhillamys mine proposed by Regis Resources has become a political football since Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek decided to block a key part of the project on Indigenous heritage grounds.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
News rivals prove collaboration is key on recycling and environment

News rivals prove collaboration is key on recycling and environment

While competing hard for readers,Australia’s major print news outlets,including Nine and News Corp,have collaborated for years to ensure their product is clean and green.

  • byNick O'Malley
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‘Nonsense’ or ‘rigorous’:Premier and Plibersek in blow-up over $1 billion gold mine

‘Nonsense’ or ‘rigorous’:Premier and Plibersek in blow-up over $1 billion gold mine

Minns has doubled down on his criticism of federal Labor Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek,saying he believed the decision to knock back the proposal had been made in error.

  • byMax Maddison andNick O'Malley
This miner claims Plibersek’s decision sets them back a decade. She says it’s ‘nonsense’

This miner claims Plibersek’s decision sets them back a decade. She says it’s ‘nonsense’

Regis Resources claims that its project in the NSW Central West has been delayed by up to a decade due to a federal decision to veto the location of its tailings dam.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons andMike Foley
Carbon storage sets approval for Woodside’s Browse gas project back to square one
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Carbon storage sets approval for Woodside’s Browse gas project back to square one

Woodside has chased environmental approval for the $30 billion gas export plan for five years but is yet to start the process for a vital part of the project near pristine Scott Reef.

  • byPeter Milne
Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick

Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick

The project to build Australia’s largest solar farm has been approved after collapsing last year due to a rift between billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest.

  • byMike Foley
‘Unacceptable’:Red flag for Woodside’s Browse gas project poses problem for federal government
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‘Unacceptable’:Red flag for Woodside’s Browse gas project poses problem for federal government

Concerns about endangered whales and turtles and the risk of an oil spill near a pristine reef present a major challenge for the federal government.

  • byPeter Milne