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