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Treasurer Scott Morrison is under fire for blocking the sale of NSW electricity assets to China.
Big QLD land clearing banned
The Federal Government has blocked land clearing that may have damaged the Great Barrier Reef.
Farmers fight spill response
Indonesian seaweed farmers are fighting for more than $200 million in compensation after a 2009 oil spill in the Timor Sea.
Rural communities on climate front line
Systemic disadvantages in rural and regional communities will get worse.
Asbestos arrivals reviewed
Federal authorities have reviewed the ways that asbestos-laden products make it into Australia.
Proponents push for steel revival
Supporters are calling for significant federal funds to save Arrium steel.
BP Bight plans highlighted
Sea Shepherd is sending a vessel to fight plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
Call for safer tech cemetaries
The world needs to stop dumping its e-waste on developing nations, experts say.
Coal clean-up could bury QLD
Reports say Queensland taxpayers face a bill of over $3 billion to clean up the state's coal mines.
Tasmanian power plays questioned
Tasmania’s Opposition says businesses are still skittish after the failed sale of...
DAPs backed at AGM
The Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) has voted in favour of development assessment panels (DAP).
CCC review mooted
WA Premier Colin Barnett has hinted at a review of the state’s Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC).
Mine conference sees golden days
Mining bosses say a global climate for fear could be good for gold prices.
Santos' CSG water plan defended
Conservationists have failed in their bid to stop a coal seam gas wastewater treatment project near the Pilliga State Forest.
Council responds to SA power claims
The Climate Council has responded to criticism of South Australia’s renewable energy network.
Mining money makes friendly links
A new report uses six key mining projects to show the cosy and secretive relationships between political parties and the mining industry.
Friendlier fracking on the way
Industrial researchers at CRCMining say they have come up with a safer alternative than gas fracking.
Waste dump planner slammed
Environmentalists have questioned the independence of a key figure in SA’s nuclear waste dump plan.