Activists block second coal ship from entering Newcastle port at Rising Tide blockade Greenpeace activists have scaled and blocked a second coal ship during the Rising Tide People’s Blockade. Three activists are secured to the anchor chain and sides of the ship, stopping its operations, and have unfurled the five-metre-long banner in a peaceful protest […]
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Australia news live: NSW shark attack victims identified as Swiss tourists; NSW axes heritage protection for brumbies | Australia news
Swiss tourists victims of NSW shark attack The woman who died yesterday after being mauled by a bull shark is believed to be a tourist visiting from Switzerland, officials said this morning. NSW police said the woman, believed to be 25, is yet to be formally identified. A 26-year-old man was also seriously injured in […]
Australia politics live: Labor strikes deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws | Australia news
Breaking: Greens agree to nature laws deal Dan Jervis-Bardy Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws on parliament’s final sitting day of the year, ending a five-year struggle to deliver on Graeme Samuel’s blueprint to fix the broken system. The Greens have agreed to support Labor’s re-write of […]
Australia politics live: Labor optimistic of nature laws deal with Greens; catastrophic fire warning for NSW’s central west | Australian politics
Labor optimistic of nature laws deal with Greens as summer break nears Dan Jervis-Bardy Labor is growing optimistic it can land a deal with the Greens to rush through its signature environment protection laws before parliament suspends for the summer break. The government is desperate to pass legislation to overhaul the Environment Protection and Biodiversity […]
Australia politics live: Labor’s concessions to get Greens and Coalition to back nature laws overhaul revealed | Australian politics
Revealed: Labor’s offer to get Greens to back EPBC overhaul Dan Jervis-Bardy Guardian Australia has obtained the separate sets of concessions that the Albanese government is prepared to make to its nature laws to secure the Greens or the Coalition’s support. The proposed concessions to the Greens, circulated on Tuesday morning, include: Limiting the fast-tracking […]
Australia politics live: new NSW Liberal leader happy to differ from Ley on net zero policy; Watt ‘prepared to compromise’ on nature bill | Australia news
NSW Liberal leader ‘not going to tell my federal colleagues what to do’ on net zero Penry Buckley Returning to the new NSW opposition leader, Kellie Sloane says she is “not going to tell my federal colleagues what to do” on net zero after the state Liberal party voted to back the policy in contrast […]
News live: Darwin hospital roof collapses as Tropical Cyclone Fina brings heavy rains; Australia signs G20 statement backing Paris Agreement | Australia news
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A bit more context on Australia signing the G20 statement backing the Paris agreement from AP wire: World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies broke with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit […]
Australia news live: coroner begins releasing Wieambilla inquest findings saying Trains had ‘undiagnosed and untreated psychotic illness’ | Australia news
Wieambilla police shooting: coroner delivers findings into Train family killings of three people on remote Queensland property Andrew Messenger Queensland state coroner Terry Ryan has begun releasing his findings into how three members of the Train family shot dead two police officers and a neighbour their Wieambilla property nearly three years ago. Officers Rachel McCrow […]
Turkiye to host COP31 climate summit after Australia concedes bid | Climate Crisis News
Australia’s PM says it reaches agreement to host pre-meetings with Pacific nations while Turkiye will host main summit. Turkiye will host next year’s COP31 summit in the city of Antalya, ending a long standoff with Australia over the location of the top United Nations climate meeting. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Thursday morning […]
Australia news live: Malinauskas complains of ‘frankly obscene’ process that ended in Cop31 going to Turkey instead of Adelaide | Australia news
SA premier complains of ‘frankly obscene’ process that ended in Cop31 going to Turkey instead of Adelaide South Australia is where Peter Malinauskas has been speaking about Australia not hosting Cop. He said he fought for it to be held in Adelaide, and after “a couple of years of effort”, SA won the right to […]