Police to carry long-arm rifles at final Ashes Test in Sydney amid heightened security after Bondi attack | Bondi beach terror attack

Police to carry long-arm rifles at final Ashes Test in Sydney amid heightened security after Bondi attack | Bondi beach terror attack

Police will carry long-arm rifles at the final Ashes Test in Sydney as police presence continues to be heightened after the Bondi terror attack. New South Wales police said public order and riot squad officers would carry the weapons at the fifth and final Ashes Test, which starts on Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground […]

Australia news live: gas company reaches final sign-off for Beetaloo fracking project; Mark Butler to meet state health ministers over funding standoff | Australia news

Australia news live: gas company reaches final sign-off for Beetaloo fracking project; Mark Butler to meet state health ministers over funding standoff | Australia news

Beetaloo Energy reaches final sign-off for NT fracking project Beetaloo Energy, a gas company operating in the NT’s Beetaloo basin, said it has reached a final investment decision (a developer’s formal approval to proceed with a specific project) for its Carpentaria fracking project after the Northern Territory government recently signed an agreement to see gas […]

Minister to retain final say on controversial projects under Labor’s long-awaited nature laws | Australian politics

Minister to retain final say on controversial projects under Labor’s long-awaited nature laws | Australian politics

The environment minister will still be responsible for approving projects under new federal nature laws, after Labor rebuffed calls for a completely independent watchdog with full decision-making powers. The retention of ministerial decision-making powers satisfies a key demand from the Coalition and industry and is not opposed by the Greens. But it has been criticised […]