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resources December 6, 2025
Watt reforms leave door wide open to environmental carnage
ANALYSIS: Murray Watt’s environmental reforms will do little to protect the environment and a lot to benefit big business.
international relations November 29, 2025
Australia’s crude Russian oil secret
A shadowy network of ‘dark fleets’ is allowing Russia’s oil export market to escape sanction and threatens to undo any of the good Australia has done in supplying military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
environment November 22, 2025
Starvation threatens koalas on French Island
Starvation now threatens one of Australia’s few disease-free koala populations due to a lack of habitat, as wildlife rescue volunteers are overwhelmed with calls for help.
environment November 22, 2025
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
science November 15, 2025
As governments meet for COP30 in Brazil, the debate about the continuance of fossil fuels as a worldwide energy source threatens the very heart of the Paris Agreement.
environment November 8, 2025
Inside Labor’s plan to tax EVs
Labor’s plan to tax electric vehicles has stalled on the conflicting goals of budget repair and emissions reduction.
environment November 1, 2025
Watt’s race to environment law reform
Environment Minister Murray Watt tells The Saturday Paper he is convinced his reforms will pass before the end of the year, although the Greens and the Coalition are both wary of supporting them in their current form.
environment October 25, 2025
Labor’s environmental reform racket
Labor is hoping to push through its environmental reforms next week, seeking to pass them without revealing the national environmental standards on which they would depend.
environment October 18, 2025
How the fossil fuel lobby captured a landmark Labor policy
The federal government’s Future Gas Strategy, which backs extending production through to 2050 and beyond, is based on contested EY research commissioned by Australian Energy Producers.
environment October 11, 2025
Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals
The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.
environment October 4, 2025
News Corp and Advance called to misinformation inquiry
The Senate inquiry into climate misinformation invited both News Corp and Advance to its hearings – senators have received 5000 emails from Advance supporters, telling them to back off.
