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The former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel says the government should axe its proposal to allow the environment minister to make decisions in breach of national…

The Albanese government is overhauling national environment laws. It wants its changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act rushed through parliament before the…

Victoria’s Healesville Sanctuary is helping to protect and restore the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot which is predicted to be extinct within five years.With only 50 known…

Hate crimes have long been debated in Australia, but the war in Gaza and the rise in reports of antisemitism and Islamophobia have thrust the laws…

Ministers may have breached privacy laws when they suspended the child benefit of thousands of families on the basis of flawed Home Office information, legal experts…

The former Treasury secretary Ken Henry says “a conga line of developers” would lobby the environment minister for special carve outs unless the Albanese government clarifies…

Matt Kean has scolded the federal Coalition for “playing politics rather than acting in the national interest” on new nature laws, adding to the political and…

The environment minister would be able to approve projects at odds with nature laws if it was deemed in the “national interest” under the Albanese government’s…

The Coalition wants to break reforms of the federal environment protection regime in two, prioritising measures to fast-track projects while likely further delaying protections for nature.The…

The Albanese government wants the power to strip companies of any financial gains made from breaking environment laws, as part of a package of landmark reforms…