Environmental Policy

At the eleventh hour, Labor has done a deal with The Greens to overhaul Australia's 40 year old environmental laws. Former Treasury Secretary, now chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, Ken Henry welcomes the deal and joins The Business to discuss.

In his deal with the Greens, Environment Minister Murray Watt has just scraped off one of the biggest barnacles clinging to parliament. 

The government has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul Australia environmental laws, sparking concerns for the future of Tasmania's native logging industry.

Major housing, renewables and mining projects often get bogged down for years by Australia's aging environment laws. Now a deal to rewrite them could change that.

Chris Bowen is the Minister for Climate Change and Energy and he speaks to Sarah Ferguson about keeping energy prices down.     

Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.

For months, people in remote Indigenous communities have been reporting skin rashes after going in the water, and a report confirms something is wrong with the river.

With federal parliament sitting for the last time this year, the federal government is eager to land a deal on its changes to environment laws. Jacob Greber reports. 

Bran Black is the Chief Executive of the Business Council. Today, he was in Canberra for a briefing on the new legislation and he speaks to Sarah Ferguson.

As politicians converge on Canberra for the last time this year, Labor is determined to pass its environment law reform and insists it will work with either the Coalition or the Greens to do so.

The ABC has been told the federal government is willing to ensure native forestry complies with tougher new standards within three years if the Greens back the reforms. 

British authorities are scrambling to work out how an estimated 100 tonnes of garbage could be dumped in plane sight, and they're looking to the underworld for answers.

Adelaide's stormwater network has been discharging high loads of sediment into the Gulf of St Vincent for decades, killing off seagrasses that are a key defence against blooms of the kind wreaking havoc in South Australia.

The opposition has identified seven key areas where change would be required for the Coalition to support Labor's proposed reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

The company was sentenced to pay the fine, with the chief executive also given a $60,000 penalty as well as payment of court costs for the environmental breach. 

The federal inquiry into "forever chemicals" has asked the federal government to review its health advice on PFAS in light of the growing international consensus of its health risks.

A $300 million multi-user supply base is set to be built on Cockatoo Island, off the northern West Australian coast.

The Liberals in two big Australian states are realigning themselves — shifting to what Sussan Ley once described as the sensible centre.

The next few days are viewed as critical to landing a deal on the proposed reforms to update the EPBC Act, amid hopes the Liberals will be more motivated to bolster their environmental credentials after ditching net zero.

The City of Bunbury and Shire of Harvey agree to contribute up to $1 million each to remove contaminated organic waste that caused the closure of a regional three-bin waste system. 

The decision brings the party closer to the Nationals, which ditched its support for the target earlier this month amid internal turmoil over the Coalition's policy.