Environment

With an election pending and Queensland’s LNP and ALP both rusted on supporters of coal production, the Barrier Reef’s future could now hang on a Federal Court challenge.

The government spent billions buying water from farmers to save the Murray-Darling, but there’s now a push to sell water back.

As the government walks away from pricing carbon and dismantles climate initiatives, it reveals itself as our most radical in decades.

Australia’s Future Fund invests in nuclear weapons development and our banks are happy to provide capital as well.

The average punter knows very little about logging in Victoria. Perhaps even fewer realise it could drive the state’s animal emblem out of existence.

While the Greens fight over relevance, the movement from which they were born is going professional.

By extending a lifeline to Direct Action, independent senator Nick Xenophon may yet sneak in a carbon price.

Protesters at the People’s Climate March in Melbourne found themselves being sold superannuation. Organisers say the movement needs to embrace a corporate presence to effect real change.

As Tasmania lags behind Australia, Eric Abetz is reigniting old battles.

Generational farmers are preparing to stand their ground as BHP and China Shenhua Energy seek to mine coal in some of the nation’s richest agricultural land, on the NSW Liverpool Plains.