Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek insists she is still in talks over the Government’s planned environmental watchdog despite the Opposition warning there has been ‘stunning silence’ on the legislation.
Katina Curtis
Tanya Plibersek has lashed out at the Greens over her compromise on a new environmental protection watchdog while holding out hope the laws can pass in the next fortnight with backing from the Coalition.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is speaking with the Opposition as well as the Greens on laws to establish a new federal EPA.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Resources Minister Madeleine King will tweak new laws aimed at reducing ‘lawfare’ over offshore gas projects to clarify that two ministers will jointly approve changes to consultation processes.
The Federal Government is under pressure to expand its probe of the Environmental Defenders Office amid fresh allegations of ‘witness coaching’.
The Federal Government is examining whether the Environmental Defenders Office misused taxpayer money, after it manipulated Aboriginal evidence against Santos’ Barossa gas project.
Adrian Rauso
When the REDcycle soft plastic scheme collapsed last year, it came as a shock to all of us.
Tanya Plibersek
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has described Australia’s environment as a ‘difficult, confronting and sometimes depressing story’ while unleashing on the former government for ignoring ‘urgent warnings’.
Kimberley Caines
Senior Labor MP Tanya Plibersek has reaffirmed her commitment to the party’s leader Anthony Albanese in their first public appearance together after speculation of a fracture.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has brushed off speculation about her absence from the party’s official campaign launch in Perth as a ‘storm in a teacup’.
Peter Law
Federal Opposition frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has blamed the Prime Minister for the country’s COVID woes, saying his ‘failures on the vaccine rollout’ had put millions of Australians into lockdown.
Anthony Albanese’s leadership of the ALP has come under pressure after a union-commissioned poll revealed the party faced losing two seats in its coal mining political heartland at the next election.
The Government’s contentious Job-Ready Graduates Bill — which will allow for the doubling of some university courses — has passed the Senate. But it’s come with a warning from the opposition.
Sarah Ison
Divisive slogans attacking “the top of town”, an unclear message on coal mining, and the franking credits policy are being blamed by Labor for the party’s spectacular election loss.
Annabel Hennessy
Deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek has ruled herself out of the leadership of the Australian Labor Party, saying now was not her time.
David Johns
