Startling revelations/media reports that Queensland Shadow Minister for the Environment, Stephen Bennett, leaked information about new environmental laws to the Queensland Resources Council raise serious questions about the influence of mining over the State's Opposition.
QLD LNP returns to Newman-era special treatment for mining industry
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Read MoreMedia release: New high level push to give communities the right to challenge big, environmentally destructive projects
April 16, 2024
Enshrining communities’ right to challenge the merits of large, environmentally destructive projects in law would drastically improve integrity in decision making, restore the public’s faith in a broken system, and lead to better outcomes for nature, according to a groundbreaking new expert report.
Read moreAlbanese Government shelves environment reform as disaster strikes coral reefs globally
April 16, 2024
National organisations representing hundreds of thousands of Australians that want Australia’s natural environment protected from the ravages of climate change are dismayed after the Albanese Government said it was delaying substantive national environment law reform. The news comes just as it is revealed today...
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