Australia’s first climate case to reach the High Court will be heard next week, in a landmark legal battle that could reshape how fossil fuel projects are approved nationwide. MACH Energy is challenging last year’s NSW Court of Appeal ruling that sided with an Upper Hunter community group.
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The Australian Government is getting less money from our gas exports than Japan is. How can this be?
Every time tougher taxes on gas giants are proposed, the gas industry warns companies will flee overseas. But as Larissa Waters pointed out on the Follow The Money podcast, Norway hiked taxes on oil and gas companies decades ago — and the industry is still booming.
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If anything, the more generous a country is to foreigners, the more it usually provides for its own people.
Labor has announced a new gas reservation policy that will require energy giants to set aside 20 per cent of exports for the east-coast domestic market from July next year. With the announcement of this policy, the Albanese government has been accused of “caving” to the gas lobby and offering a “half-baked” solution to avoid mounting pressure for a 25 per cent export tax.
The problem is, that the ABC article was not based on data from the Department of Social Services. Rather, it was based on research compiled for a life insurers lobby group, whose board are all CEOs of insurance companies.
The current policy benefits insurers, not young people. But it hasn't always been this way.
Protesters highlighted the significant risks posed to Scott Reef and marine ecosystems, as Woodside comes under pressure over the Browse project’s emissions and costs, as well as its appearance at a Senate inquiry into gas taxation.
An inaugural member of the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s (NACC) leadership team has resigned. Deputy Commissioner Nicole Rose will finish her role at the NACC later this month, before taking a period of leave and relocating overseas.
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Australia’s win against tobacco shows that we can solve big public health problems. But there are other health epidemics that we’re way behind on. When it comes to obesity – a major risk factor in many health problems – Australia is in the top five nations.
Around 600,000 of Australia’s teenage gamblers are aged just 12-17 years old, which is enough to fill the MCG six times over.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released its first annual “human rights health check” to track Australia’s progress in protecting human rights and highlight persistent gaps. The 2026 assessment cautioned that “global and local trends are eroding democracy” and said Australia lacks adequate safeguards to respond to the challenges.
