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Factcheck: Do the tax claims of the mining lobby stack up?
Australia’s main mining lobby group, the Minerals Council of Australia, has been running ads that say the mining industry paid $59 billion in tax in 2023-24, and that this is more tax paid than every other industry combined
Fact check: Is NSW going to have blackouts?
The claim: “Blackout risk: Grid ‘not ready’ for coal plant closures, solar surge”
Explainer: What’s wrong with the environment law reboot?
The Federal Government has passed reforms to federal environment laws with amendments from the Greens. The amendments have improvements in relation to native forest logging, illegal landclearing and fossil fuel projects, but there are still plenty of problems.
Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines
One of the big announcements at last week’s UN climate talks in Brazil was that the South Korean Government has committed to phasing out coal-fired power by 2040.
