After Rio Tinto advised that it couldn't clean up the Ranger uranium mine site by 2026, the Albanese government has introduced a Bill that will allow the company to take as long as it needs.
In a new climate action plan, the Minerals Council undertakes to convene an expert panel to advise it on decarbonisation, and says it will consider "aspirational take-up rates" for low-emissions and abatement technologies.
Coalition MPs today issued a report recommending that Australia lift its moratorium on 'new and emerging' nuclear technologies, but Labor MPs said the focus should instead be on finalising a national energy policy.
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill today announced plans for a referendum on whether the state should host a storage facility for international nuclear waste.
Western Australia's EPA has recommended that a proposed uranium mine not proceed because it would threaten the viability of some subterranean fauna species.