Concerted global action on climate change is necessary to prevent continued deterioration of the Great Barrier Reef, acknowledges a federal government report released today.
The company responsible for one of Australia's worst oil spills yesterday failed to convince the Federal Court that a seaweed farmer should not be allowed to say his crops had been affected by oil.
Labor's Terri Butler will lead the Opposition's scrutiny of four Morrison government politicians in her new role as shadow environment and water minister.
The Northern Territory government is resisting potential changes to the EPBC Act's 'water trigger' that would result in all shale gas projects being assessed under the federal law.
A new form of environmental credit could play an important role in improving Great Barrier Reef water quality and expanding the reach of carbon credit projects in Queensland.