The Information Commissioner has ruled against an environment group that sought federal documents on the compatibility of NSW's major projects biodiversity offsets policy with EPBC Act requirements.
A farmer who shot an environmental officer in the back and killed him has shown no remorse and should be jailed for 35 years, the NSW Supreme Court ruled today.
Too many states have a lax approach to biodiversity offsetting and that is partly why legislative reform is proving so difficult, according to conservation expert Hugh Possingham.