Two new federal government reports conclude special EPBC approval requirements that apply to coal seam gas projects and large coal mines have delivered important benefits.
In a new Senate report, Labor senators have avoided backing a recommendation by the Greens and Senator Nick Xenophon to ban oil and gas drilling in the Great Australian Bight.
A Glencore zinc and lead mine plagued by smouldering rock dumps releasing plumes of sulphur dioxide and contaminated water seepages has revealed new management plans.
A community group has failed to overturn a lower court ruling that Santos didn't need approval for a water treatment plant linked to its coal seam gas exploration activities.