Two rivals from the Sydney left slugging it out on environment policy is not an edifying spectacle. We could sit by as mere spectators if it wasn’t so serious. Albo’s visceral loathing of the Greens as well as his reticence to give Plibersek a ‘win’ is highly problematic.
From: Maelor Himbury <M.Himbury@acfonline.org.au>
Date: 17 September 2024 at 8:51:52 AM GMT+10
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Subject: Daily Links Sep 17
Date: 17 September 2024 at 8:51:52 AM GMT+10
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Daily Links Sep 17
Post of the Day
Leah Schinasim and Jaime Madrigano
The discourse on climate resilience must include affordable housing policy solutions.
On This Day
Daslakshana ends – Jainism
Climate Change
A group of young plaintiffs is asking the Supreme Court to allow their climate lawsuit against the federal government to proceed after lower courts dismissed it.
Ajit Niranjan
Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world is
First Dog on the Moon
Is there anything climate change cannot do?!
National
Plibersek flouts Senate orders on McPhillamys ruling
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has refused to shed more light on her controversial decision to block a Regis Resources gold mine near Orange in New South Wales.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has refused to shed more light on her controversial decision to block a Regis Resources gold mine near Orange in New South Wales.
Labor and the Greens are still hashing out whether to include a “climate trigger” that would see proposed resources projects barred if they emit too much atmospheric pollution in the Environmental Protection Authority legislation.
Anthony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek are at odds over Labor’s Nature Positive laws, with the Environment Minister signalling a deal with the Greens is still on the table despite the Prime Minister effectively ruling it out.
Woolworths wants to sell beef that hasn’t been produced on farms that take part in “deforestation” – but no one can agree on the definition.
Benjamin Clark
These eyesores are the product of a system built to appease NIMBYs.
Adam Morton
There have been moments of modest progress, but the Albanese government has not lived up to its early rhetoric
Zoe Daniel
The green transition starts in households. If you don’t think that’s true, then you have not thought about it enough.
AFR editorial
Anthony Albanese has overruled Tanya Plibersek on a deal with the Greens because he doesn’t want to hang a lantern over what a Labor-Greens minority government might entail for the mining industry, especially in WA.
Simon Holmes à Court
Australia can graduate from a ‘dig it up and ship it out’ quarry to a leader in the global transition to clean energy. Our vast array of minerals-in-high-demand processed with our low-cost clean energy can secure prosperity for generations of Australians.
New South Wales
Independent tests near Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains show contamination at far higher levels than the government has admitted.
Confidential documents show NSW’s transport agency plans to make the changes on October 20, several weeks after a busy rail line is shut for at least a year.
Calla Wahlquist
Cultural protection order has been framed as a push to curry favour with inner-city seats, ignoring grassroots campaigns from Indigenous and non-Indigenous locals
ACT
Wallaroo residents have vowed to legally challenge the NSW Independent Planning Commission’s approval last week of the controversial solar farm on the north-west border of the ACT.
Queensland
Anyone who has worked in a coal mine is entitled to free black lung testing without a referral, but those who handle coal through the ports and rail network face a more arduous process.
South Australia
SA’s $593 million hydrogen power plant is under fire with critics claiming there’s no data showing it will help with skyrocketing electricity bills.
Northern Territory
A company’s legal challenge to the cessation of a lease over the Jabiluka uranium mine will have one more opponent after a judge allowed the area’s Traditional Owners to participate.
Mirarr Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory are disappointed at comments from Energy Resources Australia bosses they say undermine their cultural authority.
Anindilyakwa Land Council chief executive Mark Hewitt drove the independent reviewer employed by the federal government to investigate the land council around Groote Eylandt during the investigation, the itinerary for the trip shows, while traditional owners claim Mr Hewitt was also present while board members gave evidence to the investigator.
Sustainability
A Chicago court ruled that Trump Tower violated environmental laws by polluting the Chicago River without permits and killing thousands of fish through its HVAC system
Cities such as Zurich and Dublin found to have key services accessible within 15 minutes for more than 95% of residents
Nature Conservation
Soaring sea temperatures have made the celebrated gastropod lethargic and infertile, so scientists are helping the threatened species to reproduce
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