Concurrence from the Minister for the Environment will be required for state significant development or state significant infrastructure projects where conditions other than the requirement for the full number and type of credits to be met are proposed.
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Some GPs offering patchy protection
The federal government should overhaul the way general practice is funded, to provide more money to GPs in poorer areas with more disadvantaged patients. This would enable those GPs to spend more time with patients to explain and promote vaccination.
Neo-colonial traumas run deep on contested land
First Nations Australia is not homogenous and custodianship is sometimes contested. Here’s a simple explanation of deep divisions over traditional custodianship in one area of NSW.
Koala Foundation Chair calls on PM to repeal outdated Regional Forest Act
RFAs … authorise logging of native forests on public land, private land and possibly even within National Parks, all while bypassing the usual environmental approval processes.
No more fossil fuel handouts – ACF
ACF believes the public should not foot the bill on a technology upgrade for a mine that is seeking approval to extend its operations to 2050.
Jazz legend returns to Sydney Opera House
At 84, legendary artist Herbie Hancock is a living history of popular music across the past seven decades; a sonic pioneer whose innovations shaped everything from jazz and fusion to funk, R&B and electro.
Fish chomper stoppers could help baby corals rehabilitate reefs
The experiments are part of efforts to understand how best to help coral reefs recover from disturbance events like coral bleaching, which can damage and kill corals.
In conversation with Clover Moore
This event will also be the launch of NCC’s new policy platform Clean, Green and Local: Priorities for nature and climate in the 2024 local government elections.
Uncle Robbie Thorpe to test courts on Aboriginal rights and genocide
This case challenges the legal frustrations that have prevented Aboriginal people prosecuting genocide crimes in Australian courts
Farmers welcome carbon capture ban recommendations
Farmers for Climate Action has welcomed strong recommendations from the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee on carbon capture and storage, following US coal giant Glencore’s attempt to store coal waste underground in the Great Artesian Basin. The Great Artesian Basin or GAB is the largest and deepest artesian basin […]