Arguments by different parties within the Australian Government over the Government’s emission reduction targets. The report includes comments from the Greens Party, the Federal Government, and the National Party.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/16/2447295.htm




Details on how the federal government plans to keep growth and productivity happening in the Australia with its infrastructure package. This is to combat the effects of recession from the global financial crisis.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/12/2445003.htm




Article by Amanda McKenzie, Co-director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, which weighs up ‘action’ against ‘inaction’ on Australia reducing emissions to stop the catastrophic effects of climate change.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/09/2441232.htm




A court order for tree reparation is being proposed on top of a $120,000 fine for a land owner who illegally cleared native vegetation on his property. However the reparation may have to occur elsewhere as the property in question was sold.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2435279.htm




Government study reveals that the alternative meat source from kangaroos is very healthy and low in saturated fat.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/26/2429827.htm




New South Wales’ state government plans to pay households with solar power for any extra unused energy they put back into the power grid.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/24/2427593.htm




A survey of attitudes to the environment has found that Australians are deeply concerned about global warming but are only prepared to change their behaviour in small ways.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/29/2403987.htm




The Federal Government has received a report that claims New South Wales is illegally logging river red gum forests.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/01/2378576.htm




Climate change was the main focus of the Federal Government's Community Cabinet meeting in Newcastle last night.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/30/2377439.htm




Indigenous groups are meeting in Albury in south-west New South Wales this weekend to demand what they call a 'cultural allocation' of water from the Murray River.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/20/2369781.htm




A team of Western Australian researchers say land clearing is leading to more cases of Ross River virus.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358331.htm




A team of Western Australian researchers say land clearing is leading to more cases of Ross River virus.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358331.htm




Tasmania's ban on genetically modified food crops is to continue.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2349017.htm




The Greens are outraged at Federal Government approval for expansion of the Beverley uranium mine in South Australia's far north-east.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2349517.htm




The Federal Government is being urged to analyse Indigenous rock art and oral history more thoroughly to inform future climate change policies.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/22/2344212.htm




Motorists are being urged to reconsider the virtues of car pooling for cutting traffic, fuel costs and improving air quality.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/21/2342585.htm




The Federal Government has moved to ban a large hybrid cat from being imported into Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2323155.htm




The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) says a Federal Government proposal to heritage list 17 million hectares of the Kimberley will deter mining companies from investing in the region.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2323804.htm




Canberra bureaucrats are fighting plans to reform Australia's Freedom of Information laws due to be discussed by Cabinet.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23977811-953,00.html




Significant lifestyle changes across Australia, with people staying home or using alternative transport due to increasing fuel prices.






With energy prices going through the roof, an alternative lifestyle powered by solar panels and wind turbines has suddenly become more appealing to some.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/27/2256670.htm




South-East Queensland residents have maintained their water-saving efforts using an average of 129 litres per person a day.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/23/2254140.htm





The ACT Government has agreed to a yearly cap on the amount of water Canberra extracts from the Murray-Darling Basin.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/23/2254359.htm




Environment groups say the Federal Government should have done more in last night's Budget to speed up the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/14/2244875.htm




News of food price escalation is bringing global carrying capacity for human beings 'front and centre', with food riots all over the world.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/12/2241454.htm




Energy-saving measures in some South Australian schools are to be backed by $1 million of state funding.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/08/2238592.htm





If farmers think they have a tough time producing enough rice, wheat and other grain crops, global warming is going to present a whole new world of challenges in the race to produce more food, scientists say.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/04/2234782.htm




Environmental costs of nuclear power are likely to increase as high-grade uranium becomes harder to find, according to new research that has been challenged by the uranium industry.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/30/2231769.htm




Was the 2020 Summit anything more than a stage-managed attempt by the Federal Government to provide itself with a popular "mandate" to do what it wanted to do anyway?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/29/2229864.htm




Energy Resources Australia looks likely to pursue a second expansion of its Ranger uranium mine within Kakadu National Park amid buoyant demand for yellowcake on world markets.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/22/2224402.htm





The sustainability and climate change topic of the summit will be one of the more closely watched sessions.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/16/2218419.htm




The Queensland Parliament has been told 45 children in the north-west mining town of Mt Isa have elevated lead levels.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/15/2217895.htm




About 20 landholders in southern New South Wales have signed up for a new conservation program to create a wildlife corridor between alpine national parks and the far-south coast.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/13/2215416.htm




Environmental group Planet Ark says the Queensland Government must act on a new report which shows Queensland is consuming its natural resources too quickly.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/12/2215099.htm




Opponents of the Lal Lal wind farm south of Ballarat are expecting the approval process for the project to be extensive and difficult.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/04/2207985.htm





The head of an Aboriginal resource management group says a three-day United Nations talk starting in Darwin this morning will highlight unique problems Indigenous people face with climate change.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/02/2205553.htm





The Queensland Government says pollution charges will remain the lowest in the country even if proposed fee hikes are introduced.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/01/2204784.htm




Tasmania's Education Minister, David Bartlett, says high school students who left class to attend a protest in Hobart today were within their rights.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/01/2205218.htm




The Queensland Water Commission chair Elizabeth Nosworthy has officially declared the drought in the state's south-east corner over by detailing long-range water consumption measures and setting a threshold for when restrictions can be lifted. She said that when dam levels reached 40 per cent, the current level six restrictions will be relaxed.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23194565-11949,00.html




SWEEPING rains across the eastern states have filled dams and reignited debate about when to ease water restrictions. For the second consecutive week, Sydney's water supply has risen by 3per cent, reaching 64 per cent yesterday and prompting the NSW Government to announce restrictions would be reviewed when dam levels reached 70 per cent.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23178253-11949,00.html