New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that ten years after gas exports from Queensland began, most of the companies involved have never paid a cent in company tax.

Fire in black sheoak forest of East Gippsland would destroy the birds’ food supply, conservationist says

Despite doubts about the economics of green hydrogen and Donald Trump’s aversion to clean energy, Andrew Forrest isn’t ready to back down on his dream.

Karst Kreun hopes to plant 90,000 native trees and shrubs on a Mansfield property to restore the land ‘to what it was 200 years ago’ Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Three and a half years ago, Karst Kreun bought 60 hectares (150 acres) of land by Mount Buller in memory of his late wife, Lindy. Located in Mansfield in Victoria’s north-east, the property, named “Karlindy” after his wife, had been used for generations for intense farming and seed production. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading...

The Whalers Way Orbital Launch complex is another step closer to operation as federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek gives the green light to the project.

On the eve of Cop29 in Baku, António Guterres says dangers are underestimated as irreversible tipping points near The world is still underestimating the risk of catastrophic climate breakdown and ecosystem collapse, the UN secretary general has warned in the run-up to Cop29, acknowledging that the rise in global heating is on course to soar past 1.5C (2.7F) over pre-industrial levels in the coming years. Humanity is approaching potentially irreversible tipping points such as the collapse of the Amazon rainforest and the Greenland ice sheet as global temperatures rise, António Guterres has said, warning that governments are not making the deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions needed to limit warming to safe levels. Continue reading...