Decision to come on controversial mining lease

A trio of judges will soon deliver a decision over a controversial mining lease that protesters say was made only to block them from a key access road in the Tarkine, where their concerted protest against a proposed tailings dam continues to unfold.

Fire authorities are warning up to 80% of the Northern Territory could burn this fire season - which is why dozens of Indigenous ranger groups across 12 Indigenous Protected Areas have been hard at work in an unprecedented collaboration to reduce the fuel load before summer.

And in a new report, the UN Child Rights Committee says that climate change is affecting children's rights to life, survival and development - in doing so outlining new guidelines for UN countries to follow in protecting children from climate change.

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Full Court to deliver decision on Tarkine road battle between mining company and protesters
The Bob Brown Foundation is currently fighting a Full Court appeal against a lease it claims is a “charade”, designed to block their protest actions against a proposed tailings dam in Tasmania.

Indigenous rangers are collaborating to stop the wrong kind of intense fires from raging
Dozens of Indigenous ranger groups in the Northern Territory are now hard at work, in an unprecedented collaboration, to reduce the state’s fuel load before the summer’s heat.

Children have right to clean environment - report
In a new report, the UN Child Rights Committee says that climate change is affecting children's rights to life, survival and development - and that governments must act to protect these rights.

‘No civilisation without agriculture’: Pocock says gas fields show environmental laws are broken
Landowners invited the independent senator and environmental and legal experts to the Darling Downs as they fight large-scale gas expansion eastwards across the Condamine River.

‘No way to escape the heat’: Push for havens to stop Australia’s ‘silent killer’
Heatwaves in Australia are more dangerous than bushfires or floods. A growing number of councils are doing something about this threat before climate change brings about more intense and frequent events.

Karratha community protests Woodside’s plans for offshore seismic blasting
Pilbara community members gathered last Wednesday for a peaceful vigil in Karratha to demand a stop to Woodside’s plans for seismic blasting off the North West coast.

Tiny detail during PM's press conference slammed as 'inappropriate'
Hundreds have questioned whether someone in Australia’s top job should be donning clothing produced by a multinational mining company.