Reef health update released days before xmas

The Morrison Government has been caught out trying to evade scrutiny of its failure to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the impacts of climate change by releasing an update on its inadequate conservation plan just days before Christmas.

Meanwhile, Traditional Owners in South Australians are fighting a proposal to build a nuclear waste dump on the Eyre Peninsula.

And a man has died in the severe heat conditions in Western Australia’s far north after trying to walk to help after his car broke down.

Australian government’s plan to protect Great Barrier Reef falls short, environment groups say

Corals across large parts of the Great Barrier Reef could be hit by mass bleaching for the fourth time in just seven years by the end of January, according to a forecast from a United States government agency.

Traditional owners lodge legal challenge to planned Kimba nuclear waste dump

Traditional owners on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula have formally lodged a legal challenge to the federal government's plan to build a nuclear waste dump in the region.

Government contractor dies in extreme temperatures near Bungle Bungles, Western Australia

A government contractor has died in searing heat in the world-heritage listed Bungle Bungles in Western Australia's far north. 

NSW lays out details of plan to lock in wind and solar, and exit coal

The New South Wales government has put forward details of its plan to streamline and de-risk the connection of tens of gigawatts of new large-scale wind, solar and storage capacity in the state’s Renewable Energy Zones, starting with the 3GW expected to bid for a place in the Central West Orana REZ.