The fossil fuel sector is using “tobacco industry tactics” to maintain a bipartisan commitment to supporting gas expansion in Australia, former South Ausralian Labor Premier Mike Rann has said.

In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast During the last parliament I negotiated an amendment to the Climate Change Act to lock in Australia’s carbon emissions target as a floor – not a ceiling. I did it to promote government ambition to exceed the target and, having covered the first Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement, to provide a legislative buffer against backsliding by a future Australian government. Continue reading...

Analysis by The Australia Institute shows ACTU Secretary Sally McManus’s call for a 25% tax on revenue from gas exports to replace the “broken” Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) would raise around $1...

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion...

Documents tabled in parliament show NSW agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was released to community earlier

Ed Husic is calling on the federal government to reform Australia's laws to prevent dual citizens from joining a foreign force where there is "plausible" genocide occurring. Follow live.

Dozens of politicians are landlords, having also declared rental income from their investment properties

Coverage on free-to-air commercial TV for the first time could set new broadcast records with increased visibility behind resurgent interest Live coverage of the Premier League clash between Manchester City and Tottenham on Saturday is set to break audiences records one week after the competition’s debut on Australian commercial television, drawing it inside the tent at Channel Nine and helping overcome what has been described as the country’s “petty conflict” between football codes. Last week’s Aston Villa v Newcastle match reached close to 900,000 viewers in the Premier League’s debut on one of Australia’s commercial television channels, after Optus Sport handed over the rights to Nine and its streaming subsidiary Stan Sport in the off-season. Continue reading...

Jason Clare says CCTV trial to begin later this year and improved training regime rolled out in 2026 * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Childcare workers will be added to a national register, after state and territories met with the commonwealth, agreeing to establish the database, new mandatory safety training, a CCTV trial, and a ban on personal mobile phones in centres. The commonwealth has announced it will put $189m towards the safety overhaul, for which the government says work will begin on immediately. Continue reading...

Ads encouraging sport fans to ‘bet now’ do not breach any rules but gambling reform advocates say it shows industry attempts to self-regulate have failed

Repeated investigations identifying discrepancies in fuel efficiency marketing failing to hold carmakers accountable * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Car companies continue to sell vehicles in Australia that use much more petrol and emit more toxic fumes than advertised, despite repeated investigations identifying discrepancies in marketing. The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) on Wednesday released the latest results from its “real-world” testing program, a four-year $14m government-funded scheme that scrutinises claims made about vehicles’ fuel consumption and emissions. Continue reading...

Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The New South Wales court of appeal has overturned the approval of the largest coalmine expansion in the state after a community environment group successfully argued the planning commission failed to consider the impact of all of the project’s greenhouse gas emissions. The decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter and one that climate advocates say could have wider implications for future fossil fuel project proposals in NSW. Continue reading...

* Compatriot Kyle Lee takes bronze in men’s 10km race in Singapore * Events were postponed multiple times due to water quality concerns Moesha Johnson has won Australia’s first 10km open water world title as compatriot Kyle Lee opened the team medal tally with bronze in the men’s race. It is Australia’s fifth open water world title over all distances with Johnson and Lee in the quartet that will defend the mixed-team title at the Singapore world aquatics championships. Continue reading...