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Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining

Tarcutta Hills Reserve. Bush Heritage Australia, Author provided Australia has the world’s largest network of privately owned conservation areas that protect a range of rare wildlife, from bilbies to endangered fish. There...

‘A dam has been breached’: a COVID crisis on our doorstep shows how little we pay attention to PNG

 Until last week, it did not occur to most Australians to ask themselves how our nearest neighbours in Papua New Guinea were faring with...

‘Destruction by a thousand cuts’: the relentless threat mining poses to the Pilbara cultural landscape

 Picture: Alan Porritt/AAP Just as the parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters was reconvening in Canberra, another culturally significant site was damaged at...

A major coal mine expansion was knocked back Friday, but where’s the line in the sand?

 CLIMATE CAMP 09 An independent expert panel yesterday rejected a proposal to expand the operations of the Dendrobium coal mine under Sydney’s drinking water catchment. This is a...

Sunday essay: masters of the future or heirs of the past? Mining, history and Indigenous ownership

 A haulage truck at Rio Tinto’s Weipa operations in northern Queensland. AAP/Rio Tinto, Joanne O'Keeffe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article...

Juukan Gorge inquiry puts Rio Tinto on notice, but without drastic reforms, it could happen again

Picture: RICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAP On the eve of Reconciliation Week this year, news broke that Rio Tinto had destroyed ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia to expand one of its...

Environment Minister Sussan Ley faces a critical test: will she let a mine destroy koala breeding grounds?

Picture: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas In the next few weeks, federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley will decide whether to approve a New South Wales quarry expansion...

These Aussie teens have launched a landmark climate case against the government. Win or lose, it’ll make a difference

Five of the eight young plaintiffs. From left:Ava Princi, Izzy Raj-Seppings, Ambrose Hayes, Veronica Hester, Laura Kirwan. Equity Generation Lawyers Last Tuesday, eight...

Why most Aboriginal people have little say over clean energy projects planned for their land

Picture: Pexels, Author provided Huge clean energy projects, such as the Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara, Western Australia, are set to produce gigawatts of electricity...

Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this

The Moon Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order reaffirming that companies joining US mining activities on the moon would have property rights...
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