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Killing the Reef with coal: 3 questions Minister Burke needs to answer

Killing the Reef with coal: 3 questions Minister Burke needs to answer

Feature Story | 3 April, 2013 at 12:05

ABC’s 4Corners program “Gas leak!” revealed major flaws in the assessment of coal seam gas projects in Queensland. This is not an isolated case – last year, Environment Minister Tony Burke called the environmental assessment for the huge Alpha...

All big fish netted as Aldi commits to end destructive tuna fishing

All big fish netted as Aldi commits to end destructive tuna fishing

Feature Story | 19 March, 2013 at 10:53

We did it! Australia will soon become the second market in the world after the UK to virtually abolish the most destructive tuna fishing methods.

Greenpeace escorts super trawler Margiris out of Port Melbourne

Greenpeace escorts super trawler Margiris out of Port Melbourne

Feature Story | 15 March, 2013 at 14:38

The notorious monster boat, the Margiris, pulled out of Port Melbourne on Thursday on a course straight out of Australian waters.

We have won before

We have won before

Feature Story | 13 March, 2013 at 10:13

In 2011, thirty years after the event, Queensland state cabinet documents were released that showed the then-Premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, was totally opposed to the World Heritage declaration of the Great Barrier Reef. Why? Because his...

At what cost?

At what cost?

Feature Story | 13 March, 2013 at 9:06

Imagine if our air was so dirty it led to the deaths of 10,000 kids under the age of five every year from respiratory problems, or so filthy that it gave 20 million Australians asthma. Imagine if air pollution killed between 80,000 and 115,000...

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