Whitehaven’s Narrabri coal mine and Mount Pleasant mine expansion conditional approval. 'The Court ruled against the “Living Wonders” challenge on two projects - Whitehaven’s Narrabri Underground coal mine expansion and MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant expansion.' (Lock the Gate Alliance, Sydney) >

Are Murray-Darling Basin rivers getting the water they need to stay healthy? 'governments are now required by law to ensure water extraction in the Murray-Darling Basin does not compromise ecosystems that depend on freshwater flows' (Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Sydney) >

'A Global Pathway to Keep the 1.5 °C Goal in Reach' (International Energy Agency, Paris) >

A practical guide to corporate natural capital accounting. 'As pressure increases to integrate nature protection and restoration into all aspects of policy and business operations, how can organisations better measure and report on their interactions with nature?' (CSIRO, Canberra) >

' This free, open-access information tracks global progress towards the SDGs and allows people worldwide to hold their governments accountable for achieving the agreed goals.' (Our World In Data, Global Change Data Lab, UK) >

'Tasmania has not published a State of the Environment Report since 2009'from the Summary: 'The Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC) has not produced a State of the Environment (SOE) Report since 2009, despite a legislative requirement to do so every five years.2 As a result, Tasmanians are in the dark as to the scale and detail of environmental changes that have occurred across the state.' ... 'Get your skates on' (The Australia Institute) >

Statutory review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) 'The purpose of the review was to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms remain appropriate for securing those objectives.' The independent review panel was led by Dr Ken Henry AC - former Commonwealth Treasurer and subsequently National Australia Bank head. (Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Government) >

'Five major forces that will shape the Australian economy over the coming decades are population ageing, expanded use of digital and data technology, climate change and the net zero transformation, rising demand for care and support services, and increased geopolitical risk and fragmentation.' (The Treasury, Commonwealth Government, Canberra) >

'...the latest advances in climate science'(The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, Switzerland) >

'The bill would amend the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 to remove the prohibition on the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations; and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to remove the prohibition on the Minister for Environment and Water declaring, approving or considering actions relating to the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations.' (The Senate, Parliament of Australia, Canberra) >