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The Missing Budget Paper (The Punch)
During the lead-up to last week’s federal budget and the reporting that followed, the overwhelming focus was on whether Labor could deliver on the surplus promise it had pledged.
Budget fails to tackle handouts to polluters
The federal budget’s failure to tackle wasteful, inefficient tax breaks that promote fossil fuel use and pollution is a blow to Australia’s environment.
We need to talk about Lucas Heights (ABC environment)
Successive federal governments have attempted to manage Australia's radioactive waste by keeping the issue as low on the political radar and as far from the public eye as possible.
Murray-Darling reform spotlight now on Canberra
The process for Murray-Darling reform has entered a new phase. Within the next two months, the MDBA will make a decision on the changes they'll make to the draft Basin Plan.
The CEFC: the carbon price’s misunderstood sibling (Climate Spectator)
Is it possible the Clean Energy Finance Corporation is one of the most misunderstood climate policies in Australia?
Let’s not rip away protection for our environment
It would be a disastrous backward step to hand over national decision-making on the environment to state based one-stop-shops, as advocated by Opposition leader Tony Abbott.
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- Clear space and commitment needed for forest negotiations to progress
- Proactive debate could cool radioactive waste (Daily Telegraph)
- The Missing Budget Paper (The Punch)
- Budget fails to tackle handouts to polluters
- Scrap fossil fuel tax breaks to save biodiversity
- We need to talk about Lucas Heights (ABC environment)
- Mayday! Kakadu uranium miner expanding by stealth
- You're just jealous: mining and the politics of envy (The Drum)
- Murray-Darling reform spotlight now on Canberra
- Poll: 77% say scrap fuel tax break for mining companies
- Chernobyl anniversary: Time for Australian government action on uranium
- The CEFC: the carbon price’s misunderstood sibling (Climate Spectator)
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