Lisa Cox

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion

‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? When South Australia gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded

‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? by @lisacox.bsky.social #birdoftheyear #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments

The federal environment minister has conceded that successive governments acted unlawfully when they failed to create mandatory recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction

That figure from the 2023 article includes the existing reserves. It’s stated in the piece you have linked. The commitment for new areas was 176,000 ha and that is also in the piece linked.

NSW Labor leader Luke Foley promises to establish koala national park The Great Koala National Park would cover more than 300,000 hectares on the state’s mid north coast north between Macksville and Woolgoolga

Labor first promised the park in 2015 - 176,000 ha of state forest to be added to existing protected areas. The announcement today was 176,000 ha of state forest to be added to existing protected areas. Total size will be 476,000 ha www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory

The Minns government has confirmed its long-awaited great koala national park, announcing it will add 176,000 hectares of forest to existing reserves in mid-north New South Wales to create one of the largest national parks in the state and protect more than 12,000 koalas.

WA museum tells staff ‘almost all of us are guilty’ of burning fossil fuels in email defending Woodside partnership Exclusive: Climate advocates reject CEO’s claim he is ‘not qualified’ to comment on risks of gas firm’s plan to extend production to 2070

The head of the Western Australian Museum has told staff that burning fossil fuels is something “almost all of us are guilty of in one way or another” in an email defending the institution’s renewed research partnership with Woodside.

Top 5 stories on Guardian Aus this morn are environment and climate related. To mark this occasion, a thread.

Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show 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

Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show. By @natashamay.bsky.social

Queensland land-clearing figures show state remains ‘deforestation capital of Australia’, conservationists say Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas while 21% was remnant woodland, government data shows

Forest and woodland across an area more than 1,000 times the size of the Sydney CBD was bulldozed in Queensland in 2022-23, newly published figures show
- @lisacox.bsky.social

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Minns government’s environmental integrity condemned as ‘nonexistent’ amid 40% surge in land clearing Independent MP Jacqui Scruby says she saw ‘fresh koala scratchings on trees just metres from clear-felling’ in parts of proposed Great Koala national park

Minns government’s environmental integrity condemned as ‘nonexistent’ amid 40% surge in land clearing

- by @lisacox.bsky.social

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‘Delays, breakdowns, frustration’: NSW commuters left waiting at the station In the first three weeks of 2025-26, only 65.2% of services on the main intercity lines were on time. Resigned travellers say they now just expect their train to be late

In the first three weeks of 2025-26, only 65.2% of services on the main intercity lines were on time. Resigned travellers say they now just expect their train to be late.” I commute on the Central Coast line and keep a diary of all the delays. Glad this is getting some attention.

Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court Vanuatu climate change minister says ICJ opinion gives Pacific island nations ‘much greater leverage’ in dealing with partners such as Australia

Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court

‘Significant legal breakthrough’ as NSW court blocks state’s largest coal expansion over emissions Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter

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.

Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court Vanuatu climate change minister says ICJ opinion gives Pacific island nations ‘much greater leverage’ in dealing with partners such as Australia

Significant court decision 1

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Effects of marine heatwave driving ‘foreseeable’ SA algal bloom could rival black summer fires, scientists warn As Senate establishes inquiry into the ‘human-mediated disaster’, a report is calling for more long-term action

Effects of marine heatwave driving ‘foreseeable’ SA algal bloom could rival black summer fires, scientists warn

Torres Strait community leaders in ‘deepest pain imaginable’ as federal court dismisses landmark climate case Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heating

In delivering the decision, Justice Michael Wigney noted: “There could be little if any doubt that the Torres Strait Islands and their inhabitants face a bleak future if urgent action is not taken.”

Federal court dismisses landmark Torres Strait climate case but warns of ‘bleak future’ without urgent action Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heating

Report by @lisacox.bsky.social on the Torres Strait climate case judgment

More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government

An attempt by the New South Wales government to reintroduce koalas to a forest in the state’s far south has failed after more than half of the moved animals died, including two with signs of septicaemia, and the remaining marsupials were taken into care.

Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company Lidia Thorpe, David Pocock and the Greens demand action after Good Advice and Empire Energy allegedly offered private deals to traditional owners to smooth the way for gas sales

Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company

Off to Nipaluna (Hobart) to present a dingo 🐾 collaboration with dear friend and cartoon-artist legend, @jessharwoodart.bsky.social, at the International Environmental Communication Association’s 18th Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment. #COCE2025

The consulting firm allegedly offering private deals and collecting signatures to smooth way for Empire Energy gas sales Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim consulting firm promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

Some Guardian Aus environment reporting this weekend

‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise

‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event

Guardian Australia article “Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved” ‘They offer sympathy then go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway’ one advocate says (me).

It’s me. We’re so sick of being gaslit.

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Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved ‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says

Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved

NSW forestry agency should be shut down for repeatedly breaking law, critics argue Forestry Corporation says suggestion that it can be compared to a criminal bikie gang is ‘ridiculous’

Forestry agency should be shut down for repeatedly breaking law, critics argue

Leaked document shows two threatened species could be wiped out at Middle Arm development site Exclusive: Conservation advocates say assessment shows controversial NT project ‘shouldn’t get past the starting gun’

Leaked document shows two threatened species could be wiped out at Middle Arm development site

From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Neal Mohan < $47F Tuesday, 19 November 2024 5:13 PM Minister.Rowland. MO; 522(1)(a)) S47F ; $47F Letter regarding Australia's proposed social media ban Dear Minister Rowland, I hope this letter finds you well. I'm grateful that you were able to attend the Google Showcase at Parliament House earlier this year. I was especially thrilled to hear about your meetings with our YouTube creators, The Wiggles and Black As. They exemplify the incredible breadth and diversity of talent on YouTube and create high-quality content for audiences of all ages around the world. I am writing to you today regarding the government's proposal to introduce a legislated minimum age to access social media services. YouTube is fundamentally different from other platforms. In recognizing YouTube's differentiated offering in its Digital Platforms Services Inquiry interim report 6 on social media services, the ACCC noted that YouTube "lack(s) features designed to facilitate social connections" and is "used by users differently (for example, YouTube is often accessed through connected TV)". YouTube viewers are increasingly watching content in shared family spaces like the living room, rather than on their mobile phone or computers. Views on connected TVs have increased more than 130% in the last 3 years. The experiences of kids and teens are also significantly different on YouTube. This work is personally and professionally critical to me as both a father of three and leader of YouTube.

YouTube's CEO personally lobbied the communications minister less than two days before the platform was given an exemption from the under 16s social media ban, documents I obtained reveal. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says

‘As if a silent snowfall has descended’: more than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by historic bleaching event