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Gas companies in Queensland still not paying tax - The Australia Institute New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that ten years after gas exports from Queensland began, most of the companies involved have never paid a cent in company tax.

9 out of 10 companies exporting gas from QLD have not paid a cent in company tax over the last 10 years.

$125 bn in LNG has been sold out of QLD by companies that reported $330 bn in revenue to the ATO.

Meanwhile, domestic gas prices have shot up, pushed up by excessive gas exports. #auspol

28.05.2025 01:17 — 👍 193    🔁 119    💬 12    📌 16

Glossy black cockatoos could be pushed towards extinction in Victoria if burns go ahead, experts warn Fire in black sheoak forest of East Gippsland would destroy the birds’ food supply, conservationist says

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17.05.2025 23:17 — 👍 15    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0

‘It’s a con’: Billionaire ‘Twiggy’ Forrest unloads on net zero Despite doubts about the economics of green hydrogen and Donald Trump’s aversion to clean energy, Andrew Forrest isn’t ready to back down on his dream.

Twiggy Forrest says 'net zero' is a "f---ing con".

He wants Fortescue to reach what he calls “real zero” by 2040 – where fossil fuels are no longer used because there are better alternatives.

“I believe net zero is a f---ing con,” he says. “Real zero is serious. Just stop burning fossil fuel.”’

12.05.2025 03:46 — 👍 269    🔁 78    💬 10    📌 11

A small black and white bird sings from the top of a salt marsh shrub

Heard before seen: White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons), a saltmarsh local delivering hot takes to the wind at the Western Treatment Plant.

12.05.2025 12:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Two small Southern Emu-wrens perched in a bush, each with a long, filamentous tail resembling an emu feather. The birds are tiny, with grey-brown streaked backs, warm tawny underparts, and the male shows a blue chin, throat, and blue around the eyes. The birds are nestled among the branches

Southern Emu-wrens in the heathlands of Cape Conran

10.11.2024 01:26 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘It’s gang-gang country’: the landholders restoring farmland to forest in the Victorian alps Karst Kreun hopes to plant 90,000 native trees and shrubs on a Mansfield property to restore the land ‘to what it was 200 years ago’ Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Three and a half years ago, Karst Kreun bought 60 hectares (150 acres) of land by Mount Buller in memory of his late wife, Lindy. Located in Mansfield in Victoria’s north-east, the property, named “Karlindy” after his wife, had been used for generations for intense farming and seed production. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading...

‘It’s gang-gang country’: the landholders restoring farmland to forest in the Victorian alps

10.11.2024 00:44 — 👍 38    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 1

Environment minister approves South Australian rocket launching facility The Whalers Way Orbital Launch complex is another step closer to operation as federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek gives the green light to the project.

Rocket launch plans in South Australia threaten to push endangered birds like the Mallee Whipbird and Eyre Peninsula Southern Emu-Wren closer to extinction. The federal government must protect these critical areas—not destroy them.

10.11.2024 00:24 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Small Eastern Spinebill perched on a leafy branch, with its long beak deeply immersed in a pink correa flower. The bird has a chestnut belly, white throat, and black head, set against a soft green background

Eastern Spinebill in action: flower sommelier at work, delicately sipping the correa’s finest vintage.

10.11.2024 00:06 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

‘Essential to act now’ to prevent chaotic climate breakdown, warns UN chief On the eve of Cop29 in Baku, António Guterres says dangers are underestimated as irreversible tipping points near The world is still underestimating the risk of catastrophic climate breakdown and ecosystem collapse, the UN secretary general has warned in the run-up to Cop29, acknowledging that the rise in global heating is on course to soar past 1.5C (2.7F) over pre-industrial levels in the coming years. Humanity is approaching potentially irreversible tipping points such as the collapse of the Amazon rainforest and the Greenland ice sheet as global temperatures rise, António Guterres has said, warning that governments are not making the deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions needed to limit warming to safe levels. Continue reading...

‘Essential to act now’ to prevent chaotic climate breakdown, warns UN chief

08.11.2024 10:44 — 👍 34    🔁 15    💬 4    📌 3