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Samuel review: ‘Outdated’ environmental laws must consider Indigenous knowledge

By Shannon Jenkins

Energy & Environment

Current environmental laws do not fully support the rights of Indigenous Australians in decision-making, reflecting a 'culture of tokenism and symbolism' rather than inclusion, the…

States partner with commonwealth to boost recycling infrastructure

By Shannon Jenkins

Energy & Environment

The South Australian and Victorian governments will increase the capacity and capability of recycling infrastructure in their states by funding new projects under a deal…

Australian Conservation Foundation audit of FOI requests finds environment minister, dept & agencies stifling access

By Chris Woods

Editors' Picks

Environment minister Sussan Ley refused outright 39 freedom of information requests in the last financial year, while granting just one in full and three in…

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The Briefing: why the Morrison government is devolving Commonwealth environmental responsibilities

By Chris Woods

Editors' Picks

The Morrison government's new "one-stop shop" environmental laws are set to defer commonwealth environmental responsibilities to the states, while Environment Minister Sussan Ley has rejected…

Australia’s 20-year-old environmental laws ‘ineffective’, review finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Energy & Environment

The federal government has rejected the call for an independent regulator to monitor compliance and enforcement of Australia’s environmental laws, stating it would add unnecessary…

Progress at last: Environment department begins to update non-compliant FOI log after 10 months

By Stephen Easton

Energy & Environment

The Department of the Environment and Energy has added the first new entries to its freedom-of-information disclosure log since December, 2018, shortly after The Mandarin reported…

What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks

By Jane Howard

Editors' Picks

Books Create Australia has opened up nominations for their inaugural parliamentary book club. Anyone can nominate an Australian book written in the last five years…

myHealth pilots begin in Qld, brand confusion looms in NSW

By Stephen Easton

News

Pilots of the myHealth records project beginning in Queensland encourage collaboration across state and federal boundaries and the health system. But potential brand confusion looms…

Applications open for tough gig as new e-health chief

By Stephen Easton

News

Public service CEO wanted: must be able to pull the federal government's shambolic efforts to create universal electronic health records out of the fire.

Aged care complaints at arms length from department

By Stephen Easton

Jurisdiction

Complaints about aged care services will now be entirely handled and investigated by an independent commission, as recommended by the Productivity Commission in its far-reaching…

HIV, drug policy and the problem of blaming the customer

By Harley Dennett

Features

NSW's crowd-pleasing act of belligerence on World AIDS Day showcased why the push to dump unhelpful bureaucratic ways is urgent — even in areas where…