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The federal government says it fixed Australia’s ‘broken’ environmental laws. Koala advocates disagree

Environmentalists in Brisbane’s bayside say the continued land-clearing of koala habitat highlights lingering loopholes in national environment laws, months after sweeping changes were passed in Canberra. “Clearly things are not better. They haven’t fixed the laws … we’re still losing lots of trees,” Redlands resident Una Sandeman said. Ms Sandeman is among a collective of…

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Sectoral tariffs, not CUSMA, ‘focus’ of trade talks: Canadian envoy to U.S. – National

The Trump administration’s sectoral tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum, and automobiles are more urgent than the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA) and are currently the focus of Canadian negotiators, Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Mark Wiseman said on Monday. While most of Canada’s exports are compliant with CUSMA, and therefore exempt from U.S. President Donald…

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Advocate says algal bloom information ‘inconsistent’, amid survey of health impacts of the bloom

In the peak of South Australia’s algal bloom outbreak, asthmatic Victor Harbor resident Jackson Baker was coughing so much every day it hurt. The harmful algal bloom was first detected on his coastal town’s shore in March 2025, before it spread across the state’s coast. Since then, varying levels of algal bloom species, including Karenia…

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