Written by The newly elected Northern Territory government wants to grant itself sweeping new powers to exempt major projects from environmental assessments in a move described by conservationists and Indigenous groups as authoritarian and anti-democratic. A leaked consultation document, seen by Guardian Australia, outlines how a new Territory Coordinator (TC) would have powers to “step in” and […]
Grain silos spill into NSW’s Shoalhaven River The Shoalhaven River on New South Wales’ south coast has filled with grain after two silos collapsed overnight. The collapse, at an animal feed manufacturing facility in Bomaderry, triggered an automatic fire alarm. Firefighters established an exclusion zone around the silos and evacuated about 65 workers at 10pm […]