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  The Australian Greens Party says conservative Liberal-National opposition leader Tony Abbott's plan to fund road and not urban rail projects shows 19th century thinking that will turn inner

Green groups have expresses anger at the Queensland state government support for a revised expansion of a controversial coal mine in the state's southwest. The conservative Liberal National

The Transport Minister in Australia’s Labor government, Anthony Albanese, has warned a high-speed rail network on the country’s east coast would have significant noise issues. Mr Albanese said trains

A consortium of two Brisbane solar companies, SGI-Mitabu, has announced it will finance its entire Indonesian solar power project using a form of Islamic financing. A senior executive of

The exploration company looking to develop a huge shale oil deposit in South Australia says it could produce significant oil flow within five years. Brisbane-based company Linc Energy is

An ecosystem expert says It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fix sick waterways in the south-east region of the northern state of Queensland. A new

A member of Australia’s minority Labor government, Kelvin Thomson, addressing more than 1000 protesters at a rain-drenched rally in the Victorian capital, Melbourne, has called on his government

The body representing Queensland mining companies has tentatively backed a plan to compensate for the damage their dredging works cause to seagrass beds. However, the Australian Greens Party

The Environment Minister in Australia’s Labor government,  Tony Burke, has admitted he does not have the power to block an international super trawler from fishing in Australian waters. Revealing