Isobel Roe

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Jake Evans |Isobel Roe

Environment laws in desperate need of change will require business groups and environmentalists to compromise, the environment minister warns, ahead of a major meeting he hopes can be used to reset the debate and find common ground on the outdated act. Representatives for miners, environmentalists, farmers, urban developers and more are due to meet with Environment Minister Murray Watt today to hash out disagreements on long overdue reforms to the laws governing Australia's environment.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Isobel Roe

Program: Push to get 60,000 year-old rock art on UNESCO register2h ago2 hours agoTue 17 Jun 2025 at 8:00pmSpace to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Isobel Roe

Government officials will head to a UNESCO meeting "in force" to push Australia's case to add an area of ancient Aboriginal rock art to the World Heritage list, weeks after approving the extension of a nearby major gas project. The United Nations has warned it may knock back Australia's bid to add the 40,000-year-old Murujuga petroglyphs in West Australia to the World Heritage List, indicating concern in its draft decision about acidic emissions from the nearby North West Shelf gas facility.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Isobel Roe

The co-author of a strategic review into Australia's defence capability says the Federal Government risks angering Donald Trump if it doesn't convince the US it's doing enough to lift the defence budget. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing pressure to boost defence spending as he prepares to head to the G7 Summit after the Trump administration insisted Australia increase its spending to 3.5 per cent of its gross domestic product.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Evelyn Manfield |Isobel Roe |Shalailah Medhora |Stephanie Boltje

The Greens have ditched their internal investigation into West Australian senator Dorinda Cox, saying they have no jurisdiction over her and cannot apply any sanctions now she has left the party. Senator Cox spectacularly quit the minor party on Monday to join Labor, announcing the move alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Perth. Following her defection, state director of the WA Greens Dean Smith told ABC News the investigation had not been concluded on Tuesday.