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Australia can't afford Adani's pipeline to 12.5b litres of precious water

At the last federal election, the Coalition weaponised the Adani coal-mine issue to portray Labor as having a tin-ear for the concerns of regional Australia. But for all the bravado, the simple truth is that Adani will not be the saviour of regional Queensland. Far from it.
 Right now, federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley is considering whether to require expert scientific assessment of Adani’s massive river pipeline, through which it plans to take up to 12.5 billion litres of water from the Suttor River in Central Queensland.
 The federal government has conceded it erred by failing to consider public submissions when evaluating a plan by mining giant Adani to pump billions of litres of water from a river in drought-stricken Queensland.Government concedes error on Adani pipeline decision

 

From Baaka to Barty, it was a year of ups and downs in Indigenous affairs

By Jai McAllister for Speaking Out

Posted 18 minutes ago

From historic parliamentary appointments and progress on constitutional recognition, to a suicide crisis and alarming rates of child removal, it's been a year of contrasting headlines for Indigenous issues.

#10 TOP STORY OF 2019: The 5G answer to the second-rate NBN

Paul Budde 26 Dec 2019

Australia's inadequate broadband network continues to be a bugbear for Australians, as tech columnist Paul Budde's September article showed, clocking 20,077 unique views.

#9 TOP STORY OF 2019: Gladys Berejiklian slashes fire service budgets as NSW burns

Tarric Brooker 27 Dec 2019

The country was on fire in November and is still ablaze. This story, with more than 22,500 unique views, sums up our outrage at complacent, negligent governments.

#8 TOP STORY OF 2019: Coalition loses control of visa system