The state government's pact with the federal government to introduce a ''one-stop shop'' for approving new projects and separate plans to alter planning priorities for mines amount to ''streamlining environmental destruction'', green groups say.
'The claims are exaggerated': John Howard rejects predictions of global warming catastrophe
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions: Senate plan to test Tony Abbott's claims
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that planting trees and paying polluters to cut emissions would cut national greenhouse gas output by 5 per cent is to be tested in public hearings designed to prove it is a waste of money.
Barnaby Joyce says rugby league expenses were official business
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce billed taxpayers more than $4600 for ''official business'' travel to attend rugby league games, including the 2012 State of Origin. The revelations come as the Abbott government hinted it will tighten rules on politicians' entitlements.
Joyce billed public for NRL games
Abbott climate plan to be tested
Smokers lose out as Abbott tweaks tax
About 16,000 higher-end superannuation earners will benefit from government moves to clarify tax laws by either ditching or finally enacting long-intended changes.
WA Senate election re-run may increase Palmer's power
A Senate election re-run in Western Australia could result in Clive Palmer increasing his balance-of-power voting bloc from three to five, according to the "preference whisperer" Glenn Druery.