Labor greenlights contentious Robbins Island windfarm despite fears for endangered orange-bellied parrot

Labor greenlights contentious Robbins Island windfarm despite fears for endangered orange-bellied parrot

Environment advocates have called for important migratory shorebird habitat off Tasmania to be declared ‘no-go site’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Albanese government has greenlit a contentious windfarm proposed for Robbins Island off north-western Tasmania, promising to impose conditions to protect threatened bird species, including the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot. The environment minister, Murray Watt, announced on Friday that he had approved an application by the renewable energy company Acen Australia to build up to 100 turbines, a 1.2km bridge between the nearly 10,000 hectare island and the Tasmanian mainland, a 500-metre wharf and four quarries. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Western United wound up as court rejects last-ditch attempt to save A-League club

Western United wound up as court rejects last-ditch attempt to save A-League club

Federal court orders club to be wound up in insolvency Decision comes after months of financial turmoil The embattled A-League club Western United is officially defunct after the federal court ordered its management group be wound up in insolvency. Lawyers for the club had sought an adjournment to proceedings, claiming they had found a fresh $15m investment to pay off their debts. Continue reading...