NSW Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton was warned by her own department that an easing of land-clearing codes could trigger a 45 per cent jump in the rate of native vegetation destruction on farms. Advice by the Office of Environment & Heritage (OEH) dated August 25, 2017 – just as the minister was signing off on an overhaul of the state’s …

“We’re not going to give you a lecture [on gun control] from the other side of the world,” says Joe Hockey, Australian ambassador to the U.S. Australia has strict gun laws, enacted after a 1996 mass shooting that killed 35 people. Hockey says it’s a “tough issue” and pointed to the U.S.’ constitutional right to bear arms. The United States …