This analysis reviews Australian Government project approvals in 2025 and notes a substantial rise in bushland cleared for development. The Government approved more than twice the amount of threatened‑species habitat removed in 2024. It outlines key findings and highlights the need for the government to implement the new nature laws and put 'words into action'.

Indigenous peoples are taking a leading role in climate litigation and using it as a strategic platform to drive policy and governance reform. This report provides an in-depth analysis of rights-based climate litigation, making recommendations for how legal services, communities, policymakers and governments can progress climate justice.

This report charts a path for renewable energy and nature to work in harmony, arguing that renewable energy projects should be built on degraded land away from high conservation value areas. It calls for investment in local energy solutions and embedding biodiversity gains into every project. The report recommends an urgent overhaul of national and...

The national laws intended to protect nature are failing. This report takes stock of the state of animals, plants and habitats threatened with extinction in Australia in 2024. It presents key findings, identifies the 10 worst impacted species and calls for an overhaul of the national nature laws.

This current package of bills represents the ‘second stage’ of the Australian Government's Nature Positive law reforms. It proposes to establish the governance arrangements for implementing the broader Nature Positive reforms by: creating a new statutory agency; establishing a statutory Senior Executive Service position of Head of Environment Information Australia; and amending nine environmental laws...