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State government agencies at war over logging forests ruined by fire
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Pressure to maintain wood supply contracts set before bushfires swept through the stateâs forests is behind new tensions between the state-owned logger and the environmental watchdog, internal documents suggest.
On Wednesday the Environment Protection Authority revealed Forestry Corp had notified that it intended to resume logging in the South Coast forests under the same rules that existed before the fires, breaking an agreement between the two agencies to abide by new conditions after the fires.
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Itâs only a little over three years ago that Elon Musk boasted he could help South Australia solve a looming energy crisis by installing a big battery in less than 100 days for under $100 million.
At the time the plan was met with scepticism by some, outright derision by others. Then-treasurer Scott Morrison compared the proposal with the Big Banana: âI mean, honestly, by all means have the worldâs biggest battery, have the worldâs biggest banana, have the worldâs biggest prawn like we have on the roadsides around the country, but that is not solving the problem.â
No law to set target: Ministers stare down Natsâ complaint on carbon
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Federal ministers are planning to neutralise a backbench threat on climate change by making sure a new carbon target will not be mandated by law, avoiding a vote in Parliament that could rock the government.
The Morrison government is aiming to achieve the contentious target of net zero emissions by 2050 by pledging billions of dollars on energy projects without a mechanism that requires majority support from a divided backbench.
The Morrison government is quelling a push from the Nationalsâ backbench to avoid setting a net zero emissions target for 2050.