Lisa Cox
@lisacox.bsky.social
Climate and Environment Correspondent at Guardian Australia. Tips: [email protected]
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With Lisa Cox's years of detailed investigations & reporting, there's ZERO excuse to NOT KNOW the many & varied failures of NSW's biodiversity offset scheme
Choosing to repeat these mistakes is contempt of public interest biodiversity policy
#EPBC #BiodiversityOffsets #PayToDestroy
Choosing to repeat these mistakes is contempt of public interest biodiversity policy
#EPBC #BiodiversityOffsets #PayToDestroy
The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW. Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn
Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default
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November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
With Lisa Cox's years of detailed investigations & reporting, there's ZERO excuse to NOT KNOW the many & varied failures of NSW's biodiversity offset scheme
Choosing to repeat these mistakes is contempt of public interest biodiversity policy
#EPBC #BiodiversityOffsets #PayToDestroy
Choosing to repeat these mistakes is contempt of public interest biodiversity policy
#EPBC #BiodiversityOffsets #PayToDestroy
The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW. Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn
Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
Oil and gas giant Inpex has proposed Australia’s largest carbon capture facility in waters off the Northern Territory. By @petrastock.bsky.social
Plan for Australia’s largest carbon capture project near Darwin criticised as creating ‘dumping ground’
Climate advocates fear the project, proposed by Japanese oil and gas giant Inpex, would turn the area into the ‘world’s largest carbon dumping ground’
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November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Oil and gas giant Inpex has proposed Australia’s largest carbon capture facility in waters off the Northern Territory. By @petrastock.bsky.social
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Back from leave with some analysis of the government’s nature legislation
Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned
Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules
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November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Back from leave with some analysis of the government’s nature legislation
One postmortem shows one of the koalas had a joey when she was translocated. The joey was found dead in her pouch during a health check after the first koala deaths in April but the adult female was re-released. She was found on the ground in the forest in late May and died on the way to the vet.
Exclusive: The NSW government rejected advice from an expert scientific panel before it attempted a failed reintroduction of koalas to a forest in the state’s south. 8 out of 13 koalas died, one more than the govt claimed, with postmortems showing emaciation and “undernutrition”.
NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead
Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says
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October 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One postmortem shows one of the koalas had a joey when she was translocated. The joey was found dead in her pouch during a health check after the first koala deaths in April but the adult female was re-released. She was found on the ground in the forest in late May and died on the way to the vet.
Exclusive: The NSW government rejected advice from an expert scientific panel before it attempted a failed reintroduction of koalas to a forest in the state’s south. 8 out of 13 koalas died, one more than the govt claimed, with postmortems showing emaciation and “undernutrition”.
NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead
Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says
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October 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Exclusive: The NSW government rejected advice from an expert scientific panel before it attempted a failed reintroduction of koalas to a forest in the state’s south. 8 out of 13 koalas died, one more than the govt claimed, with postmortems showing emaciation and “undernutrition”.
‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion
‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion
BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird
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October 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion
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‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? by @lisacox.bsky.social #birdoftheyear #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad?
When South Australia gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded
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September 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? by @lisacox.bsky.social #birdoftheyear #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The federal environment minister has conceded that successive governments acted unlawfully when they failed to create mandatory recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction
Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society
Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments
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September 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The federal environment minister has conceded that successive governments acted unlawfully when they failed to create mandatory recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction
The Minns government has confirmed its long-awaited great koala national park, announcing it will add 176,000 hectares of forest to existing reserves in mid-north New South Wales to create one of the largest national parks in the state and protect more than 12,000 koalas.
NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging
Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory
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September 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Minns government has confirmed its long-awaited great koala national park, announcing it will add 176,000 hectares of forest to existing reserves in mid-north New South Wales to create one of the largest national parks in the state and protect more than 12,000 koalas.
The head of the Western Australian Museum has told staff that burning fossil fuels is something “almost all of us are guilty of in one way or another” in an email defending the institution’s renewed research partnership with Woodside.
WA museum tells staff ‘almost all of us are guilty’ of burning fossil fuels in email defending Woodside partnership
Exclusive: Climate advocates reject CEO’s claim he is ‘not qualified’ to comment on risks of gas firm’s plan to extend production to 2070
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September 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The head of the Western Australian Museum has told staff that burning fossil fuels is something “almost all of us are guilty of in one way or another” in an email defending the institution’s renewed research partnership with Woodside.
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Top 5 stories on Guardian Aus this morn are environment and climate related. To mark this occasion, a thread.
September 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Top 5 stories on Guardian Aus this morn are environment and climate related. To mark this occasion, a thread.
Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show. By @natashamay.bsky.social
Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show
Documents tabled in parliament show NSW agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was released to community earlier
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September 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show. By @natashamay.bsky.social
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Forest and woodland across an area more than 1,000 times the size of the Sydney CBD was bulldozed in Queensland in 2022-23, newly published figures show
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Queensland land-clearing figures show state remains ‘deforestation capital of Australia’, conservationists say
Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas while 21% was remnant woodland, government data shows
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August 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Forest and woodland across an area more than 1,000 times the size of the Sydney CBD was bulldozed in Queensland in 2022-23, newly published figures show
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Minns government’s environmental integrity condemned as ‘nonexistent’ amid 40% surge in land clearing
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Minns government’s environmental integrity condemned as ‘nonexistent’ amid 40% surge in land clearing
Independent MP Jacqui Scruby says she saw ‘fresh koala scratchings on trees just metres from clear-felling’ in parts of proposed Great Koala national park
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July 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Minns government’s environmental integrity condemned as ‘nonexistent’ amid 40% surge in land clearing
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In the first three weeks of 2025-26, only 65.2% of services on the main intercity lines were on time. Resigned travellers say they now just expect their train to be late.” I commute on the Central Coast line and keep a diary of all the delays. Glad this is getting some attention.
‘Delays, breakdowns, frustration’: NSW commuters left waiting at the station
In the first three weeks of 2025-26, only 65.2% of services on the main intercity lines were on time. Resigned travellers say they now just expect their train to be late
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July 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
In the first three weeks of 2025-26, only 65.2% of services on the main intercity lines were on time. Resigned travellers say they now just expect their train to be late.” I commute on the Central Coast line and keep a diary of all the delays. Glad this is getting some attention.
Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court
Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court
Vanuatu climate change minister says ICJ opinion gives Pacific island nations ‘much greater leverage’ in dealing with partners such as Australia
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July 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court
The New South Wales court of appeal has overturned the approval of the largest coalmine expansion in the state after a community environment group successfully argued the planning commission failed to consider the impact of all of the project’s greenhouse gas emissions.
‘Significant legal breakthrough’ as NSW court blocks state’s largest coal expansion over emissions
Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter
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July 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The New South Wales court of appeal has overturned the approval of the largest coalmine expansion in the state after a community environment group successfully argued the planning commission failed to consider the impact of all of the project’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Effects of marine heatwave driving ‘foreseeable’ SA algal bloom could rival black summer fires, scientists warn
Effects of marine heatwave driving ‘foreseeable’ SA algal bloom could rival black summer fires, scientists warn
As Senate establishes inquiry into the ‘human-mediated disaster’, a report is calling for more long-term action
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July 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Effects of marine heatwave driving ‘foreseeable’ SA algal bloom could rival black summer fires, scientists warn
In delivering the decision, Justice Michael Wigney noted: “There could be little if any doubt that the Torres Strait Islands and their inhabitants face a bleak future if urgent action is not taken.”
Torres Strait community leaders in ‘deepest pain imaginable’ as federal court dismisses landmark climate case
Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heating
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July 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In delivering the decision, Justice Michael Wigney noted: “There could be little if any doubt that the Torres Strait Islands and their inhabitants face a bleak future if urgent action is not taken.”
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Report by @lisacox.bsky.social on the Torres Strait climate case judgment
Federal court dismisses landmark Torres Strait climate case but warns of ‘bleak future’ without urgent action
Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heating
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July 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Report by @lisacox.bsky.social on the Torres Strait climate case judgment
An attempt by the New South Wales government to reintroduce koalas to a forest in the state’s far south has failed after more than half of the moved animals died, including two with signs of septicaemia, and the remaining marsupials were taken into care.
More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction
Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government
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July 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
An attempt by the New South Wales government to reintroduce koalas to a forest in the state’s far south has failed after more than half of the moved animals died, including two with signs of septicaemia, and the remaining marsupials were taken into care.
Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company
Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company
Lidia Thorpe, David Pocock and the Greens demand action after Good Advice and Empire Energy allegedly offered private deals to traditional owners to smooth the way for gas sales
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June 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company