Homeaustralia newsFiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

australia newsOctober 7, 2025
1 min read
Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remarkGet our

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remark

  • Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast

Australian government officials are investigating whether a coal mining company is putting threatened greater gliders and koalas at risk by illegally clearing bushland in central Queensland without approval under federal law.

The revelation came in a fiery Senate estimates hearing in which the Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young criticised the Albanese government for not doing more to stop the clearing and described environment department bureaucrats as “weak” – an allegation she later withdrew.

Continue reading...

Source: Guardian - World News

Share this article

Related Articles