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Australia’s coalmine emissions are increasing. Is this how a major policy to cut climate pollution is meant to work?

Australia. Georgina Woods, from campaign group Lock the Gate, says the reliance on offsets is “a major structural flaw” in the safeguard mechanism

Australia news live: Albanese and Sultan of Brunei pledge energy cooperation; antisemitism royal commission to hold first public hearings in May

Australia’s biggest emitting industrial sites dropped 2.3% last financial year, [according to data released by the](https://cer.gov.au/news-and-media/news/2026/april/explore-2024-25-safeguard-mechanism-data) **[Albanese government](https://cer.gov.au/news-and-media/news/2026/april/explore-2024-25-safeguard-mechanism-data)**. The data is from one of the government’s main

Student allegedly jailed in China for six years after taking part in pro-democracy protests in Australia

safeguards against foreign interference and ensure robust protections for students exercising free speech. This includes clear reporting mechanisms and consequences for intimidation or coercion,” he said. In a statement, a Department of Home Affairs spokesperson

Top US Senate Democrats again try for war powers resolution – as it happened

mechanism to ensure that’s not going to happen.” Vance led a US delegation that met Iranian officials in [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) at the weekend but the talks ended without a deal