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Friends of the Earth Australia is largely supported by individual members and supporters, plus philanthropic funding.

In recent years, major donors have started to support our work – with incredible impacts on our work and effectiveness.

FoE prides itself on being a grassroots but nationally networked environmental organisation. It is also remarkably frugal, meaning that the vast majority of funds received go directly into campaigning. Any donations will go a long way and make a real difference to our ability to run effective and strategic campaigns.

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Regulators Fail To Implement Toxic Timber Bans

April 2 2012

Friends of the Earth today criticised the failure of government regulators, both at the national and state level, to list Copper Chrome Arsenate (CCA) as a Restricted Chemical Product [RCP] and for their inability to provide consumers with safety information regarding the dangers of working with treated timber products impregnated with CCA.

Funds are urgently needed to support legal challenge of the Federal Environment Ministers approval of the Olympic Dam expansion
Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, Arabunna elder and honorary president of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance, is challenging the approval of the uranium mine expansion on the grounds that various environmental impacts of the project were not properly considered as required under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

People concerned about the Great Barrier Reef will welcome UNESCO delegates.

media release March 7, 2012

Today UNESCO will visit Gladstone to inspect the state of the Great Barrier Reef. People from various organisations will be present to welcome them and to highlight their concerns about the dredging that has happened in the Gladstone Harbour.

At 12 noon the people will be lining the Bryan Jordan Drive Bridge with vibrant reef fish installations, colourful flags and banners.