Land and Water News

In July 2023 FoE published a blog on pesticides in Queensland water supplies based on over 70,000 pesticide detections listed on the Queensland Government’s Pesticide Reporting Portal between late 2011 (in some locations) to...

A recent Right to Information request with TasWater, has raised concerns regarding pesticide monitoring in domestic water supplies in Tasmania. TasWater was punctual in responding to the request, with the process only taking 32...

In March 2023, FoE activists hosted a mountain roadtrip to investigate environmental issues in north eastern VIC. We met with local land care and sustainability groups, visited areas at risk from logging, and the old...

On the 30th of August I presented information at the Tasmania session of the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Humans Rights. The Rapporteur, Marcus A. Orellana has a busy schedule in Australia,...

The alpine regions of the Snowy Mountains are in one of Australia's most loved national parks. However, feral horses are damaging sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals...

The answer to this question, is probably yes depending on where you live.  Pesticides in waterways are a common occurrence. Pesticides can wash off land particularly during rainfall events. If a community’s drinking water...

On Tuesday, the Victorian State Government announced a historical decision: Native forest clearfell logging will end, on January 1st, 2024. This is a campaign that Friends of the Earth has been campaigning for decades....

A recent legal settlement of $132.7 million, will do little to deal with the ongoing issues of PFAS contamination across the country. The settlement was the result of a class action on behalf of...

Friends of the Earth started an ambitious project in January 2023 with an idea to determine which communities in Australia suffer from the poorest drinking water quality. The first focus of this research has...

Two unreported and extremely dangerous incidents recently illustrate the contempt the offshore fossil fuel industry has for the environment and the Australian taxpayer. A rig in a marine conservation reserve off the Pilbara coast...