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China and India Dominate Pesticide Import Breaches on Food
March 20, 2020
Friends of the Earth has produced a new report investigating breaches to Australian food import regulations between the years 2017-2019. The data was compiled by analysing data published in Monthly Failing Food Reports produced...
Read More ShareTake Action: Say no to the nuclear waste dump plan
March 19, 2020
The National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment Bill amends the National Radioactive Waste Management Act to specifically target South Australia for a national nuclear waste 'facility' ‒ a repository for low-level waste and an above-ground...
Read More ShareGM dairy products could soon enter our supermarkets with no safety assessment or labelling
March 13, 2020
As reported on ABC’s Background Briefing, Victoria based company – Total Livestock Genetics – has bred dairy cows from ‘gene edited’ bulls whose genomes have since been found to unintentionally contain bacterial DNA. Furthermore,...
Read More ShareSupporters of nuclear need a reality check: it's staggeringly expensive
March 10, 2020
The NSW Parliament's State Development Committee released its report into nuclear power last week. Conservative committee members recommended repeal of state laws banning uranium mining and nuclear power, while Labor members want to retain...
Read More ShareBig reprieve for threatened wildlife in the Supreme Court
March 05, 2020
Friends of the Earth member group, WOTCH, have received the welcome news that an injunction has been granted to protect 13 logging coupes from destruction while their court case is heard.
Read More ShareFoEA Monthly News: March
March 04, 2020
As the year moves forward, our calender's bulge and FoE events overflow as we continue to fight for a transformed world.
Read More ShareQuestions Raised Over Roadside Tree Clearing During Bushfire Recovery Efforts
February 26, 2020
Residents and tourists have expressed dismay at the extent of tree clearing in hundreds (possibly thousands) of kilometres of roadside reserves in the aftermath of this summer's devastating bushfires. Many of these roadsides contain...
Read More ShareKimba nuke decision dumps on Indigenous rights
February 13, 2020
The federal government's decision to place a a nuclear waste storage site at Kimba on SA's Eyre Peninsula turned deaf ears to the opposition of the area's native title holders, argues Jim Green and...
Read More ShareKoala Crisis in South West Victoria Only Just Beginning
February 13, 2020
A recent visit to South West Victoria has deeply troubled Friends of the Earth. Perhaps the most haunting image of the crisis facing koalas in the region was a mother and baby holding on...
Read More ShareWhat we can do next to protect koalas in VIC
February 04, 2020
Many people would have seen the recent story regarding koala massacre currently occurring in South West Victoria published over the weekend.
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