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Strzelecki Koala May Hold Key for Species Survival
November 26, 2019
The recent fire disasters in New South Wales and Queensland has played havoc with koala populations in those regions. Thousands of animals have been reported to have been killed and recent media reports have...
Read More ShareUranium bulls 'as rare as white unicorns'
November 26, 2019
Uranium bulls are "as rare as white unicorns" according to a commentary in FNArena in September 2019, and the market is "sick and dying" with uranium "quickly becoming a dinosaur of a commodity".
Read More ShareWhy the government mustn't fast track approvals
November 25, 2019
Instead of reducing environmental assessment of major projects, Scott Morrison needs to implement a new set of federal environmental laws, which will actually do their job: protect the natural environment from major threats.
Read More ShareBeyond Coal
November 21, 2019
Coal power generation is the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, being responsible for over one quarter of total emissions. Given that burning coal is our leading contributor to climate change,...
Read More ShareGMO? Soon you won't know
November 11, 2019
The Australian Government has removed regulations designed to keep us and our food safe. This means that from now, many genetically modified (GM) animals, plants and microbes will enter our environment and food chain...
Read More ShareBreaking down the gov’s announcement; What does this actually mean for Victoria’s forests?
November 09, 2019
It’s been an emotional few days following the Victorian government announcement that logging native forests will end in 2030. The government has also committed to state-wide protections for 90,000ha of old growth forests, and 96,000ha...
Read More ShareVictorian government takes positive and welcome first step to protect native forests, more details needed environment groups say
November 07, 2019
Friends of the Earth have today welcomed the Victorian government announcement of protection of 96,000 hectares of forests in eastern Victoria and complete and immediate protection of 90,000 hectares of all remaining old growth...
Read More ShareThe Murray-Darling Basin scandal: economists have seen it coming for decades
October 31, 2019
Nations behave wisely, Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban observed five decades ago, "once they have exhausted all other alternatives".
Read More ShareBHP Olympic Dam tailings an "extreme risk" to workers and the environment
October 24, 2019
David Noonan, a long time anti-nuclear activist, writes in Chain Reaction magazine about BHP's plans for its controversial Olympic Dam Mine in South Australia.
Read More ShareHuman Rights and Climate Change Conference: Reflection & Summary
October 20, 2019
Speakers from across the Pacific Islands and Australia came together on the 11th October 2019 at The University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute to discuss the specific human rights, including Indigenous rights, immediately challenged...
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