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#JusticeForBerta
March 03, 2017
This month marks the one year anniversary of Berta Cáceres death. In solidarity for all indigenous communities around the world fighting to protect their land and water rights, and in remembrance of the life...
Read More ShareNo Northern Territory Gas Pipeline!
February 24, 2017
After the huge achievement of the #VicGasBan campaign that has seen the permanent ban of fracking in Victoria, Friends of the Earth Melbourne joined with Seed and Arid Land Environment Centre to hold an information...
Read More ShareSenate Committee puts final nail in TPP coffin
February 08, 2017
Friends of the Earth Australia welcomes the majority report finalising the Senate Committee Inquiry into the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Whilst we concur with the Australian Greens and Senator Nick Xenophon that the recommendations...
Read More ShareVictorian native forest logging exempt from federal environment law
February 07, 2017
Yesterday over 100 people joined speakers from Friends of the Earth affiliate Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) and also The Wilderness Society Victoria in a snap rally to condemn the Daniel Andrews government's decision to...
Read More ShareTrump withdraws US from TPP, Turnbull must concede trade deal is dead
January 24, 2017
After six years of campaigning by grassroots groups across 12 countries, US President Donald Trump has formally begun the process to withdraw from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Friends of the Earth Australia...
Read More ShareThe Climate Change Hoax – The Greatest Hoax of All?
December 23, 2016
The notion of the Climate Change Hoax has recently been promoted by President-Elect Donald Trump, conservative politicians around the world, business leaders tied to the fossil fuel industry, and conservatives generally both in the USA and...
Read More ShareOur government just gave Monsanto the best Christmas present ever
December 21, 2016
Last year the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - declared glyphosate – the main ingredient in the herbicide RoundUp – a probable carcinogen. We hoped that the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines...
Read More ShareLAST CHANCE! Stop the Government sneaking untested, unlabelled GMOs in our food
December 15, 2016
Australia’s gene technology regulator is proposing changes to its gene technology regulations that would allow products derived from genetically modified (GM) plants, animals and microbes untested and unlabelled into our food. If the OGTR...
Read More ShareExposed: Nuclear Waste Dump Propaganda
December 15, 2016
Documents released by Friends of the Earth today reveal that: Taiwan will not pay SA to accept high-level nuclear waste if that requires investing in waste storage and disposal infrastructure. Taiwan would not...
Read More ShareRevealed: Massive Hidden Costs of secret RCEP trade deal
December 08, 2016
Jakarta, December 8th The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being negotiated in Jakarta, Indonesia this week (December 2-10 [i]. If signed, RCEP would grant corporations the exclusive right to bypass domestic legal systems and sue...
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