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Major environmental groups reject Inquiry into charitable status
May 04, 2016
Key Australian environment groups today called on the Federal Environment Minister, Mr Greg Hunt, to reject recommendations of a report of an inquiry into the charitable status of environment groups. The CEOs of WWF,...
Read More SharePrime Minister must reject anti-democratic attack on environmental groups
May 04, 2016
The long awaited final report from the House of Representatives Inquiry into environmental organisations has now been released. Many in the community had anticipated that the report would recommend changes that would severely limit...
Read More Share2016 Budget a wasted opportunity to act on environment
May 03, 2016
Anyone who had hoped that the Turnbull government would be significantly different to the Abbott government on environmental issues will be very disappointed by the 2016 budget. “Many people had hoped Prime Minister Turnbull...
Read More ShareQueenslanders will stand with SA in nuclear waste campaign
April 29, 2016
Friends of the Earth Brisbane applauds the federal government decision to drop 5 sites, including one in Queensland, from its list of sites nominated to house national nuclear waste. We now call on the...
Read More ShareCalls for international moratorium on underground coal gasification following immediate ban in Queensland, Australia
April 18, 2016
APRIL 18, 2016: Responding to the breaking news that the State Government of Queensland in Australia has just implemented an immediate ban on all underground coal gasification in that State, Chloe Aldenhoven, Coal and Gas Spokesperson for...
Read More ShareWe’re on the move – are you?
March 08, 2016
Speaking tour on the climate change precipitated relocation of atoll peoples in Papua New Guinea, and the implications for climate justice in an Australian context The visiting speakers will be: Ursula Rakova, director of...
Read More Share2016 - a big year for nuclear issues in South Australia
February 10, 2016
The Nuclear Royal Commission continues its investigations and will hand down the final report in May. The Commission is looking into the risks and opportunities of furthering a nuclear industry here in SA including increased uranium mining, uranium enrichment, nuclear power...
Read More ShareTrans Pacific Partnership ceremony is a farce - tough national battles awaits bad trade deal
February 04, 2016
Friends of the Earth International Press Release Auckland, New Zealand 4th February 2016, Today trade ministers from 12 countries party to the giant 'Trans Pacific Partnership' held a symbolic signing of a trade deal which...
Read More ShareTassie Forest Fires - a climate wake up call
February 03, 2016
Fires have raged across Tasmania since lightning strikes ignited more than 100 spot fires on January 13. Since that time, about 14,000 hectares of World Heritage Area forests and other vegetation have been...
Read More SharePresident Obama dodges Pacific Trade Deal threat to the environment
January 22, 2016
By Bill Waren, senior trade analyst, Friends of the Earth US Friends of the Earth is disappointed but not surprised with what President Obama had to say in his State of the Union address...
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