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The Australian Senate voted against a Bill proposed by the Greens to end native forest logging federally. By reading the Hansard speeches, it seems that native forest logging is still on the agenda for the...

APC Adjudication | June 7, 2023 - The Press Council considered whether its Standards of Practice were breached by an article published by the Daily Telegraph online on 11 March 2020 headed “Rian Ross Toyer...

The 2020 New South Wales parliamentary inquiry revealed the state’s koalas are on track for extinction in the wild by 2050, without urgent government intervention. Habitat destruction and fragmentation for agriculture, urban development, mining and forestry has been...

Following publication of photographic evidence of giant trees being felled by Forestry Corp in DoubleDuke State Forest in April, 2023 the NSW Environment Protection Authority was forced to act and suspend tree harvesting. "Meanwhile, today in...

Hearings for the potentially game changing Australian Climate Case are taking place on Country in the Torres Strait (Zenadth Kes) from Monday 5 June to around 19 June, 2023. Guda Maluyligal plaintiffs Uncle Pabai Pabai and...

Isaac Regional Council, the council that hosts the highest number of coal mines of any local government in Queensland, wants the state government to “revoke” its recent approval of Blue Energy’s planned 530 coal seam...

6 Jun 2023 - Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action have praised environmental justice groups for launching a fresh Federal Court challenge today, arguing that the Environment Minister can and must consider the impacts of climate change...

The western ringtail possum or ngwayir is a threatened species under Australian State and Commonwealth legislation. In Western Australia the species is listed as Critically Endangered fauna under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Nationally it is listed as Critically...

Many countries have turned to the planet’s forests to meet their need for renewable energy, burning wood chips and pellets produced at home or abroad in power stations to generate electricity. But a report from the European...