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Victorian Government to end native forest logging
23 May 2023 - Conservationists celebrate reports that state government will end native forest logging by the end of the year. This morning the ABC has reported that...
Taxpayers hit with $5 million bill to log koala habitat
$5 million to kill koalas: NCC calls for halt on logging in Great Koala National Park. The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC),...
Fracking incidents on cattle station in Beetaloo Basin NT
Update: 24 August 2023 - Two workers allege they were told to keep spraying contaminated drill rig water around a gas fracking site in...
Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group speech by AFP Commissioner
Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group speech by AFP Commissioner, Reece Kershaw 22 May 2023 - Last year, Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group principals and representatives...
A National Forest Protection & Workforce Plan for Australia
Labor Environment Action Network - A National Forest Protection and Workforce Plan for Australia
Origin of “Welcome to Country” Nimbin Aquarius Festival 1973
Amongst the many firsts, the first Aquarius Festival held the first "Welcome to Country" performed in the country for non-Indigenous Australians in 1973
LNP = coal; ALP = gas. Northern Territory is fracking the joint
As soon as Northern Territory set up the Pepper Inquiry into Fracking it became obvious the government was determined to frack the joint. Pepper's Terms...
US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy climbs 60m tree in Huon Valley’s Grove of Giants
2 May 2023 - The US Ambassador, Ms Caroline Kennedy, visited the Huon Valley’s Grove of Giants yesterday to learn about Tasmania’s remarkable forests. The...
Is cutting down native forests to burn in wood fired power stations a good idea?
It beggars belief that while the Koala and other species are facing extinction, and climate scientists are warning about the levels of carbon in...
Native forest protections are flawed, logging laws value industry over environmental protection
These two academic articles accompany our feature on the issue of logging native forests for wood-fired electricity. Discussed here is the Great Koala National...