Queensland land clearing project halted amid concerns over threatened species
Owners of property in Cape York agree to refer the project for commonwealth assessment following complaints from environmental groups ...
View ArticleOn World Environment Day – who will protect the buff-breasted button-quail?...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) In January this year, the former LNP government approved the clearing of over 30,000 hectares of prime buff-breasted button-quail habitat at Olive...
View ArticleACF welcomes halt to land clearing at Olive Vale (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "It's no secret that Olive Vale is home to several rare, endangered and vulnerable species," said Andrew Picone, the Australian Conservation...
View ArticleMine expansion a risk to Sydney’s drinking water (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The national environment group has joined with local residents to oppose the plan and call on the Federal Environment Minister to intervene....
View ArticleACF statement on the Palaszczuk govt’s 100 days (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "ACF welcomes the Palaszczuk Government's re-engagement with civil society and the environment movement," said ACF's Andrew Picone. "We commend the...
View ArticleLogging threatens rare north Queensland Yellow-bellied glider (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Australian Conservation Foundation today called on the Palaszczuk Government to break with the destructive legacy of the previous LNP government...
View ArticleQueensland government calls on Greg Hunt to stop Cape York land clearing
An investigation says the former Newman government wrongly applied its own relaxed tree clearing laws when it approved the razing of more than 300 sq km ...
View ArticleEndangered quail may be threatened by controversial Queensland land clearing
Cape York property, which won approval to clear 330 sq km in dying days of Newman government, is ‘in core habitat’ for buff-breasted button-quail ...
View ArticleHabitat protection must be a focus of threatened species recovery (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The report, '', released in the lead up to the first national Threatened Species Summit next week, finds that of Australia's 120 most endangered...
View ArticleThreatened species strategy an important step (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "We are encouraged by Environment Minister Greg Hunt's commitment to this issue and his acknowledgement of the serious threat climate change presents...
View ArticleConservation leaders, lawyers say no to Abbott and Brandis' attempt to trash...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The groups together represent more than two million Australians. Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Attorney-General George Brandis yesterday signalled...
View ArticleAdani coal mine approval ‘grossly irresponsible’ (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'To approve a massive coal mine that would make species extinct, deplete 297 billion litres of precious groundwater and produce is grossly...
View ArticleACF to challenge approval of Adani coal mine (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) ACF will argue the Minister failed to consider whether the impact of climate pollution, resulting from burning the mine's coal, would be inconsistent...
View ArticleCOMMENT: Federal government must maintain environmental protection role
In Northern Queensland, we have recently seen a spate of large scale land clearing at Olive Vale and Strathmore stations that is likely to impact on nationally threatened species and runs in direct...
View ArticleBulldozers are clearing bilby habitat in the Kimberley (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Australian Conservation Foundation has called on the Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt, to intervene to stop the destruction of bilby...
View ArticlePeak groups call for Commonwealth transparency on Cape clearing (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), The Wilderness Society (TWS) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are calling on the Commonwealth's...
View ArticleQueensland to use satellites to ensure native woodlands are not cleared
Palaszczuk government’s plan to restore tree clearing controls stymied by opposition and independents so will rely on upgraded satellite surveillance...
View Article400,000 hectares of Queensland koala habitat could be bulldozed if land...
(Source: WWF-Australia) Posted on 14 March 2016 More than 400,000 hectares of Queensland's koala habitat could be destroyed at any time following the weakening of land clearing controls by the previous...
View ArticleACF’s biggest ever petition calls for stronger laws to protect nature (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The petition was signed by 105,252 people. It was tabled in the Senate today, World Wildlife Day, by Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus. The petition...
View ArticleChanges to Queensland land clearing laws long overdue (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The proposed changes will put an end to broad scale clearing, regulate the clearing of regrowth and strengthen investigation and prosecution laws for...
View ArticleFormer LNP official urges landholders to 'hang up' on environment officers
Australian Conservation Foundation condemns advice to refuse access to federal environment department officers investigating land clearing...
View ArticleACF welcomes land handover and new Binirr National Park in Cape York (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) ACF congratulates the Balnggarr, Binthi, Nhirrbanh, Wundal and Wunuurr people of south-east Cape York Peninsula on the historic return of 54,510...
View ArticleCape York Ghost Bat joins threatened list as government considers new mine...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Ghost bat now joins the Large-eared Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus philippinensis) and Semon's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros semoni) on the national...
View ArticlePalaszczuk government acts to protect Queensland’s national parks (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) In delivering on its commitment to restore this fundamental legislation the Palaszczuk government has restored credibility to Queensland's protected...
View ArticleQueensland’s tree-clearing laws must be strengthened (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Presenting at the first public hearing of the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into the Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and other Legislation...
View ArticleLifelines offered for Australian wildlife (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'In Australia we are fortunate to have some of the most incredible wildlife on the planet,' said ACF campaigns director Paul Sinclair. 'Sadly, many...
View ArticleACF welcomes Cape York land tenure boost (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Under a unique initiative known as the Cape York Peninsula Tenure Resolution Program, almost all state land including national parks, timber reserves...
View ArticleNew approach to environment law needed to stop extinction crisis (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Plans for a new Environment Act and an independent body to oversee and enforce it are part of a policy announced today by the Greens. 'Australia's...
View ArticleCoalition split over intervention in Queensland land clearing
Ian MacDonald says he is ‘very concerned’ about move to apply federal environmental scrutiny to clearing permits in Cape York...
View ArticleACF welcomes land handover and new Ngaynggarr National Park in Cape York (ACF...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Australian Conservation Foundation today welcomed the return of lands on Cape York Peninsula to Traditional Owners and the creation of Australia's...
View ArticleAn Endangered Cockatoo On The Wrong Side Of The Law
A flaw in environmental law prevents regulators seeing the forest from the (rapidly disappearing) trees. That’s why this species is fighting for survival, writes Andrew Picone. Australia’s largest...
View ArticleNew conservation parks boost Queensland’s resilience to climate change (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed the Palaszczuk Government's significant expansion of protected areas across Queensland and called...
View Article'We have to stop the bulldozers': swaths of koala habitat lost, say activists
Queensland’s relaxed land-clearing laws have allowed 84,000ha of habitat to be destroyed and must be rolled back, say WWF and Australian Koala Foundation...
View ArticleACF welcomes historic Shelburne handback and new Wuthathi National Park (ACF...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has today welcomed the handback of Shelburne Bay to the Wuthathi people of Cape York Peninsula after a...
View ArticleVictorian government has one year to reform logging industry (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Today's announcement that the Andrews government is extending the East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) for one year - rather than rolling it...
View ArticleEnvironment law change would be undemocratic (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The committee backed the government's proposal to repeal s 487 of the Environmental Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act to restrict the...
View ArticleMYEFO lands another punch on Australia’s reefs, forests and wildlife (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO) has confirmed what a low priority Australia's air, reefs, forests and wildlife are to the Turnbull...
View ArticleFederal Court revokes Adani mine approval: now Greg Hunt must reject the...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Following a legal challenge by Mackay Conservation Group, the Federal Court today revoked the government's approval of the controversial proposal to...
View ArticleAn attempt to strip communities of right to defend nature (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "This move by the government is nothing short of an attempt to strip communities of their right to a healthy environment," said ACF's CEO Kelly...
View ArticleQueensland’s tree-clearing “map of shame” (WWF-Australia)
(Source: WWF-Australia) Queensland's tree-clearing "map of shame" Posted on 17 September 2015 WWF-Australia today called on the Queensland Government to honour its election commitment to protect...
View ArticleExclusive: government inaction leading to increased pollution on Barrier...
Huge spike in Queensland land clearing destroys ecological communities and habitat of threatened species, according to analysis...
View ArticleLand Court decision leaves Palaszczuk government with crucial coal test (ACF...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'Just days after the historic Paris climate agreement was signed by 196 nations the Queensland Government faces a crucial test,' said Australian...
View ArticleQld govt gives OK to Carmichael coal mine; ACF Federal Court challenge still...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'If it goes ahead, the Carmichael coal mine would create billions of tonnes of pollution, making climate change worse and irreversibly damaging the...
View ArticleNewspaper ad campaign urges Minister Hunt to reject Adani coal mine (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) A coalition of environment groups will run in two major newspapers this Friday. Following a legal challenge by Mackay Conservation Group, the Federal...
View ArticleACF statement on Malcolm Fraser (ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation)
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Mr Fraser was an early member of ACF's governing council in the mid-1960s. "Malcolm Fraser was a committed conservationist and played an important...
View ArticlePledge to review environment laws and fund environmental defenders welcome...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Labor has pledged to explore options to set up a federal environmental oversight body and reverse the current government's attempts to transfer...
View ArticleFlaws in plan to hand over assessment powers to states (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) on the draft assessment agreement shows NSW policy allows for companies to double count sites as biodiversity and carbon offsets, even though this...
View ArticleCarmichael coal mine conditions are not ‘strict’ (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) When he re-approved Adani's Carmichael coal mine last week Environment Minister Greg Hunt said the project had been approved 'subject to 36 of the...
View ArticleMore info required: no go for mine expansion in Sydney water catchment (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The PAC today chose not to approve or reject the company's application, which would see an expansion of the Russell Vale mine in the catchment area...
View ArticleUnapproved land clearing an unfolding environmental crisis, green groups say
Satellite analysis shows clearing of more than 100 hectares at Cape York’s Olive Vale station in year after minister’s intervention...
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