Action to combat uranium threat to WA national park (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Conservation Council WA anti-nuclear Campaigner Mia Pepper said, "The mining proposal from Cameco directly threatens the unique environmental values...
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 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 ArticleNSW vegetation rules a 19th Century throwback (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker and Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner today announced changes that will allow landholders to "clear paddock trees"...
View ArticleMr Rudd, don’t cave in to the business lobby – the places Australians love...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should take with a grain of salt the claims about the costs of environmental approvals, because the claims don't match...
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 government quietly removes Stradbroke safeguards (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Under the current state environmental authorisation, sand mining on Stradbroke Island must not harm the environment beyond the mining lease. This...
View ArticleEnvironment groups remain committed to Tasmanian Forests Agreement (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "The environment group signatories fully support the TFA and all its outcomes - those that are important for conservation and those that are important...
View ArticleAdani coal project should not receive taxpayer funding (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Speaking on ABC Radio National Breakfast Mr Frydenberg said Adani's Carmichael coal mine 'is a commercial project… it needs to stand on its own two...
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 ArticleAdani coal project should not receive taxpayer funding (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Speaking on ABC Radio National Breakfast Mr Frydenberg said Adani's Carmichael coal mine 'is a commercial project… it needs to stand on its own two...
View ArticleEnvironment groups remain committed to Tasmanian Forests Agreement (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "The environment group signatories fully support the TFA and all its outcomes - those that are important for conservation and those that are important...
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 ArticleEnvironmental water to remain with the Environment Department (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'Environmental water should be used to protect and restore the rivers and wetlands of Murray-Darling Basin and therefore the Environment Department is...
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 ArticleA year of reckless governing for Australia’s environment (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) As the Abbott Government's first anniversary approaches, the Australian Conservation Foundation has taken a look back over the big decisions the...
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