Mr 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 ArticleGovernment-backed logging 'pushing rare possum towards extinction'
Expert claims Victorian administration is taking 'calculated actions' that could wipe out threatened Leadbeater's possum ...
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 ArticleHodgman’s forest peace deal repeal fails forests and timber industry (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "This legislation is a dog's breakfast that removes formal protection from hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests agreed under the TFA, casts a...
View ArticleGeoff Cousins appointed President of ACF (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "I am delighted the Council of the Australian Conservation Foundation has chosen Geoff Cousins as ACF's new President," said CEO Kelly O'Shanassy....
View ArticleNew Kimberley parks welcomed but jettison JPP gas hub plans (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) This week's announcement will see 160sqkm of national parks and 3000sqkm of marine parks created in the Kimberley region as well as gazetting another...
View ArticleEnding the age of entitlement begins by ending handouts to wealthy polluters...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) confirm the Government has granted a $110 million loan to two of the world's richest companies - BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto - to allow those companies...
View ArticleNational govt needs to remain at the heart of environmental approvals (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) In his address to the National Press Club today the Prime Minister said he wanted to integrate "the assessment procedures and reports at present...
View ArticleSunshine state can do so much better than dirty shale oil (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) ACF spokesman Tony Mohr said the shale oil industry posed a number of risks to Queensland's environment. "Shale oil is a 1980s energy option that...
View ArticleAustralian Conservation Foundation statement on Federal Budget 2013-14 (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "The budget delivers on the Government's core nature conservation commitments to the Great Barrier Reef, marine reserves, Tasmania's forests, the...
View ArticleEnvironment groups welcome company's ongoing support for Forests Agreement...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Ta Ann has committed to continue to support the implementation of the TFA, not sourcing wood from the agreed reserves, including the World Heritage...
View ArticleFederal Government must not drop ball on Cape York World Heritage nomination...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "The drive to recognise Cape York's world heritage values goes back to the 1980s," said Andrew Picone, Northern Australia Program Officer for ACF....
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 ArticleQueensland bushland threatened under proposed law changes, WWF warns
BUSHLAND will be bulldozed, animals killed and whole species threatened under changes to state law that will allow more vegetation clearing, says a report to be released today. The report prepared by...
View ArticleEnding the cassowary slaughter on Queensland roads
Speed limits and road signs are not a big ask to save such an iconic species from immanent extinction. The cassowary is far-north Queensland's flagship species for both the tourism industry and the...
View ArticlePriorities for the Federal Budget 2013-14 (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Every year Australia wastes billions of dollars subsidising fuel costs and giving tax breaks to wealthy resource extraction companies, while the need...
View ArticleMurray delisting driven by politics, not science (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "While a few wet seasons have helped avert an ecological disaster, the Murray River is still far from healthy and it needs legal protection," said...
View ArticleLand clearing will devastate Queensland: scientists
Land clearing for agriculture willcome at the cost of high-conservation regrowth, a group of Queensland academics warns. Photo: Andrew Quilty Queensland scientists are warning of devastating habitat...
View ArticleBenefits of environmental watering at risk from buyback cap (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Federal Government today announced it will legislate to cap buybacks at 1,500 gigalitres. "The federal government's inclination to recover water...
View ArticleHumpback whales make a comeback in Australian waters as numbers rebound
Researchers call for humpbacks to be delisted as threatened as numbers leap to 90% of pre-whaling population along west coast and 63% along east coast ...
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