Louise Morris
Louise is an award-winning advocate with 20 years’ experience encompassing climate, energy, forest protection, and law reform in the not-for-profit sector, and federal politics before joining The Australia Institute.
Darwin needs a Clean Air Act, not lucky escapes
When INPEX Australia admitted it had under-reported benzene and toluene emissions from its Ichthys LNG facility by orders of magnitude, Territorians were told we were “lucky” nothing worse happened.
You simply can’t 'offset' strip mining the only jarrah forest on Earth
Australia’s environmental laws are meant to protect the irreplaceable, not offer accounting tricks that allow their irrevocable destruction.
The Government is positioning Australia as a global dumping ground for CO₂ and it's taxpayers who carry the risk
The Australian Government is quietly reshaping national climate policy so that Australia can become a global dumping ground for carbon dioxide under the banner of “Sequestration Nation” and keep using and exporting gas.
Communities win again in the Otway Basin, but why do they have to keep fighting?
The recent rejection of the CGG Regia 3D marine seismic blasting survey off Victoria’s south-west coast was a hard-fought victory for coastal communities, marine life and common sense.
Communities beat offshore gas expansion once, the Albanese Government is letting it back in
Locals are gearing up for a new fight against offshore gas expansion, with a Torquay paddle-out opposing acreage releases in the Otway Basin.
Australia’s environment laws are being rewritten, and the government is already backsliding
The draft National Environmental Standards put up for public comment over summer are vague, discretionary, and offset-heavy.
CCS isn't climate action, it's an offset scam
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an offsets zombie the government keeps trying to raise from the dead to prop up the future of fossil fuel projects.
New gas won’t fix a broken system. It’s time to phase out fossil fuels
Climate impacts ranging from fires, floods, heatwaves, extreme cyclones and drought are already reshaping communities, livelihoods, and insurance policies across Australia.
Lawfare in the Forests: How SLAPP suits and legal barriers damage democracy
Environmental groups do not have the capacity, financial resources or institutional incentives to pursue frivolous litigation. When community groups or conservation organisations bring a case, it is because significant environmental or procedural issues are at stake, and because all other channels for accountability and protecting the environment have failed.
