Environment & Biodiversity
Tasmanians warned they may foot the bill for new logging deals
Tasmania’s Liberal Government is being warned against rushing to lock in long-term logging contracts, with critics cautioning the state could be forced to pay millions to tear them up.
Glencore asks Murray Watt to sacrifice koala habitat for coal mine
Australia’s largest coal producer, Glencore, has applied to the Federal Government to extend its Hail Creek open cut coal mine, near Nebo in Central Queensland.
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 friendship with Timor-Leste has always come second to its hunger for oil and gas
Australia is entering a “New Partnership for a New Era” with Timor-Leste. It should not be a “New Era” for fossil fuels.
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.
Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
The revelation that the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is proposing to log a cloud forest in southern NSW teeming with threatened species is another reminder of the spiralling decline of the native forest logging industry.
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.
The global hottest list no one wants to be on
Figures released by NASA overnight show that 2025 was the second hottest year on record. The three hottest years on record are 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Harcourt fires show need for disaster levy
Those responsible for the climate crisis must be made to pay for the mess they have made.
Part Two: The history of opposition to coal in the Central Coast and the global impact of the local campaign
Local activism really can drive nationally and globally significant change – which is exactly why powerful people try to dissuade communities from engaging in it.
