This Report analyses the driving influences of the February 7 fires and looks at how the fires passed through and affected different areas of land including plantations, regrowth from logging and National Parks. The summary of the implications of the report is below and you can Download the full report here (PDF 6.2MB) This report …
The government has suddenly got its skates on and seems to be writing protection plans for threatened wildlife. EEG launched legal action against the Department for its failure to do this in early June. Suddenly the Supreme Court is looming and EEG and a few select groups have a generous 10 days to comment on …
This just shows how expendable our natural ecosystems and wildlife are in exchange for cheap political expedience. This quote is taken from the latest report of the Bushfires Royal Commission’s independent monitor, Neil Comrie(p.63). Thousands of people, including scientists and biologists have been saying this since day one. For Recommendation 57 which covers impacts on …
Why must it take a tiny environment group to force a government to obey its own laws on threatened species? Jill Redwood wonders what happened to the Victorian Government’s morals. AS I WRITE, the bulldozers and chainsaws are brutalising another superb stand of ancient forest not far from where I am just out of Orbost, …
When EEG asked Greg Hunt to clarify why the Coalition would appoint a commissioner to oversee threatened species when they also plan to hand all threatened species responsibilities to the states, Greg Hunt (Fed shadow env minister) replied: ‘Many thanks and the Commissioner would be responsible for preparing, implementing and monitoring threatened species plans’. Again …
A suppressed state govt report is telling us that our wildlife is fast being tipped into the pit of extinction – knowingly! Entire wildlife species are still being sacrificed for the greed of corporates. In this instance the logging mafia demands access to hundreds of thousands of ha of public native forests to shred for …
The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) welcomed the announcement that the Victorian Government would invest $650,000 in Australia’s largest hardwood sawmill. The announcement was made last week by the Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development, The Hon Peter Ryan. VAFI CEO Lisa Marty said this investment, part of a $2.62 million …
CONSERVATION groups seeking boycotts of products linked to environmental destruction may soon be liable for prosecution under consumer law. The move could hamper market-based campaigns by groups such as Markets for Change and GetUp! Currently, green groups have exemptions for secondary boycott activities under the Consumer and Competition Act. The Abbott government is going to …
The results aren’t all in yet – but one thing is sure – the Greens have made history again in Melbourne by re-electing Adam Bandt and also Janet Rice as a new Senator for Vic. The Greens’ Peter Whish-Wilson is back in Tasmania and Sarah Hanson-Young in South Australia and Scott Ludlam in Western Australia …
