Media Releases
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Kimberley protest goes nationwide - May 15, 2012
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Biggest police deployment to crush regional community protest since Eureka Stockade - May 13, 2012
Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has sent 250 police officers to Broome to crush community opposition to the proposed gas industrial complex at James Price Point, not far off the 276 police and soldiers sent to the Eureka Stockade to crush the miners.
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Outrage as 140 police sent to Broome to crush community - May 10, 2012
More than 100 police are being sent to Broome, the ABC reports, in a desperate attempt to crush local community opposition to the proposed James Price Point gas industrial complex. The majority of Woodside’s Browse joint-venture partners are believed to oppose Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett’s authoritarian stance, and they now must speak out publicly.
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Broome’s famed Cable Beach under threat from James Price Point dredging? - May 02, 2012
The WA Environmental Protection Authority today announced a further delay to the release of their report on the Browse gas strategic assessment. The announcement cited new information from the proponent about a massive increase in dredge spoil from 21 million tonnes to 34 million tonnes, a 60% increase.
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Koala listing welcomed, needs action - April 29, 2012
Today’s announcement to include Koalas on the National Threatened Species List as ‘vulnerable’ in QLD, NSW and the ACT is a welcome first step towards greater protection of the national icon, but immediate action is now needed to reverse koala population decline.
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Three-quarters of Koala population wiped out - April 26, 2012
Koalas must be included on the national threatened species list as part of Environment Minister Tony Burke's 30 April announcement, especially in NSW’s Gunnedah region and the Pilliga Forest where they face the additional threat of expanding coal mining and coal seam gas operations, according to the Wilderness Society.
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Miner licking lips at prospect of removal of Wild River protections - April 23, 2012
Bauxite mining company Cape Alumina is readying itself to mine the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve and pristine Wenlock River area on Cape York, anticipating the removal of the Wild River protections on the Wenlock.
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Newman fast tracks new ‘coal rush’ for Cape York - April 20, 2012
The Wilderness Society today expressed alarm at the Queensland government’s decision to give 'Project of State Significance' status to the proposed Wongai coal mine in Cape York.
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Robyn Parker’s about turn on National Park protection - April 19, 2012
Just two months after a commitment to the future protection of the River Red Gum National Parks in the Riverina, The Wilderness Society Sydney is dismayed by reports that the Premier, Barry O’Farrell and the Environment Minster, Robyn Parker now seem to be unable to live up to their guarantee.
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Basin Plan must return at least 4000 GL - April 18, 2012
Voices for the Murray-Darling, a group some 20 community and environmental groups across and beyond the MDB, speaking as the Lifeblood Alliance, said today, ‘The MDBA must deliver 4000 gigalitres or the Plan will be the most expensive dud we have seen for decades.’
