Outback Australia Updates

NT Election - put an end to destructive land clearing - July 31, 2008

During the course of the Northern Territory election campaign, The Wilderness Society is running an advertising campaign, calling on all the political parties to pledge to protect the Territory’s forests, woodlands and rivers from destructive land clearing.

Mining suspended in victory for Arkaroola - February 18, 2008

In a major victory for the campaign to protect the internationally significant Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in South Australia from mining, SA Premier Mike Rann announced on Tuesday 12 February that the Government is suspending drilling operations at Mount Gee indefinitely.

Coongie Wetlands - Not Cattle Wastelands - April 24, 2006

The environmental integrity of Coongie Lakes is internationally recognised, yet the wetlands remain under serious threat from cattle grazing.

Kokatha women call for more protection for Yellabinna - April 18, 2005

Kokatha women with traditional associations to the Yellabinna region today met with a representative of the Aboriginal Affairs Minister to appeal for help in further protection of Yellabinna including Yumbarra and Pureba Conservation Park.

Big news for Yellabinna campaign - October 18, 2004

In late July, the state government announced a proposal to protect 500,000 hectares of Yellabinna as a Wilderness Protection Area. This is a significant step, but more needs to be done and it is not the end of the campaign.

Yellabinna Stars in Fringe Parade - March 15, 2004

Art met environmental politics in the opening parade of the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the largest arts festival in Australia. The Wilderness Society's Yellabinna Action Group (YAG) had a spectacular presence in the Fringe Opening Parade with a float of Yellabinna accompanied by a crew of costumed arid land animals and supporters.

Coongie Lakes Wetlands - Campaign Outline - September 25, 2003

The Coongie Lakes wetland system is the only major unpolluted, unregulated freshwater system in arid Australia. Despite this significance, the Coongie Lakes system remains under threat from the increased proliferation of oil and gas exploration/ production in the region, as well as pastoralism, and land development upriver in the Cooper Creek system.

Wilderness wins on Eyre Peninsula - September 16, 2003

The Wilderness Society in South Australia is celebrating as the state government announced the first Wilderness Protection Area to be declared in 10 years. Memory Cove, on the lower Eyre Peninsula will be declared as a Wilderness Protection Area, the first such area on mainland SA. The government's announcement came as one of several initiatives to boost wilderness protection on the Eyre Peninsula.

Help Protect SA's largest mallee wilderness - September 10, 2003 Click here to email, fax or phone Premier Mike Rann and Environment Minister John Hill and tell them you want at least 1 million hectares of Yellabinna protected (as recommended by the government's Wilderness Advisory Committee).

New Campaign to Stop 'Death by a Thousand Cuts' - September 10, 2003

At the time of European colonisation, Yellabinna represented about 30 percent of all South Australian mallee and it remains the largest stretch of mallee wilderness in the world. The great value of Yellabinna lies in its essentially undisturbed nature and its large size at the zone of transition between the semi-arid and arid areas of South Australia.