Northern Territory Media Releases

Garrett's strong stand on Tiwi logging - October 15, 2008

The Wilderness Society welcomes the decision by Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, to impose tough new conditions on logging giant, Great Southern Plantations, for a range of serious breaches of environmental conditions related to it's controversial clearing of 26 000 hectares of forests and woodlands on the Tiwi islands, north of Darwin.

Northern Territory election: environment groups issue policy report card - August 08, 2008

A coalition of environment groups this morning issued a report card assessing the environmental policies of the political parties on the eve of the Northern Territory election. The report card is published in this morning’s NT News.

Green groups welcome NT Government scrutiny of Tiwi Island’s landclearing - August 07, 2008

The Wilderness Society and the Environment Centre of the Northern Territory welcome today’s announcement by the Northern Territory Chief Minister that any further land clearing on the Tiwi Islands will be subject to a full and public environmental assessment process.

TV ad blitz calls for political action on land clearing in NT - August 01, 2008

The Wilderness Society launches a TV ad campaign challenging the next Northern Territory government to rule out further destructive land clearing in special parts of the Territory including the Tiwi’s and the Daly River.

Green group responds to ALP and CLP environment announcements - July 28, 2008

Following the weekend release of the CLP and ALP environment policies, The Wilderness Society calls on both parties to release policies to address the biggest threats to nature in the Northern Territory – landclearing, river protection and poor land management.

First Indigenous Protected Area declared on Cape York Peninsula is ‘a visionary achievement’ - June 04, 2008

The Wilderness Society has welcomed the declaration of Cape York Peninsula’s first Indigenous Protected Area.

Protest at Perth corporate AGM over destruction of native forests on NT's Tiwi Islands - February 13, 2007

Protesters gathered at the AGM of Perth-based Great Southern Plantations (GSP) Ltd to challenge the company over its destructive forestry operation on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin.

Appalling decision by NT Government to approve McArthur River mine - October 15, 2006

The Wilderness Society condemns the Northern Territory's recent approval for a massive expansion of the McArthur River Mine which entails a diversion of NT's McArthur River for at least 5 kilometres.

Northern Territory Minister makes right call in recommending against McArthur River mine - February 26, 2006

The Wilderness Society congratulates the Northern Territory Government for recommending against the expansion of the McArthur River zinc mine operations in the Gulf of Carpentaria, because of environmental risks.

Message to French government: "Keep out of Kakadu" - April 26, 2005

Australia's leading environment organizations have joined forces to send a message to the French government not to allow its nuclear subsidiary Areva to develop an new uranium mine in the heart of World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park.