Media Releases - 28 July 2021 - Campaign - Australia wide Surf Coast Council votes to oppose Otways oil and gas exploration and 12 Apostles acreage release The Wilderness Society applauds the Surf Coast Council for passing a motion opposing the mindless re...
Media Releases - 22 July 2021 - Campaign - Australia wide Woodside’s decommissioning track record should make them ineligible to own BHP’s ageing petroleum assets The Wilderness Society is calling on the Commonwealth Government to make clear to the market that th...
Media Releases - 29 June 2021 - Campaign - Tasmania Wilderness Society Tasmania Welcomes Legal Push For Greater Transparency Over Parks Privatisation The Wilderness Society Tasmania has welcomed a legislative amendment that would significantly improv...
Media Releases - 29 June 2021 - Campaign - Australia wide Wilderness Society welcomes the $0.48 per barrel decommissioning levy and calls to make it permanent The Commonwealth Government has released the details of the sorely needed Laminaria-corallina Oilfie...
Media Releases - 23 June 2021 - Iconic place - Tasmania UNESCO calls halt on tourism developments in Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area In UNESCO’s new State of Conservation report on World Heritage properties, the World Heritage Commit...
Media Releases - 21 June 2021 - Campaign - Australia wide Woodside’s “right maintenance at the right time” strategy leads to rusting infrastructure and regulator attention The national offshore oil and gas regulator, NOPSEMA, has a new direction to Woodside following repo...
Media Releases - 18 June 2021 - Campaign - Tasmania “We need them to have access to it”: Sussan Ley Backs Principle of Public Access in World Heritage Areas The Wilderness Society Tasmania has welcomed the commitment to the principle of public access in Wor...
Media Releases - 16 June 2021 - Laws - Australia wide Government ‘roadmap for reform’ sets a course for extinction The Wilderness Society provides the following response to the release of the Morrison Government’s A...
Media Releases - 15 June 2021 - Campaign - Australia wide Morrison to auction off 12 Apostles area for oil and gas exploration in 2021 Offshore Acreage Release The Morrison Government has today released its annual 2021 swathe of offshore exploration acreage to...
Media Releases - 11 June 2021 - Campaign - Australia wide Seismic Blasting Inquiry: Saturation bombing-like impacts from an industry past its use-by date The release of a Senate Inquiry report into the use of seismic blasting to locate and drill for oil ...