CommBank is continuing its support for communities impacted by the catastrophic flooding across New South Wales and Queensland after distributing a further $2 million in funding through its CanGive Flood Appeal. CommBank provided $800,000 from the CanGive Flood Appeal earlier in the…
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s proposal to reject Clive Palmer’s Central Queensland Coal project is the right decision for the Great Barrier Reef and is welcomed, the Australian Marine Conservation Society says. The open-cut coal mine, proposed for an area just 10km from the Reef…
The new State of the Environment report paints a concerning picture of the health of our oceans and lands and shows we must urgently turn the tide to protect Australia’s priceless marine environments and wildlife, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) believes. The devastating…
The decision to list the world’s largest gliding marsupial, the greater glider, as an endangered species must be followed by urgent action to protect their forest homes, says WWF-Australia. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week accepted the recommendation of the Threatened Species…
The song “If Not Now Then When” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has won the inaugural Environmental Music Prize. The Environmental Music Prize aims to recognise Australian music with a pro-environment message capable of inspiring people to take action. From…
A YOUNG marine activist climbed onto the mooring line of the Antarctic toothfish vessel, Antarctic Discovery, this morning, 23 June, and hung a protest banner in frigid conditions as it was docked in Hobart. Bille Raffety, 19, from the Huon Valley, suspended…
There are a few days left for the public to vote for the winner of the inaugural Environmental Music Prize. The prize aims to recognise songs that celebrate the environment and can also motivate people to help defend it. Edwina Floch was…
WHALE migration season has again come to the east coast of Australia with the first sightings being reported. Every year around May and June, humpback whales migrate from feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean to the warm waters of the Coral Sea…
AN alliance of leading environmental groups has welcomed the Morrison Government’s declaration of two new marine parks off Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, which together form one of the largest highly protected marine sanctuary areas in the world. The marine…
IT is the miraculous survival story we all need to read right now. Pretzel, a green turtle hatchling, has already survived a flood disaster, and potentially fatal plastic consumption, all of which has just occurred in its first few weeks of life.…
