Media Releases
Albanese Government shelves environment reform as disaster strikes coral reefs globally
April 16, 2024
National organisations representing hundreds of thousands of Australians that want Australia’s natural environment protected from the ravages of climate change are dismayed after the Albanese Government said it was delaying substantive national environment law reform. The news comes just as it is revealed today...
Read MoreNew report exposes Northern Territory’s murky lobbying laws as Senate Inquiry investigates Middle Arm
April 11, 2024
A new report reveals the Northern Territory is home to Australia’s weakest lobbying rules and the jurisdiction has little protection against undue influence on government decision makers. Report available here.
Read MoreSantos accused of misleading advertising: Complaint made to ACCC and Ad Standards over domestic gas use claims
April 08, 2024
Climate communications group Comms Declare and grassroots campaigners Lock the Gate Alliance have complained to the corporate watchdog over a Santos ad placed in a newspaper near its proposed Narrabri gas project.
Read MoreThe great coal mod con: How new coal projects are avoiding transparency and accountability in NSW
April 04, 2024
The NSW Government is waving through coal projects that will be responsible for hundreds of millions of tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution without independent determination.
Read MoreHanding national environment powers on water back to states will breach election promise
April 02, 2024
Albanese Government plans to implement a kind of ‘one-stop shop’ that would allow national environmental approvals that impact water to be delegated to state and territory governments would breach election promises.
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