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Community Alliance Condemns Roe8 Approval
An alliance of conservation and community groups has condemned the environmental approval for the Roe8 Highway Extension announced today – the first stage of the controversial Perth Freight Link.
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Antony Hegarty lends voice to Martu resistance to proposed Kintyre uranium mine
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Monday 22nd June 2015
Antony Hegarty lends voice to Martu resistance to proposed Kintyre uranium mine
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Parliament must not block Councils acting in community interest
Western Australia’s peak environment group has called on WA Members of Parliament to support Local Government laws that protect the environment and act in the interests of communities following a move by...
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Green Tick for WA karri forest logging a sham, say conservation groups
WA’s peak community conservation and forest protection groups have forced an independent audit of the WA Forest Products Commission’s logging operations after uncovering evidence that the agency is failing to comply with the recently...
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Decision to keep hunting out of public lands makes sense
Media Release – Tuesday June 16, 2015 Western Australia’s peak environment group has backed the announcement by Hon. Albert Jacob, Minister for the Environment, confirming that the State Government will not...
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Conservation groups call for more transparency and less spin on gas fracking from WA government
Conservation groups are calling for more transparency and less spin on gas fracking from Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion as he opened WA’s inaugural ‘Water Management for Shale and Tight Gas Resources’...
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Community calls for strategy and resources to manage transition from coal industries in Collie
Community calls for strategy and resources to manage transition from coal industries in Collie
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Eco May kicks off with huge community response
Western Australia's peak environment group has launched Eco May - a month of community-led events and activities to build community connections around environmental issues across the state.
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Federal government supports the wrong sort of diggers on Anzac Eve
National and state environment groups have condemned todays federal government conditional environmental approval for uranium mining beside WA’s largest national park as rushed and irresponsible.
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Midwest Farmers 'lock the gate' at Parliament against protest laws
A group of farmers from the States Midwest have joined with conservationists, church leaders, unionists, social justice groups, lawyers and others at Parliament House to demonstrate their objection to anti-protest laws being...
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Gas fracking regulator rolling out the red carpet for pollution
Western Australia’s peak environment group has warned that the lead government regulator for gas fracking in WA cannot be trusted to protect community health, groundwater and the environment due to conflicts of...
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More than artificial hollows required save endangered cockatoos
Western Australia’s peak conservation organisation has commended the Environment Minister Albert Jacob and the Department of Parks and Wildlife for recent progress on improved artificial nesting hollows for endangered cockatoos, but warned...
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Conservation groups in broad coalition to defend the right to peaceful protest
Western Australia’s peak environment group has joined with churches, unions, WA Farmers, lawyers and other civil-society groups to defend the right to peaceful protest.
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Broad community opposes Protest Laws
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has today joined a broad alliance opposing the Government’s proposed laws to criminalise protest activities. Over 30 organisations including, union, political, civil society, faith and environment...
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EPA ignores scientists; community to allow gas fracking exploration in Nature Reserve
Proposed World Heritage site under threat in Mid-west
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Community calls for Govt to raise the standards on Roe 8
Members of the Save Beeliar Wetlands Campaign group met outside Main Roads offices today to flag their opposition to a pre-emptive meeting for contractors to build a controversial 6 lane tollway through...
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Minister approves uranium mine threat to National Park
Leading national and state environment groups have vowed to actively contest today’s decision by Environment Minister Albert Jacob to approve the controversial Kintyre uranium mine proposal in an excised area from WA’s...
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Research shows support for Perth to embrace a more sustainable future
Eco-friendly apartments, public transport and cycling highest priorities for Perth residents
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