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Gasfield Free groups across the state are anticipating the announcement by the Andrews Labor government in regards to onshore gas. During the past year it has been made perfectly clear that communities will only...

The Andrews government has delivered its second budget which focuses strongly on infrastructure, health, education and family violence. Environment group Friends of the Earth welcome the modest commitments on climate and renewable energy but...

Environmental organisation Friends of the Earth has welcomed the release of the Independent Review of the Victorian Climate Change Act 2010. Friends of the Earth campaigns coordinator Cam Walker says the review has uncovered...

Big energy companies have sought to "open up" Victoria to onshore gas drilling and fracking--putting prime farmland and water resources at risk. Regional communities around the state have said "no" to risky unconventional gas...

December 8, 2015 Today the committee tabled it's final report in parliament. This long awaited report will be used by the Labor Government to make a decision about the future of onshore and unconventional...

On tuesday December 8, the parliamentary inquiry into unconventional gas (UCG) will release its final report. It is not an overstatement to say that this puts Victoria at a crossroads in terms of our...

November 18, 2015 National environment group Friends of the Earth has welcomed the news that the Victorian Government will carry out an independent review of previous government support of coal development programs. It has...

media release National environment group Friends of the Earth is supporting the call from regional community groups for an outright ban on all new coal development in the state. In a powerful statement of...

Communities across the state will welcome today’s announcement by the Coalition that they are strengthening their position on unconventional gas mining. The new position, an improvement on the one held when they were in...

Five of us squeezed into Brigit’s car, laughed, talked and ate unusual chocolate while Brigit drove us through the traffic jammed outskirts of Melbourne’s suburbs out into Gippsland. We made it through the fog...