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Is this journalism or advertising? If you read The Herald Sun or The Australian last week, you'd begin to think Victorians are furious about being denied a gas connection on a new property. A...

In August news, Peace Walk Against AUKUS, Energy Justice petition & electrify event, fungacide & peticides in the waters update, data centre boom webinar, Koalathon 2026, Dingo film half-price tix, moratorium on critical minerals,...

  Friends of the Earth welcomes the appointment of Jaclyn Symes as the state’s new Minister for Energy, Climate and Environment, saying her appointment as a senior minister maintains Victoria’s leadership position at a...

Recent information obtained by Friends of the Earth via Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to Victorian water authorities reveal that the herbicide Metolachlor was detected over 110 times in 30 water supplies between 2017...

3 Aug 2026 KEY FACTS Citizen science events at 20 + locations across Australia's High Country to take place this August. Popular locations include Mt Hotham (for the Australian Backcountry Festival August 29 &...

Friends of the Earth and Beyond Uranium Canberra are coming together with concerned individuals and families to raise awareness against the dangers of uranium mining and AUKUS nuclear submarines. The 2026 Peace Walk will...

The Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio, the Victorian Minister for Climate Action, Energy and Resources and the State Electricity Commission (SEC) has announced today that she is retiring from politics.   Friends of the Earth acknowledges...

30th July 2026 We congratulate Ben Carroll and Gabrielle Williams on their appointments to state leadership, as we anticipate a new era of service reform priority. 

Friends of the Earth Melbourne says the Victorian Liberals’ plan to "throw open the door" to new gas exploration will push up the cost of living, deepen climate pollution, and leave everyday Victorians, not...

A fungicide, banned by the Australian pesticide regulator 20 years ago has been detected in drinking water supplies across northern Victoria over the past decade. Benomyl was banned by the APVMA in 2006. It had...