While firefighting is (and should remain) primarily the responsibility of individual states and territories, it is clear that Australia would benefit from a professional national firefighting team which can be deployed to assist...

Monthly September update on what the Sustainable Cities collective have been up to, and a reminder of our upcoming events.

On Saturday September 9th, the Sustainable Cities collective gathered with key supporters from the West, as well as students from UniMelb and VU to talk through the strategy for our Better Buses campaign moving...

In this September edition, Transport Equity Week, a Better Buses Ball, action on the defence agenda in schools, Nuclear Waste Info night, native forests forum, mountain citizen science walks, government indifference to koalas, climate...

'Ash forests’ – forest comprised of Mountain Ash, Alpine Ash, or sometimes both – are some of the most iconic forest types in Victoria, or even the world. Covering around 500,000 ha of Victoria...

Several months ago, Friends of the Earth applied under Freedom of Information Legislation, for details pertaining to how the Victorian State Government dealt with FoE's 2022 application to the Federal Government regarding EPBC listing...

Teachers are organising in their unions to take a stand against the military agenda in the school curriculum with the Defence Department's Nuclear Propelled Submarine Challenge.

The Sustainable Cities collective had a huge year, with all systems go as they accelerated their campaign for Better Buses into the 2022 November state election. 2023 has also proven to be a big...

Media release. August 21, 2023 Today, the Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, Lily D'Ambrosio, announced that the government is investing $1 billion in renewable energy projects to deliver 4.5 gigawatts of power, equivalent...

Environmental cliche no. 444. "Its a marathon, not a sprint". Where were you in October 2006? 17 years ago, John Howard was Prime Minister, Kim Beazley was opposition leader. Steve Bracks was Premier and...