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The Nuclear Free Collective is pleased to announce our annual art auction fundraiser! 🖼️ "85 Seconds to Midnight" Art Auction Fundraiser📆 Thursday 25 June 2026⏰ Doors 5:30pm / Live auction from 7:30pm 📍 2/29...

Remembering Chornobyl 40 years on In remembrance of the Chornobyl catastrophe, the Nuclear Free Collective held a vigil on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral on April 27, 2026. We lit 40 handmade candles...

We need positive climate solutions that improve people’s lives We need to lock in cheaper, cleaner energy for Victoria’s future Electrifying everything will create energy independence & protect against cost of living pressures This...

SKAT is the Strzelecki Koala Collective at Friends of the Earth Melbourne. At our last meeting (May 13, 2026) the collective unanimously agreed to oppose the Fish Creek Quarry expansion that has been concerning...

In May news, support EOFY fundraiser, artist call out anti-nuke art auction, anti-AUKUS webinar, peace & climate justice petition, Victoria election events invite, resistance to new offshore gas, gas import terminal petition, why money...

7 May 2026 Friends of the Earth condemns the Victorian government’s decision today to approve Amplitude Energy’s Annie-2 Gas Field project in the Otway Basin, saying the announcement will flare up long-held community resistance...

The government budget is not a neutral document. We argue that if the government is able to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on defence, it should also be able to spend on climate disaster...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The commitment from the Allan Labor government (https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/works-powering-ahead-melton-line-upgrade) for the long-anticipated Melton electrification is welcome, however buses must be in the planning process. Too often buses are left unreformed for years...

Today the Allan government committed $100m to expand some suburban and regional bus services. Calling it a ‘Bus Bonanza’, the government will extend operating hours and increase frequencies on a few select routes, and...

Can playing a board game work to exercise our climate problem-solving abilities? By Collective Member Lachlan Campbell.