News

Have climate impacts ever been as obvious as they have been over the last few weeks?This November, Victoria has seen record-late frosts, ocean temperature anomalies, as well as a record-breaking heatwave that delivered 15...

The planning minister Richard Wynne has today approved the $5.5 B West Gate Tunnel project. Approval of Transurban’s $5.5 billion Westgate Tunnel toll road project locks Melbourne into decades more congestion, tolls and pollution....

What a year it has been! 2018 is shaping up as a HUGE year with the Victorian State Election due. Can you help us get get ready for the election and help us show...

While Jemena carries on with the NT Pipeline construction and the State Government's Inquiry into Unconventional Gas is still underway, communities in the NT are standing up louder than ever against fracking.   As...

The Northcote by-election is a great opportunity for all candidates to show their support for protecting native forests and wildlife.  Do you live in Northcote and will be voting in the by-election?   Contact...

More than 30 environment, recreation and scientific groups have renewed their call for the creation of the Great Forest National Park, as Labor’s favoured issues of renters rights and cost of housing prove less...

  Media Release: Nov 14 2017: Launch of Vic's renewable energy auctions, "a lesson" for the feds   Victoria is leading the country with the launch of Australia's largest renewable energy auction scheme, a...

As Northcote voters head to the polls this weekend, here’s a wrap up of the Friends of the Earth campaign in the Northcote by-election and where the candidates stand on the issue of native...

Friends of the Earth has won the Environmental Justice category in this year's Victorian Premier's Sustainability Awards for conducting a campaign to build community resistance to the potential threat of fracking.

The Kuark forest is located in far East Gippsland, Victoria. This magnificent forest is home to rare rainforest and endangered animals. Sections of it are currently on logging schedules and could be cut at...