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September 17 2025 For immediate release Around 2000 pages of material related to the review of Victoria’s Bus Plan were released by the Government on Tuesday>These documents show that significant bus reform was recommended...

September 16, 2025 Friends of the Earth is disappointed to learn that the Victorian government’s first offshore wind auction will once again be delayed, as announced this morning by Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio...

We, the undersigned groups, call on the Albanese government to commit funding for Victoria’s first offshore wind auction, and to ensure it will be held by the end of 2025.

Photo credit: Powerful Owl in the Mirboo North IPA, by Bill Blomeley via Preserve Our Forests Mirboo North. Friends of the Earth Melbourne welcomes the long-awaited creation of protected areas via Minister Dimopoulos' Parks and...

Friends of the Earth's SKAT collective has just completed koala scat surveys in the 7,000 hectare Won Wron State Forest, near Yarram. Won Wron is definately a stronghold of the Strzelecki koala, with perhaps...

Victorian communities are coming together and showing up to shape the state's climate preparedness! They have been taking the lead on their adaptation plans, through visioning, learning from and teaching and inspiring each other. And...

In September news, solidarity with Camp Sovereignty, anti-AUKUS action, Wombat forest work trip, protect Snow gums, join FoE rapid response network, calls for the State to step up on climate risks, local energy hubs,...

MEDIA RELEASE Victorian environment groups have written a joint letter to Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan and leading government ministers welcoming Australia’s first ever Treaty with Indigenous people, and committed to standing alongside First Peoples...

On the 31st August at approximately 5 pm, a group of males wearing masks and identifying as neo Nazi’s attacked Camp Sovereignty with the intention of causing harm to the people who gather at...

We know that angry voices (those opposing new national parks and environmental protection and the development of renewables and action on climate change) are often the most vocal, especially on social media. Angry voices...