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Announcement of conference: February 14 – 16, 2025 Snow Gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora) are the classic tree of the Australian High Country. They are profoundly different to the trees found in mountain areas in other...

Hancock Victorian Plantations controversial plans to log many hardwood areas and replant with pines in the Strzelecki ranges puts Slender Tree-ferns, Gang-gangs, Powerful Owls, Pilotbirds and the rare and endangered Strzelecki Burrowing Crayfish at...

These are exciting times in Victoria. Momentum is building for real reconciliation between First Nations people and coloniser society. The state Treaty process is well underway, with formal negotiations expected to begin later this...

It is time to get on with giving Melbourne’s established suburbs a better bus network

The Victorian Government is proposing a series of reforms to improve energy efficiency for the one third of househoulds in Victoria that are rental properties. Friends of the Earth Melbourne encourages everyone - particularly...

Despite lack of funding, it has been a very busy couple of months for SKAT. Recent visits to the Strzelecki Ranges, reveal that up to 16,000 hectares of hardwood is currently being converted to...

The Coalition has made its announcement to set us on a path to a nuclear dystopia. The ACF has put out a report setting out in detail how this is a terrible future option...

In June news, please donate to our EOFY fundraiser, KOALAS movie and SKAT update, Djandak Wi ('Country fire') cultural burning strategy, call for remote area volunteer firefighting, Vic rental energy reform submissions, new Otway...

About a third of the gas used domestically in Australia is used in Victoria, and of that about half is burned on heating buildings, many of which are inefficient. And rental homes are some...

[Image credit: Michael J Fromholtz] Friends of the Earth Melbourne has today slammed the Victorian Government decision to approve Beach Energy's production of gas from near the Twelve Apostles off the Otway coast.