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FARMERS WON'T BE BOUGHT: Guy's new royalties policy won't do anything to lower the gas price, say Vic communities
October 09, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE 9th October 2017 Communities have reacted with dismay and disappointment to the latest policy development from the VIC opposition, calling for royalties to landholders who allow gas drilling on their properties. This...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriends of the Earth welcomes Strzelecki Reserve Announcement
October 04, 2017
October 4, 2017 Environmental organisation Friends of the Earth (FoE) today welcomed Minister Lily D'Ambrosio's announcement that 1,200 hectares of land, including the Nationally significant College Creek has been handed back to the State....
Read More Add your reaction ShareSeptember 2017 Update
September 26, 2017
GREAT NEWS -- on 21st September 2017 the Victorian Renewable Energy Target passed in the lower house in state parliament! This is a historic moment for Victoria's renewable energy future. Victorian Renewable Energy...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareAnti-nuclear campaign update - September 2017
September 22, 2017
Please see below an update from FoE's anti-nuclear campaign with recent events, upcoming events, 'take action' requests, and some recent nuclear news.
Read More Add your reaction ShareWestgate Tunnel hearings nothing but concerns
September 22, 2017
Since I started as the FoE & PTNT Sustainable Cities campaigner I have been continually shocked as I learn more about the Transurban $5.5 billion mega-toll road proposed for Melbourne’s West. What started as...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLower House passes Victorian Renewable Energy Target
September 21, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE: 21 September 2017 Lower house passes Vic Renewable Energy Target: "Victoria a step closer to jobs, cheaper power, and climate action" Friends of the Earth have welcomed the passage of the Renewable...
Read More Add your reaction ShareMirboo North mobilises against logging
September 18, 2017
Well over 300 people turned out on a freezing night to stop logging in Mirboo North in Gippsland on the 14th of September. Local resident Marg Thomas said "Vic Forests (VF), were ill prepared...
Read More Add your reaction ShareState government purchase of ailing timber mill should complete transition out of native forests
September 15, 2017
The Andrew’s government purchase of the ailing Heyfield timber mill should now complete the transition out of native forests into plantations, environment group Friends of the Earth has said. “The purchase of the mill...
Read More Add your reaction ShareMassive day of action for forests on Threatened Species Day
September 11, 2017
Friends of the Earth's forest collective organised a massive day of action for National Threatened Species Day last week, on 7 September. Our forest campaign released the Lawless Logging report with Goongerah Environment Centre...
Read More Add your reaction ShareReport exposes Labor's lawless logging
September 07, 2017
To mark National Threatened Species day, Friends of the Earth Melbourne has released a report documenting 27 unlawful native forest logging operations in protected threatened species habitat and rainforest. These logging operations have occurred...
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