‘Absolute disrespect’: Bulldozers at the gate as fight over river steps up

This project, in Victoria’s far north-west, is a flashpoint in the broader battle over the Murray Darling Basin Plan. Campaigners have camped out for weeks.

smh.com.au

The federal budget is clear, nature is not a government priority

Budgets are not communications exercises. They are statements of priorities, the most literal answer a government can give to the question: what do we value? Ask that of the 2026–27 federal budget, an...

thepoint.com.au

Federal Budget: funding prioritises “dangerous” devolution of federal environmental decision-making to states and territories over nature protection

Australia’s State and Territory Conservation Councils have raised concerns that the Federal Budget will undermine protections for world heritage places like Kakadu, the Tasmanian Wilderness and the Gr...

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$124.5m for an energy terminal, but no plan to protect the Bay

Conservation groups and community advocates say the Victorian Budget's $124.5 million commitment to the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal (VRET) at Port of Hastings must be coupled with a plan to pr...

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Council struggling with erosion wants big polluters to pay to fix it

Councillors in a Victorian shire battling coastal erosion say fossil fuel giants should help pay for damage caused by climate-related environmental disasters.

abc.net.au

Water Justice in the Murray-Darling – Webinar and Q&A

A once-in-a-decade review of Australia’s largest river system is underway – and public submissions will help shape what comes next.

greenleft.org.au

Geelong Viva Energy gas terminal approval will result in unacceptable price shocks and irrevocable damage to our bays

In response to news that the federal government has today approved the Viva Energy gas import terminal in Geelong, Environment Victoria and Geelong Renewables Not Gas have warned of high prices and heavy environmental damage to Corio Bay. The groups have warned that Viva’s gas terminal threatens to expose Victorian households and businesses to bigger

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Farmers angered by plans to turn coal mine into lake bigger than Sydney Harbour

There are plans to turn the former Hazelwood coal mine in Victoria into a lake bigger than Sydney Harbour, but farmers and environmentalists are worried about the impact on nearby waterways.

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It’s taken 20 years, but we’ve passed peak gas in homes

Today, there are fewer eastern Australian homes burning fossil gas than there were yesterday. Congratulations to many of you. We’ve passed “peak gas home”! In this article, I highlight the hard, exhau...

thefifthestate.com.au

The most important power station in the nation is no longer a distant coal plant – it’s on our rooftops

Commentators ideologically opposed to renewables have sat in their dens in the recent heatwaves waiting for the grid to fail. It didn’t.

reneweconomy.com.au

Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright | Clean Air

The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now

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For the first time, renewable energy is supplying most of our power

Renewables became the dominant energy supply for an entire quarter in the final three months of last year, helping the grid skate through the early days of a scorching summer.

theage.com.au

As the world warms, extreme rain events are coming hard and fast

When it comes to extreme rainfall, it's hard for climate scientists to say what's natural and what's caused by climate change, but they do know the most extreme events are dropping more rain, more oft...

abc.net.au

Snap webinar: Will our new laws really protect nature?

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The joys and challenges of connecting to nature as a person with disability

There are a multitude of physical and mental benefits that come with hiking and connecting with nature — but for people with disability across Australia, accessing the outdoors is often difficult.

abc.net.au

Nature laws: How to write a strong submission

We have a once in a generation opportunity to reform our national nature laws. Learn more and make a submission by 5 December 2025

envirojustice.org.au

Jess Wilson must set a new course on Treaty, climate and renewable energy

In response Jess Wilson this morning ousting Brad Battin to become the new Victorian Liberal Party leader, Environment Victoria CEO Jono La Nauze said today: “We congratulate Jess Wilson on becoming t...

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“Betrayal of present and future generations” – Environment Victoria response to Liberal’s dropping 2050 net zero commitment

In response to the breaking news that the Liberal Party has formally dumped their support for 2050 net zero emissions targets, Jono La Nauze, CEO of Environment Victoria said today: “Environment Victo...

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Local activists recognised as Environment Victoria’s 2025 community environment awards announced

Last night in Melbourne, Environment Victoria recognised the achievements of seven community groups and individuals for their outstanding contribution to the environment over the past twelve months. T...

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RIP plastic pumpkins: simple tricks for a greener Halloween

It’s one night of the year but debris haunts neighbourhoods well after 31 October. Is it time to exorcise the monster trash?

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The not-so-little Murray cod that could: fish tracked swimming 900km along Australia’s biggest river system

Fish named after Olympic swimming champion Ariarne Titmus was most recently tracked at a section of the mid-Murray, near Belsar Island

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