All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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Ocean Treaty passes Australian Parliament, a “historic moment” for nature protection
CANBERRA, Tuesday 31 March 2026 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed the Parliament’s ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty, creating the opportunity for world-first high seas ocean sanctuaries.
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‘No more war profits for Big Gas’: Greenpeace backs Government signal on taxing gas corporations
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed reports that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s department is considering options to tax the profits gas companies are making from the war in the Middle East,…
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New Woodside CEO Liz Westcott must “steer Woodside away from path of destruction” says Greenpeace CEO
Following the appointment of Liz Westcott as Woodside’s new Chief Executive, the following comments can be attributed to David Ritter, Chief Executive of Greenpeace Australia Pacific:
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Equity, Benefit-Sharing and Financial Architecture in the International Seabed Area
A new independent study by Dr Harvey Mpoto Bombaka (Centro Universitário de Brasília) and Dr Ben Tippet (King’s College London), commissioned by Greenpeace International, reveals that current International Seabed Authority…
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Gas is Just Another Dirty Fossil Fuel
Renewables are not only better for the climate, they are cheaper and create more jobs. Pursuing the concept of a ‘gas-led recovery’ would deliver economic as well as environmental ruin.
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Gas is the problem, not the answer
The Australian Energy Market Operator has just released its annual projections of expected gas supply and demand for Western Australia with claims that shortages are imminent. It’s called the WA…
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Greenpeace Activist Training Weekends. How it works and what to expect.
Basic-Actions Training (BAT) are training weekends run two or three times a year focussed on the basics, strategy and theory of non-violent direction action. Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) is at…
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Cook Islands deep sea mining nodule extraction has high risk of economic losses – independent study
Amsterdam, Netherlands – The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the South Pacific’s Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International.[1] Once…
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“A complete shemozzle”: WA Government’s so-called ‘State Development Bill’ risks fast-tracking pollution
PERTH, Wednesday, 3 December 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the WA State Government’s State Development Bill’ as a ‘complete shemozzle’, and urged Parliament to fix critical flaws in…
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Nature laws agreement delivers big forests outcome; much work to be done on climate
CANBERRA, 27 NOV 2025 — Greenpeace has welcomed the agreement struck by Labor and the Greens today on EPBC Act reforms, which secures new nature and forest protections, but says…