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NSW Premier Baird should sidestep lobbyists and commit to Cash for Containers
Press release – 28 April, 2014In advance of a meeting today of all Environment Ministers set to consider a 10 cent cash for containers scheme, a coalition of 28 environment groups, including Clean Up Australia and Greenpeace, are calling on the NSW Premier Mike Baird and his new Environment Minister Mr Rob Stokes to ignore…
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Super trawler threat demands permanent ban
Press release – 3 March, 2014Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed Prime Minister Abbott’s statement that the Margiris super trawler "will stay banned" and has called on him to table legislation to permanently ban all super trawlers in all Australian waters.The current federal legislation banning super trawlers ends in November 2014. "The Prime Minister has signalled…
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Clean up Australia Day: Boomerang Alliance demands action on Cash for Containers
Press release – 28 February, 2014With Clean Up Australia Day tomorrow (Sunday 2 March), the Boomerang Alliance, consisting of 27 environment groups including Clean Up Australia, Greenpeace and the Total Environment Centre, are calling on state and federal governments to introduce a Cash for Containers recycling scheme.The Boomerang Alliance is also encouraging people to take…
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‘Threatened Species Protection Unit’ steps in between endangered species and Whitehaven bulldozers
Press release – 19 February, 2014Thursday 20 February, 2014: Greenpeace’s ‘Threatened Species Protection Unit’ has entered the Leard State Forest – proposed site for the controversial Maules Creek coal mine – to document endangered species omitted by proponents, Whitehaven Coal, during the approval process.With the Royal Botanic Gardens having confirmed the identity of one of…
