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Join Pacific Island Represent!
Join Pacific Island Represent, the Greenpeace Pacific activist network!
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Historic oil ban in NZ puts spotlight on Australia’s fossil fuel addiction
April 12, 2018: New Zealand’s move towards a permanent ban on oil exploration puts Australia to shame and exposes the influence of the fossil fuel industry on our politics – threatening our coastlines and climate.New Zealand’s government today announced it has banned all new offshore oil and gas exploration in an historic climate win that’s…
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Your check in details
Thousands of people are ‘checking in’ to keep watch over the Antarctic Gentoo penguins at Arturo Prat Station, Discovery Bay, in the Antarctic. An international Greenpeace team is on an expedition in the Antarctic to document the Antarctic’s unique wildlife and to protest peacefully in order to strengthen the proposal to create the largest protected…
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Bipartisan slapdown means over-reaching charity gag bill must go back to the drawing board
SYDNEY, April 10, 2018 – The government must redraft its foreign donations ban legislation to avoid crippling charities and silencing Australian communities, after a cross-party parliamentary committee failed to back the bill.Yesterday the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters published its long-awaited report on the proposed legislation, in which it criticised a number of elements…
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Tiny organisms, massive impact
Professor Rick Cavicchioli The lifeforms in the ocean that don’t appear on conservation websites are microorganisms – the ‘unseen majority’… Photo of the sea ice showing the brown phytoplankton| The lifeforms in the ocean that don’t appear on conservation websites are microorganisms – the ‘unseen majority’. Despite being invisible to the naked eye, they represent…
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Revealed: BP’s oil spill plan in Great Australian Bight woefully inadequate, company suggested crisis could ‘boost local economies’
SYDNEY, April 6, 2018 – An oil spill at Statoil’s proposed offshore drilling site in the Great Australian Bight could spread 40 million litres of sludge along a 750km stretch of coastline, anywhere from Western Australia to Tasmania and NSW, according to documents BP reportedly attempted to suppress. Two letters from the National Offshore Petroleum…
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Your Ocean Stories
We asked you to tell us what the ocean means to you, and why you care about protecting precious marine environments like the Great Australian Bight. Here are just a few of the beautiful stories that you shared. The Twelve Apostles at sunset|Cuttlefish (Rossia glaucopis) Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Tintenfisch. Zwischen den Veraestelungen der…
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Six apps for the tech-savvy activist
Logging in Białowieża forest. An image on a mobile phone shows how the forest in the background looked before logging.||||||||| Knowing where to start when it comes to doing your bit for the planet, can be tricky. But there are heaps of resources out there that can help you be a champion for all things…
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What does the Australian ocean mean to you?
By Max MacBride The beautiful Australian coastline of the Great Australian Bight means so many different things to different people: majestic southern right whales, endangered Australian sea lions and some of the most unique marine life on Earth. What do our oceans mean to you? | That’s why we’re inviting you to share your personal…
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Federal plans to silence advocacy hit a snag
SYDNEY, March 28, 2018 – Laws to protect politicians from criticism and hinder life-saving medical research, charity and environmental protection work are undemocratic, un-Australian, and must be abandoned, according to 165 non-profits around the country.This morning the Hands Off Our Charities alliance, made up of 28 organisations including Greenpeace Australia Pacific, will be presenting a…
