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Election result triggers massive surge in climate action

SYDNEY, May 23, 2019 – Support for Greenpeace has skyrocketed in the wake of the Federal election result. More than 40,000 Australians who want healthy oceans, clean air, and a decent future for their children have pledged to take action with Greenpeace as a result of the election of the coal-hugging Morrison Government. “It is…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
May 23, 2019
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Great Australian Bight, Safeguard our oceans, Fossil Fuels, Great Barrier Reef, Global Oceans Treaty, Scott Reef, Western Australia, Nature, Victoria, Scott Morrison, Tasmania

An Open Letter from the Ocean Elders

The Bight is an extraordinary marine environment: Will you protect it from dangerous oil drilling? A group of Ocean Elders including Richard Branson, Jane Goodall, Gerry Lopez, and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, as well as three Australian Nobel Laureates have today written to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
May 10, 2019
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Safeguard our oceans, Fossil Fuels, Great Barrier Reef, Global Oceans Treaty, Great Australian Bight, Scott Reef, Western Australia, Nature, Scott Morrison, South Australia, Tasmania

Ocean Elders call on Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison to protect Great Australian Bight from oil

SYDNEY, May 10, 2019 – A group of Ocean Elders including Richard Branson, Jane Goodall and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, as well as three Australian Nobel Laureates have today written to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten urging them to protect the Great Australian Bight from oil drilling.The ‘Ocean…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
May 9, 2019
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Safeguard our oceans, Fossil Fuels, Great Barrier Reef, Great Australian Bight, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania

Labor to review consequences of an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight

SYDNEY, May 8, 2019 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed Australian Labor Party leader Bill Shorten’s commitment to review the consequences of an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight, and called on the party to go further by ruling out the project.Greenpeace Australia Pacific senor campaigner, Nathaniel Pelle, said that a genuine review would…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
May 8, 2019
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Great Barrier Reef, Scott Reef, Western Australia, NSW, Scott Morrison, Adani

Greenpeace exposes murky influence network that entrenches coal’s power over Liberal and National parties

SYDNEY, May 8, 2019 – As Australians prepare to cast their votes, a new report by Greenpeace lifts the lid on a secretive cabal that has embedded itself in the highest levels of the Morrison government, benefitting the coal industry at the expense of communities, families, and the environment. You won’t find it on your…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
May 7, 2019
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Great Australian Bight, Safeguard our oceans, Fossil Fuels, Great Barrier Reef, Scott Reef, Western Australia, Nature, Northern Territory, Scott Morrison, Adani, Floods

We are in a climate and extinction crisis. Let’s act like it: Greenpeace

SYDNEY, May 4, 2019 – While Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten lock horns over their policies, both are failing to address the climate emergency with credible plans.In response to the Australian Labor Party’s announcement of a new environment policy today, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said any party seeking to form government needs a plan to stop…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
May 4, 2019
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Great Australian Bight, Safeguard our oceans, Fossil Fuels, Great Barrier Reef, Victoria, South Australia, Tanya Plibersek

‘Please Bill Shorten we have to protect Australia’s Southern Reef’

February 25, 2019: Activists have taken a message to senior Labor MPs, including opposition leader Bill Shorten, in Sydney and Melbourne asking them to protect the Great Australian Bight from oil drilling.Environmentalists staged simultaneous actions at the offices of Tony Burke, Tanya Plibersek, and Bill Shorten implying that the current government is putting the Bight…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
February 24, 2019
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Great Australian Bight, Safeguard our oceans, Fossil Fuels, Great Barrier Reef, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania

Priceless Australian treasure under threat as foreign oil giant takes first steps

February 19, 2019: Greenpeace is demanding the Federal environment minister intervene to end reckless oil exploration in the Southern Ocean, as Norwegian oil giant Equinor takes its first steps towards experimental drilling in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park.Equinor has today published its environmental plan, continuing to press forwards with a project that places thousands…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
February 18, 2019
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Great Australian Bight, Safeguard our oceans, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace Ships, Rainbow Warrior, Great Barrier Reef, Victoria, Seismic Blasting, South Australia

Film clip for new Vera Blue song highlights the threat of oil drilling to the whales and marine life of the Great Australian Bight

SYDNEY, Feb 8, 2019 – Vera Blue has released her new single ‘Like I Remember You’ along with its official music video, shot on board Greenpeace’s flagship vessel the Rainbow Warrior.The 25-year-old Sydney-based singer/songwriter said she was proud to collaborate with Greenpeace Australia Pacific to raise awareness of the catastrophic risk that deepsea oil drilling…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
February 7, 2019
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Great Australian Bight, Fossil Fuels, Safeguard our oceans, Archive, Greenpeace Ships, Great Barrier Reef, Nature, Seismic Blasting, Tasmania

Two incredible, little-known reefs

What do pink dolphins and leafy sea dragons have in common? They both benefit from two amazingly unique and little-known reefs on opposite sides of the world. Despite their geographic differences, these two reefs have some striking similarities. Find out more about the Amazon Reef and the Great Southern Reef. |One of the first images…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
January 24, 2019