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Pacific leads at UN Ocean Conference, Australia urged to step up commitments
SYDNEY, Tuesday 10 June 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has congratulated seven Pacific Island nations for their commitment to ocean protection at the UN Ocean Conference overnight, calling it “a…
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Greenpeace comment on Australia’s UNOC announcement
SYDNEY, Monday, 9 June, 2025 – In response to Environment Minister Murray Watt’s ocean protection commitment delivered ahead of the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), the following statement can be attributed…
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Leading Australian conservation groups call for bold ocean protection at UN Ocean Conference
Sunday, 8 June, 2025 – Australia’s leading environmental groups have called on the Australian Government to announce strong action for ocean protection at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France,…
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The love of the Whistleblower
One fresh early morning spring back in 2018, I was huddling with a couple of colleagues on a sturdy wooden bench in one of Sydney’s inner city parks. None of us were carrying our mobile phones.
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Greenpeace activists disrupt industrial fishing operation ahead of UN Ocean Conference
PACIFIC OCEAN, Thursday, 5 June 2025 – Greenpeace activists have disrupted an industrial longlining fishing operation in the South Pacific Ocean, seizing almost 20 kilometers of fishing gear and freeing…
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Global Ocean Treaty Ratifications Gain Momentum
Some positive news for the world’s oceans this week - just in time to celebrate World Oceans Day! On 28th May, six European nations stepped up to formally ratify the Global Ocean Treaty – an international agreement seen as pivotal to protecting life beyond national waters.
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Setting Sail to Expose The Tragic Toll of Shark Bycatch on Our Oceans
After months of preparation (and excitement), the Greenpeace Australia Pacific team has set sail on the magnificent Rainbow Warrior III.We’re off on our mission to document and bear witness to the devastation wreaked by industrial fishing in the Tasman, in search of the boats that come from around the globe to pillage our blue backyard.
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New Federal Environment Minister can define Labor’s legacy on nature and ocean protection
SYDNEY, Tuesday 13 May 2025 — In response to the appointment of Senator Murray Watt as the new Federal Federal Environment Minister, Dr Susie Byers, Head of Advocacy at Greenpeace…
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‘Tinkering at the edges’: Woodside’s revised Browse plans fail to mitigate Scott Reef risk
SYDNEY/PERTH, Tuesday 13 May 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed the WA EPA’s rare decision to reopen public consultation for Woodside’s revised Browse offshore gas proposal submitted in March.
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Climate action in NSW: here’s the plan.
NSW is lagging behind all the other states and territories in the transition to clean energy. NSW is a drought declared state, with catastrophic bushfires and extreme heat waves across the state. Regional towns are on the brink of running out of water, millions of fish are dying in the Murray Darling Basin and heatwaves…