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Major parties weaken national nature laws for salmon industry
Diseased dead salmon and fatty fish balls recently washed up on Tassie shores, spoiling beaches and waterways and the clean green Tasmanian lifestyle. This was due to a major bacterial…
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“Greedy, dangerous and desperate”: deep sea mining frontrunner turns back on Pacific for mining approval
SYDNEY, Friday 28 March 2025 — Greenpeace has slammed deep sea mining frontrunner The Metals Company (TMC) as ‘greedy, dangerous and desperate’ after it announced plans to bypass procedure at…
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Time for Labor to rebuild shattered credibility on environment ahead of election, says Greenpeace
CANBERRA, 26 MARCH 2025—As the Prime Minister’s bill to weaken our national nature laws passes into legislation today, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has urged Labor to rebuild its shattered credibility on…
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific urges Parliament to vote down Albanese’s extinction Bill
CANBERRA, Tuesday 25 March 2025 — As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese introduces an ill-conceived bill to give Tasmania’s salmon industry a free pass from environmental oversight, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has urged parliament to vote down the legislation, calling it a death warrant for the endangered Maugean Skate:
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Is Albo turning his back on the extinction crisis?
This is a story about a lovely and slightly weird-looking creature - the Maugean skate - which only lives in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. This creature is on a pathway to extinction thanks to the salmon industry polluting the harbour. It’s also a bigger story, about extinction and the lengths government and industry will go to…
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‘Dump the bill, not the Skate’: Albanese goes all out for wildlife extinction
SYDNEY, 20 MARCH 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the Albanese Government for seeking to weaken Australia’s national nature laws in order to prop up polluting and environmentally harmful…
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Australia’s Oceans Just Hit Their Hottest Year on Record—Here’s Why That Matters
Australia’s oceans are heating at an alarming rate. In 2024, sea surface temperatures reached record highs, marking the hottest year on record for our surrounding waters.
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Albanese Government Stalls On Its Big Nature Promise
The Albanese government has just caved in to pressure from mining executives in a bitterly disappointing move where our wildlife, natural environment and communities stand to lose most.
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Labor governments quash nature protection at behest of miners
SYDNEY, Monday 3 February — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the Albanese government and WA Cook government for quashing promised national nature law reforms this term, a move it says…
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Māori elders, Greenpeace disrupt AGM of Sydney mining company behind ‘zombie seabed mining project’
SYDNEY, Thursday 28 November 2024 – A Māori elder alongside Greenpeace activists has disrupted the annual general meeting of the Australian mining company Manuka Resources in Sydney, which is preparing…