In the time-honoured Australian tradition, a crucial government decision with national and international implications is about to be made while most of us are distracted by the silly season.

The Bob Brown Foundation says it condemns today's appalling announcement that federal Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek, is delaying any decision regarding fish farming in Macquarie Harbour another full 12 months until October 2025.

Yesterday there was a rally led by a coalition of environmental groups and Traditional Owners at the entrance to the Albanese government’s 'Global Nature Positive Conference' in Darling Harbour, Sydney, calling on the government to protect land, water and climate from the dangers of new coal and gas projects.

An alliance of 27 environmental groups today welcomed the expansion of Australia’s Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve near Antarctica, but said the government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had missed a rare opportunity to protect globally important feeding grounds for penguins, seals and albatross. 

Last week's intense focus on whether or not federal Labor was going to revisit its negative gearing policies to deal with the housing crisis (no chance, according to the PM) did a great job of distracting from some other major stories.

Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned the decision by the Albanese government to approve three thermal coal mine expansions, a move it has labelled a betrayal of climate and nature.

Friends of the Earth Australia is welcoming the draft decision by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to save an important Queensland wetland from inappropriate development.

I am Jahvis Loveday, a young Aboriginal filmmaker, storyteller, and dancer from Bundjalung country in far north NSW.

Logging access was blocked to Clouds Creek State Forest on Monday by local community members who were supported by Greens MP Sue Higginson as they sought to prevent logging road operations and protect endangered species in the forest.

Failure by Tasmania’s Premier Rockliff to prevent the destruction of swift parrot breeding habitat has been called into question today as protests return to a logging area in the south of Tasmania.