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Environment groups welcome new enforcement powers and increases in penalties for nature laws
Three of the country’s biggest environment groups have welcomed the confirmation from Environment Minister Murray Watt that the federal government’s soon-to-be introduced amendments to the country’s national environment laws will…
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Pacific activists protest deep sea mining as U.S exploration vessel enters port
RAROTONGA, Wednesday 22 October 2025 — Cook Islanders holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana” have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the…
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‘A clear path to our green future’: Greenpeace report sets out roadmap for WA’s energy transition and phase out of gas
PERTH, Wednesday 22 October 2025 — A new report released today by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and Springmount Advisory shows for the first time how Western Australia can slash emissions by…
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Bird of the Year Tawny Frogmouth ‘a sitting duck’ under current nature law
CANBERRA, Thursday 16 October 2025 — Responding to the tawny frogmouth winning The Guardian’s Bird of the Year vote, the following statement can be attributed to Elle Lawless, senior campaigner…
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Greenpeace stages protest at Telstra’s AGM, urging the company to break ties with the Business Council of Australia over misalignment on climate
MELBOURNE, Tuesday 14 October 2025 — Telstra’s climate credibility has been challenged at its AGM today, as Greenpeace Australia Pacific, alongside climate and investment experts, called out the company for…
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Nauru ‘peddling dangerous fallacies’ at UNGA: Greenpeace
FIJI/SYDNEY – Friday, 26 September 2025 — In response to Nauru’s statement on deep sea mining at the UN General Assembly, where it falsely claimed deep sea minerals were ‘essential’…
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‘A global win but a domestic disappointment’: Australia misses crucial milestone for Global Ocean Treaty at UNGA
CANBERRA/NEW YORK, Saturday 20 September 2025 – The Albanese government “hasn’t missed the boat but had better start swimming” after it failed to meet a crucial milestone in the landmark…
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Weak climate target prioritises fossil fuel profits over safety of our communities
SYDNEY, Thursday 18 September 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has branded the Albanese government’s new 2035 climate target as weak, dangerous and drastically short of what’s needed to meet the…
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WA EPA opens referral of Woodside’s Browse Basin ‘carbon dumping’ plans for public comment
The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has accepted a joint referral by the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) and Greenpeace Australia Pacific (GPAP) on Woodside’s high-risk Browse Basin carbon…
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‘Everything we love is at stake’: Climate Risk report lays bare the dire costs of inaction for Australian communities
SYDNEY, Monday 15 September 2025 — The National Climate Risk Assessment, released today, lays out the catastrophic impacts to communities and ecosystems across Australia if we fail to reduce climate…