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End the free tax ride for resources companies
Press release – 16 December, 2015Sydney, 17 December 2015 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific today called for greater transparency in business practices after the Australian Tax Office revealed that more than half of resources and energy companies – among the largest in Australia – paid no tax for the 2013-2014 financial year.The ATO’s Tax Transparency report…
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Turnbull to raise whaling with Japan after growing public pressure
Press release – 15 December, 2015Sydney, December 16 2015 – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement today that he will raise whaling with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe needs to be more than just diplomatic rhetoric, and must develop into a plan of action to halt the hunt, environment groups said.More than 55,000 people have…
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Australian climate policy courage needed
Press release – 12 December, 2015Sydney, 13 December 2015 – Commenting on Australia’s negotiating position at Paris after the release of the final draft from the UN climate talks, David Ritter, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Chief Executive Officer, said:"Australia went into these talks with an embarrassing emissions target that came from the fossil fuel lobby and…
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Australia lacking commitment to Pacific Nations at UN climate talks
Press release – 10 December, 2015Sydney, 10 December 2015 – Australia is failing its Pacific island neighbours at the United Nations climate negotiations with its lack of concrete support for a Pacific-friendly agreement, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.“Australia’s support for the Pacific in Paris has been notional at best and selfish at worst,” said Matisse…
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Key Pacific fisheries meeting fails to stop overfishing
Press release – 8 December, 2015Bali, 9 December 2015 – A key Pacific fisheries meeting has failed to protect oceans from overfishing after a series of deadlocks in talks over stopping illegal and damaging fishing practices, Greenpeace International said today.Proposals to reduce overfishing, protect sharks and ban transshipments at sea all reached a stalemate at…
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Seven in ten Australians reject international nuclear waste dump in Australia
Press release – 4 December, 2015Sydney, 5 December 2015 – As Australia prepares today to receive a shipment of its own reprocessed nuclear waste that still contains plutonium, a poll has shown that nearly three quarters of Australians oppose plans to store nuclear waste for other countries.The ReachTEL poll conducted on 26 November, 2015, asked…
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Greenpeace finds nuclear waste headed to Australia classified as high-level waste by France
Press release – 1 December, 2015Sydney, 2 December 2015 – Nuclear waste returning to Australia this weekend by ship from France has been classified as high-level waste by French authorities, contradicting Australia’s claims over its radioactivity, a Greenpeace report has found.Greenpeace’s investigation also found the waste still contains quantities of plutonium – highly toxic even…
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Labor’s emissions target a step in the right direction, more needs to be done
Press release – 26 November, 2015Sydney, 27 November 2015 – Greenpeace has welcomed Labor leader Bill Shorten’s promise to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050 is a good first step, but says more needs to be done.Dominique Rowe, the Head of Campaigns for Greenpeace…