The major parties’ support for salmon farming and native forest logging means that there has been virtually no mainstream discussion about mitigating climate change and a just transition for workers and the environment. Solomon Doyle reports.
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Wilderness Australia is calling on NSW Labor not to join the federal Australian Carbon Credit Unit scheme, and instead prioritse real emissions cuts. Isaac Nellist reports.
Environment campaigners rallied outside NSW Parliament to condemn Labor for further delaying the Great Koala National Park in its latest budget. Isaac Nellist reports.
More than 2000 people rallied in Boorloo/Perth to protest mining in Jarrah native forests by Alcoa and South32, reports Alex Salmon.
Forest campaigners have renewed efforts to stop the New South Wales Forestry Corporation’s destructive logging in Bulga State Forest, reports Pip Hinman.
The myth that native forest timber harvesting does not increase the risk of devastating wildfires is blown apart in The Forest Wars, writes Philippa Skinner.
An estimated 3000 people called for native forest logging to end as they marched through the CBD to parliament. Philippa Skinner reports.