Environment

“We need a powerful movement to make action on climate change unstoppable,” Alexa Stuart, a Rising Tide organiser, told a public meeting. Jim McIlroy reports.

A global protest against Japan’s dumping of radioactive waste water from its damaged Fukushima nuclear plant will take place on September 16. Peter Boyle reports.

Disrupt Burrup Hub staged a silent protest in front of Woodside’s headquarters in response to the West Australian government’s crackdown on protesters engaging in direct action. Nova Sobieralski reports.

There are growing calls on Minister Tanya Plibersek to ensure the country's main environment law takes climate change into account when assessing new fossil fuel and forestry projects. Pip Hinman reports.

A Newcastle magistrate has validated the protest actions of anti-coal activists, saying “any reasonable person would agree with the goals of this action”. Jim McIlroy reports.

Pacific elders are speaking out against Australia’s bid to host COP31, scheduled for 2026. Pip Hinman reports.

Antartica graphic

Cuts to the Australian Antarctic Division means less science at a time when gaps in data collection could be “catastrophic” to scientific and ecological understandings. Binoy Kampmark reports.

After a month of protest, logging has been halted and the machines have left Newry State Forest in what Gumbaynggirr custodian Sandy Greenwood described as a “historic moment”. Jim McIlroy reports.

One hundred people protested outside Woodside's WA headquarters, calling on it to stop exploration for a new gas field at Burrup Hub off the Pilbara coast. Alex Salmon reports.

 

Grantley Ingram from the Demerge NSW Alliance said the 2016 forced amalgamation of councils has been a “failure” and called on NSW MPs to support binding plebiscites on council deamalgamations. Pip Hinman reports.

No nuclear subs, no war on China: Anti-AUKUS protest

Thousands of people rallied against AUKUS, for forests and housing and rent reforms outside Labor's national conference. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Close to 150 residents packed out the Lara Golf Club to raise concerns about Prospect Hill International waste-to-energy incinerator proposal. Angela Carr reports.