The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed Josh Frydenberg as the new Minister for Environment and Energy.
Queensland government must protect rivers from intrusive instream mining
06 July 16
In-stream mining – using heavy machinery to dig up river beds and adjacent alluvial stream banks – must be outlawed in Queensland, the Australian Conservation Foundation said today.
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Where the parties stand on climate, rivers, forests and wildlife
28 June 16
ACF releases final election scorecard.
Cities focus is welcome, but don’t raid clean energy coffers to fund it
20 June 16
The Prime Minister’s focus on making cities greener and more efficient is welcome, but funding for the initiative should be additional, not taken from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s purse, the Australian Conservation Foundation said today.
National legal protection to stop national parks being turned into paddocks or logging coupes
16 June 16
A ‘national park trigger’ in Australia’s environment law, as proposed today by Labor, would subject commercial proposals in national parks to stronger national oversight and would be a welcome improvement, the Australian Conservation Foundation said today.
ACF welcomes Cape York land tenure boost
15 June 16
$29.6 million increased funding commitment to continue to resolve Cape York’s land tenure
Pledge to review environment laws and fund environmental defenders welcome
14 June 16
The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed Labor’s promise to strengthen national environmental laws and re-fund Environmental Defenders Offices.
Mine rehabilitation overhaul needed to avoid a massive toxic legacy
14 June 16
A new report highlights systemic and structural failures in the regulation of mine closure and rehabilitation in Australia and recommends the federal government set up a national inquiry to avoid the fading mining boom leaving behind a massive toxic legacy.