Friends of the Earth Australia
@foe.org.au
We are a federation of grassroots groups working for social and environmental justice. Authorised by Cam Walker, 312 Smith St, Collingwood.
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International investors are backing in Star of the South, as the leading offshore wind project stays the course, purchases land for transmission connection and taking EPBC referral to next stage.
It promises to be the first offshore wind farm built in Australia www.afr.com/policy/energ...
It promises to be the first offshore wind farm built in Australia www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Offshore wind frontrunner spends big despite policy limbo
Amid a spate of collapsed projects in Australia’s nascent offshore wind sector, one developer is forging ahead.
www.afr.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
International investors are backing in Star of the South, as the leading offshore wind project stays the course, purchases land for transmission connection and taking EPBC referral to next stage.
It promises to be the first offshore wind farm built in Australia www.afr.com/policy/energ...
It promises to be the first offshore wind farm built in Australia www.afr.com/policy/energ...
It has been a busy month for firefighters across Australia.
In a warming world, with longer fire seasons in both hemispheres, it makes no sense to lease in our Large Air Tankers (LATs) from overseas. Surely its time for Australia to establish a publicly owned fleet.
www.foe.org.au/lat_2026
In a warming world, with longer fire seasons in both hemispheres, it makes no sense to lease in our Large Air Tankers (LATs) from overseas. Surely its time for Australia to establish a publicly owned fleet.
www.foe.org.au/lat_2026
Australia needs a publicly owned fire fighting air fleet
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) believes that social and environmental issues cannot be separated from each other. As a result, FoEA is a social and environmental justice organisation. We seek t...
www.foe.org.au
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It has been a busy month for firefighters across Australia.
In a warming world, with longer fire seasons in both hemispheres, it makes no sense to lease in our Large Air Tankers (LATs) from overseas. Surely its time for Australia to establish a publicly owned fleet.
www.foe.org.au/lat_2026
In a warming world, with longer fire seasons in both hemispheres, it makes no sense to lease in our Large Air Tankers (LATs) from overseas. Surely its time for Australia to establish a publicly owned fleet.
www.foe.org.au/lat_2026
Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the attack at Bondi Beach. Our hearts are with the victims, survivors, & their families. We extend our deepest solidarity to the Jewish community.
In moments like this, we are reminded that we are strongest as a society when we come together in unity.
In moments like this, we are reminded that we are strongest as a society when we come together in unity.
December 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the attack at Bondi Beach. Our hearts are with the victims, survivors, & their families. We extend our deepest solidarity to the Jewish community.
In moments like this, we are reminded that we are strongest as a society when we come together in unity.
In moments like this, we are reminded that we are strongest as a society when we come together in unity.
Big news:
'Climate protesters have won a class action against Victoria police over the use of capsicum spray during an anti-mining demonstration in Melbourne.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'Climate protesters have won a class action against Victoria police over the use of capsicum spray during an anti-mining demonstration in Melbourne.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Climate protesters win groundbreaking class action against Victoria police over use of pepper spray
Potentially precedent-setting case brought after Jordan Brown hit with capsicum spray outside mining and resources conference in Melbourne in 2019
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Big news:
'Climate protesters have won a class action against Victoria police over the use of capsicum spray during an anti-mining demonstration in Melbourne.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'Climate protesters have won a class action against Victoria police over the use of capsicum spray during an anti-mining demonstration in Melbourne.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Snow gum forests & woodlands are under accelerating stress from climate change, fire, & beetle-driven dieback.
The 2nd snow gum summit will happen on Ngarigo Country in Jindabyne (Snowy Mountains) on March 14 & 15.
Tickets have just gone on sale:
www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...?
The 2nd snow gum summit will happen on Ngarigo Country in Jindabyne (Snowy Mountains) on March 14 & 15.
Tickets have just gone on sale:
www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...?
Snow gum summit tickets 2026
Mobilise! Resist! Transform!
www.melbournefoe.org.au
December 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Snow gum forests & woodlands are under accelerating stress from climate change, fire, & beetle-driven dieback.
The 2nd snow gum summit will happen on Ngarigo Country in Jindabyne (Snowy Mountains) on March 14 & 15.
Tickets have just gone on sale:
www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...?
The 2nd snow gum summit will happen on Ngarigo Country in Jindabyne (Snowy Mountains) on March 14 & 15.
Tickets have just gone on sale:
www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...?
Just weeks out from Christmas, the Allan Gov has put gas permits out to tender.
This decision disregards our best climate science. There is no room for new gas projects if we are to meet our emissions targets & mitigate the climate crisis.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/victoria_say...
This decision disregards our best climate science. There is no room for new gas projects if we are to meet our emissions targets & mitigate the climate crisis.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/victoria_say...
Victoria says no to new gas exploration!
The Allan government has announced the tender of two new petroleum exploration licenses in Victoria's delicate coastal ecosystems despite overwhelming community resistance.
www.melbournefoe.org.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just weeks out from Christmas, the Allan Gov has put gas permits out to tender.
This decision disregards our best climate science. There is no room for new gas projects if we are to meet our emissions targets & mitigate the climate crisis.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/victoria_say...
This decision disregards our best climate science. There is no room for new gas projects if we are to meet our emissions targets & mitigate the climate crisis.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/victoria_say...
'Environmental groups have condemned the Victorian government's decision to put the exploration licences out for tender.
Friends of the Earth and Environment Victoria said the projects would have negative environmental impacts on groundwater and marine environments.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Friends of the Earth and Environment Victoria said the projects would have negative environmental impacts on groundwater and marine environments.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Victoria green-lights new gas exploration in Gippsland and the Otways
The Victorian government calls for tenders after it approved exploration licenses for two new gas projects in the Otway and Gippsland basins.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
'Environmental groups have condemned the Victorian government's decision to put the exploration licences out for tender.
Friends of the Earth and Environment Victoria said the projects would have negative environmental impacts on groundwater and marine environments.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Friends of the Earth and Environment Victoria said the projects would have negative environmental impacts on groundwater and marine environments.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
With the SA state election coming up in March 2026 we are conducting a letter-writing campaign targeting politicians in South Australia asking them to declare their position on AUKUS nuclear waste.
Check here for all the info you need to write a letter:
adelaidefoe.org/will-sa-poli...
Check here for all the info you need to write a letter:
adelaidefoe.org/will-sa-poli...
December 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
With the SA state election coming up in March 2026 we are conducting a letter-writing campaign targeting politicians in South Australia asking them to declare their position on AUKUS nuclear waste.
Check here for all the info you need to write a letter:
adelaidefoe.org/will-sa-poli...
Check here for all the info you need to write a letter:
adelaidefoe.org/will-sa-poli...
More than 350 enviro orgs in the USA launch campaign demanding lawmakers halt new AI data center construction. Grps incl Greenpeace, & Friends of the Earth. 'This represents the most organized enviro assault on Big Tech’s expansion plans in decades'.
www.eweek.com/news/ai-data...
www.eweek.com/news/ai-data...
Environmental Groups Demand AI Data Center Ban From US Congress | eWEEK
350+ pro-environment organizations from all 50 states coordinated a massive campaign demanding lawmakers immediately halt new AI data center construction.
www.eweek.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
More than 350 enviro orgs in the USA launch campaign demanding lawmakers halt new AI data center construction. Grps incl Greenpeace, & Friends of the Earth. 'This represents the most organized enviro assault on Big Tech’s expansion plans in decades'.
www.eweek.com/news/ai-data...
www.eweek.com/news/ai-data...
These incredible old alpine ash can be found on Mt Stirling in Victoria’s high country. They survived logging, & fires in the early 2000s.
Now that logging has stopped, the main threat is from fires which are being super charged by climate change.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/the_ash_fore...
Now that logging has stopped, the main threat is from fires which are being super charged by climate change.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/the_ash_fore...
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
These incredible old alpine ash can be found on Mt Stirling in Victoria’s high country. They survived logging, & fires in the early 2000s.
Now that logging has stopped, the main threat is from fires which are being super charged by climate change.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/the_ash_fore...
Now that logging has stopped, the main threat is from fires which are being super charged by climate change.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/the_ash_fore...
This beautiful snow gum lives just on the treeline on Mt Howitt in the VIC high country. It is one of the grand old trees we have mapped as part of our project to identify pockets of forest that must be protected.
umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/snow-...
www.melbournefoe.org.au/hike_for_the...
umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/snow-...
www.melbournefoe.org.au/hike_for_the...
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This beautiful snow gum lives just on the treeline on Mt Howitt in the VIC high country. It is one of the grand old trees we have mapped as part of our project to identify pockets of forest that must be protected.
umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/snow-...
www.melbournefoe.org.au/hike_for_the...
umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/snow-...
www.melbournefoe.org.au/hike_for_the...
GIVIT works in partnership with the NSW Gov, local councils & recovery orgs to support communities affected by bushfires across the state.
Right now, we're helping people affected by the recent bushfires, which destroyed homes in Koolewong & Bulahdelah.
www.givit.org.au/take-action/...
Right now, we're helping people affected by the recent bushfires, which destroyed homes in Koolewong & Bulahdelah.
www.givit.org.au/take-action/...
GIVIT | New South Wales Bushfires | Donations Needed
GIVIT is helping people across New South Wales impacted by recent bushfires. Here is how to donate to bushfire victims. Donate money now.
www.givit.org.au
December 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
GIVIT works in partnership with the NSW Gov, local councils & recovery orgs to support communities affected by bushfires across the state.
Right now, we're helping people affected by the recent bushfires, which destroyed homes in Koolewong & Bulahdelah.
www.givit.org.au/take-action/...
Right now, we're helping people affected by the recent bushfires, which destroyed homes in Koolewong & Bulahdelah.
www.givit.org.au/take-action/...
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NEW REPORT!
⛽Shell's Queensland gas business is funding science lessons for hundreds of thousands of students and teachers, via the Queensland Museum.
Here's why that's a problem. 🧵
⛽Shell's Queensland gas business is funding science lessons for hundreds of thousands of students and teachers, via the Queensland Museum.
Here's why that's a problem. 🧵
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
NEW REPORT!
⛽Shell's Queensland gas business is funding science lessons for hundreds of thousands of students and teachers, via the Queensland Museum.
Here's why that's a problem. 🧵
⛽Shell's Queensland gas business is funding science lessons for hundreds of thousands of students and teachers, via the Queensland Museum.
Here's why that's a problem. 🧵
'An organiser of Melbourne’s annual Invasion Day rally and an 80-year-old environmental activist are leading a federal court challenge against a Victoria police declaration allowing them to stop and search anyone in the CBD for the next six months.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
New police pat-down powers in Melbourne face legal challenge from ‘Greedozer’ activist and Invasion Day rally organiser
Benny Zable worries Victoria police powers will target mask wearers, while Tarneen Onus Browne warns it will ‘supercharge the harassment’ of Indigenous people
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
'An organiser of Melbourne’s annual Invasion Day rally and an 80-year-old environmental activist are leading a federal court challenge against a Victoria police declaration allowing them to stop and search anyone in the CBD for the next six months.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A look at PFAS in the drinking water supplies of Dubbo, Narrabri & Warialda (NSW).
www.foe.org.au/gipa_request...
www.foe.org.au/gipa_request...
GIPA requests concerning PFAS in Dubbo and Warialda Drinking Water Supplies
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) believes that social and environmental issues cannot be separated from each other. As a result, FoEA is a social and environmental justice organisation. We seek t...
www.foe.org.au
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A look at PFAS in the drinking water supplies of Dubbo, Narrabri & Warialda (NSW).
www.foe.org.au/gipa_request...
www.foe.org.au/gipa_request...
Simigigyet’m Gitanyow (Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs) – a traditional Indigenous gov mandated to protect Gitanyow lands, resources, & laws – is calling on 43 banks & pension funds to urge against providing $ for the proposed Ksi Lisims liquefied “natural” gas (LNG) project.
stand.earth/press-releas...
stand.earth/press-releas...
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs to Major Banks & Pensions: Investing in Ksi Lisims LNG a Major Risk - Stand.earth
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs submit a letter to major financial institutions urging against financing for the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project.
stand.earth
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Simigigyet’m Gitanyow (Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs) – a traditional Indigenous gov mandated to protect Gitanyow lands, resources, & laws – is calling on 43 banks & pension funds to urge against providing $ for the proposed Ksi Lisims liquefied “natural” gas (LNG) project.
stand.earth/press-releas...
stand.earth/press-releas...
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Protestors 'arrestable', police affable @risingtideaus.bsky.social coal protests. 156 arrested incl MWM journalist Wendy Bacon - backlog is 120 so too big for Zero Tolerance
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
Rising Tide, rising backlog. Coal protests too big for Zero Tolerance, police & courts - Michael West
156 people arrested during the Rising Tide protests, which closed the world's biggest coal port at Newcastle. Wendy Bacon was one of them.
michaelwest.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Protestors 'arrestable', police affable @risingtideaus.bsky.social coal protests. 156 arrested incl MWM journalist Wendy Bacon - backlog is 120 so too big for Zero Tolerance
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
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The Australian Energy Market Commission's latest modelling confirms renewables backed by storage is our only path to lower power prices.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Australian Energy Market Commission's latest modelling confirms renewables backed by storage is our only path to lower power prices.
Victoria has made history, with the first Treaty with First Nations people in the country!
It’s time to celebrate this huge moment! Join @firstpeoplesvic, First Nations people and allies from all walks of life next Friday 12 December to celebrate the incredible journey to Treaty.
It’s time to celebrate this huge moment! Join @firstpeoplesvic, First Nations people and allies from all walks of life next Friday 12 December to celebrate the incredible journey to Treaty.
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Victoria has made history, with the first Treaty with First Nations people in the country!
It’s time to celebrate this huge moment! Join @firstpeoplesvic, First Nations people and allies from all walks of life next Friday 12 December to celebrate the incredible journey to Treaty.
It’s time to celebrate this huge moment! Join @firstpeoplesvic, First Nations people and allies from all walks of life next Friday 12 December to celebrate the incredible journey to Treaty.
A little reminder about Sapna's solidarity gathering of South Asians in naarm/ Melbourne this Sunday.
Please RSVP at: [email protected]
Sapna is a national project of Friends of the Earth Australia.
Please RSVP at: [email protected]
Sapna is a national project of Friends of the Earth Australia.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A little reminder about Sapna's solidarity gathering of South Asians in naarm/ Melbourne this Sunday.
Please RSVP at: [email protected]
Sapna is a national project of Friends of the Earth Australia.
Please RSVP at: [email protected]
Sapna is a national project of Friends of the Earth Australia.
'We can’t immediately say climate change made these storms worse'.
However:
'As the world’s oceans & atmosphere warm at an accelerating rate due to the rise in greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, tropical cyclones are expected to become more intense'.
theconversation.com/death-and-de...
However:
'As the world’s oceans & atmosphere warm at an accelerating rate due to the rise in greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, tropical cyclones are expected to become more intense'.
theconversation.com/death-and-de...
Death and devastation: why a rare equatorial cyclone and other storms have hit southern Asia so hard
Equatorial cyclones are rare. That’s one reason Cyclone Senyar has done so much damage in Indonesia and Malaysia.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
'We can’t immediately say climate change made these storms worse'.
However:
'As the world’s oceans & atmosphere warm at an accelerating rate due to the rise in greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, tropical cyclones are expected to become more intense'.
theconversation.com/death-and-de...
However:
'As the world’s oceans & atmosphere warm at an accelerating rate due to the rise in greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, tropical cyclones are expected to become more intense'.
theconversation.com/death-and-de...
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OMG "The extreme weather system has destroyed nearly 15,000 homes across the country, sending almost 44,000 people to state-run temporary shelters"
"Some neighbourhoods are completely buried under mud, and each one brings more despair" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
‘Neighbourhoods buried under mud’: Sri Lanka floods death toll reaches 334
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declares a state of emergency to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.
www.aljazeera.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
OMG "The extreme weather system has destroyed nearly 15,000 homes across the country, sending almost 44,000 people to state-run temporary shelters"
We have just released our Annual Report, covering the 2024-2025 financial year.
These reports are a great tool of reflection, as we look back on all the incredible achievements of our federation.
Please take a moment to flick through and see what we've been upto!
foe.org.au/annual_reports
These reports are a great tool of reflection, as we look back on all the incredible achievements of our federation.
Please take a moment to flick through and see what we've been upto!
foe.org.au/annual_reports
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
We have just released our Annual Report, covering the 2024-2025 financial year.
These reports are a great tool of reflection, as we look back on all the incredible achievements of our federation.
Please take a moment to flick through and see what we've been upto!
foe.org.au/annual_reports
These reports are a great tool of reflection, as we look back on all the incredible achievements of our federation.
Please take a moment to flick through and see what we've been upto!
foe.org.au/annual_reports
Rising Tide update:
'Thousands of people have flocked to the annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. On Saturday, hundreds of protesters, including the Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters, paddled out in kayaks.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'Thousands of people have flocked to the annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. On Saturday, hundreds of protesters, including the Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters, paddled out in kayaks.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Police charge 11 protesters after climate flotilla prevents coal ship from entering Newcastle harbour
Thousands of protesters, including Australian Greens leader, gather for annual climate protest in world’s largest coal export port
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Rising Tide update:
'Thousands of people have flocked to the annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. On Saturday, hundreds of protesters, including the Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters, paddled out in kayaks.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'Thousands of people have flocked to the annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. On Saturday, hundreds of protesters, including the Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters, paddled out in kayaks.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Long-awaited changes to Australia’s national environmental laws will pass the Senate on Thursday after a deal between the Albanese government and the Greens.
Here are 7 key features of the new laws:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Here are 7 key features of the new laws:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Long-awaited changes to Australia’s national environmental laws will pass the Senate on Thursday after a deal between the Albanese government and the Greens.
Here are 7 key features of the new laws:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Here are 7 key features of the new laws:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...