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Kim Garratt
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Environmental investigator at @ausconservation.bsky.social 🔍https://acf.org.au/tip_off
Just last night a friend who has been going to Golden Plains for many years told me that the heat was unbearable this year. I got the vibe that if the forecast is similar in future he won't go at all. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Climate crisis could kill off Australian music festivals, report warns
Exclusive: As they wait on latest weather forecasts, concertgoers delay buying tickets. But this has caused some major events to cancel
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Super proud of my colleague Audrey van Herwaarden for her investigation that revealed a $500 million sustainability loan to Tassal www.afr.com/companies/fi...
Westpac and CBA face green ire over $500m loan to salmon farmers
High-profile environmentalists Richard Flanagan and Geoff Cousins say the major lenders are being misleading by describing the financing as “sustainable”.
www.afr.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Reposted by Kim Garratt
Day 6 of Last Chance series - the koala

Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species
Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
We're hiring! ACF is looking for a new Climate & Energy Exports to lead our campaign to transform Australia from a firehose of fossil fuels to a clean energy export superpower.

Read more and apply via www.acf.org.au/work_with_us
March 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Reposted by Kim Garratt
“Quintessentially Aussie” is how visitors often describe the Murray-Darling Basin where gnarled trees and native grasses stretch out of flat plains of orange soil. But there are growing concerns this wild pocket is being destroyed.

au.news.yahoo.com/shocking-ima...
Shocking images shows 'disturbing' change to iconic Aussie landscape
There are calls for an investigation into what happened across 5,500 hectares of land. Find out more.
au.news.yahoo.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Want to expose corruption, maladministration and environmental harm with Australia’s leading environmental organisation?

ACF is now recruiting an Environmental Investigator - fixed term until the end of this year.

Position descriptions, closing date and how to apply: www.acf.org.au/work_with_us
Work with us
www.acf.org.au
February 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM