NEWS
2023 End of Year Wrap
As we near the end of 2023 here's a look back at just some of what we've managed to achieve together for our forests, climate and democracy. In March, after 12 years of Coalition rule we saw Labor just scrape in the numbers to form a minority Government. For many of...
Bombshell report recommends the end NSW Government’s Biodiversity Conservation Fund
19 December 2023 - The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has today released its annual report into the NSW biodiversity credits market, while the review claims not to address the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation in NSW it recommends the controversial Biodiversity Conservation Fund be phased out. It also...
Culture of police impunity and misconduct must be challenged in light of more evidence
15 December 2023 - New evidence of police impunity and misconduct has been revealed in relation to the NorthConnex car crash in May of this year. In the wake of internal documents obtained yesterday by Greens MP spokesperson for justice Sue Higginson, it has now been revealed that the senior...
Kathleen Folbigg Exonerated
14 December 2023 - The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal has today quashed the convictions of Kathleen Folbigg, who was convicted for the deaths of her four children in 2003. Ms Folbigg has maintained her innocence the entire time. She was pardoned in May after an inquiry into her convictions found...
Anti-protest laws begin to unravel as Knitting Nannas take win for the right to protest
13 December, 2023 - Knitting Nannas Helen Kvelde and Dominique Jacobs have today won a huge victory for the right to protest in NSW, with the Supreme Court finding offences established under the former Government’s anti-protest regime unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled that sections 214A (1) (c) and (d) of...
Better late than never - Government announces bare minimum for Great Koala National Park six months too late
12 September 2023 - The NSW Government has today announced it will establish advisory panels to begin the process of creating the Great Koala National Park and move to protect koala hubs from logging within the proposed park. The announcement is a significant development in the six month conflict Labor waged...
Political and climate failure with Government funded extension at Eraring announced
5 September 2023 - The NSW Government is preparing to extend the life of coal mines and coal fired power in the state with a publicly funded lifeline to the Eraring coal fired power station. Earlier plans by the former Government to extend Eraring’s closure from 2025 to 2028 were deemed...
Extinction logging underway in Tallaganda State Forest
4 September 2023 - Critical habitat for the endangered Greater Glider is being logged in Tallaganda State Forest on the South Coast of NSW by Forestry Corporation despite it being one of only two large areas of habitat to have survived the 2019/20 bushfires. The World Wildlife Fund, Wilderness Australia...
BREAKING: Forestry Corporation ordered to stop logging Greater Glider Habitat in Tallaganda State Forest
30 August 2023 - The NSW Environment Protection Authority has ordered Forestry Corporation to stop logging operations in Tallaganda State Forest on the South Coast following calls by Greens MP Sue Higginson to protect critical habitat for the endangered Greater Glider.
NSW Environment in Dire Straits - Scathing Environment Report Tabled in Parliament
24 August 2023 - The five year statutory review into the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 has today been tabled in NSW Parliament, providing a damning insight into the systemic failures that are pushing the state deeper into a biodiversity crisis. The report, headed up by Ken Henry, says that...