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Open letter to Premier Jeremy Rockliff
This open letter by The Australia Institute calls for an end to native forest logging in Tasmania. Wilderness Australia is proud to be among the 66 other dedicated groups and individuals pushing for the protection of these highly significant forests. We invite you to...
"It's make or break time."
In an article by the South Coast Register, Wilderness Australia Director, Virginia Young, highlights the importance of community involvement when it comes to wilderness protection. Drawing on over 40 years of environmental activism, Virginia is working tirelessly to educate decision makers and community members...
What does the NSW election mean for Warragamba Dam?
We have a new Government in NSW. It gives us some welcome clarity about the future of the Blue Mountains. It is with a sense of cautious excitement that we are now entering what may be the final stretch of the Warragamba Dam campaign. The...
We just had a big victory for Australia’s forests
The Federal Climate and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, has announced the exclusion of native forest biomass energy under the label of ‘renewable energy’. This means that the biomass energy industry will find it extremely difficult to become the new driver of forest destruction in Australia.
Lower Blue Mountains voters don't support Sarah Richards' position on Warragamba Dam
Residents of the lower Blue Mountains have said they are seriously alarmed that Sarah Richards, the Liberal candidate for the marginal seat of Macquarie, is actively trying to secure funding to raise the Warragamba Dam wall and put the World Heritage Listing of the Blue Mountains...
UNESCO advises Warragamba Dam should not be raised
UNESCO has criticised the “inappropriate” proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam wall by 14 metres, warning the current plans have not addressed key concerns in a Technical Review undertaken by its scientific advisors at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Stuart Ayres attacks NSW Government agencies over criticism of Warragamba EIS
Despite blistering criticism from NSW Government agencies on Tuesday regarding the severe inadequacies of the Warragamba Dam raising EIS, Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, has today confirmed on 2GB radio that construction will proceed on the raising of Warragamba Dam wall regardless. Stuart Ayres said on the Ben Fordham radio...