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Environment, Biodiversity & Natural Heritage

The Greens were founded on the vision of a robust and healthy environment, and that vision continues today. We are working hard to promote environmental values in Parliament and protect our unique wildlife and wild places.

The 2011 State of the Environment report (SoE) shows Australia’s biodiversity on land and sea in alarming decline.

The Greens successfully negotiated the $946 million Biodiversity Fund as part of the Clean Energy Future Package, funding communities to restore bushland and native habitats and reduce the impacts of weeds and feral animals.

The Greens are pursuing reforms to our national environmental laws to urgently protect threatened species and to make sure our iconic areas, like the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, are protected for future generations.

We need environment laws that work to stop the biodiversity crisis, save our threatened species, and protect our precious places.  Sign up to find out more about our work to fix our environment laws.

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Abbott secret plan environmental disaster: Greens

18 May 2013
Tony Abbott's double dissolution agenda and secret policy revealed today would be a disaster for the climate and the environmen...
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Federal Government must save national parks from Premier Newman

16 May 2013
The federal Environment Minister must stop the Newman Government from allowing cattle grazing and logging in national parks, ra...
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Environment loses out in budget with mining companies the big winners

15 May 2013
The budget shows Australians can’t trust Labor to look after the environment.  
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GREENS URGE LABOR TO TAKE LAST CHANCE TO LEAVE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY

14 May 2013
A Greens amendment to be introduced to the Senate today gives Labor one last chance to Abbott-proof national environment protection.
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Privatisation to put pressure on the reef and Queenslanders

01 May 2013
The Newman Government’s plans to privatise ports and to weaken environmental impact assessment, revealed today, will put ...
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Alpha coal mine progressing without water answers

26 Apr 2013
Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney admitted on radio this morning that the Alpha coal mine has been approved and is progress...
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Greens congratulate bravery of reef activists

25 Apr 2013
The Australian Greens congratulate the bravery of Greenpeace activists, who boarded a loaded coal ship in the Great Barrier Ree...
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Inquiry into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Great Barrier Reef) Bill 2013

02 May 2013 | 9:00 am
The Senate Environment and Communications committee will hear from experts about Larissa Waters' amendments to our national env...
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We can't allow big miners to bully away water protection

18 Apr 2013
The influence of mining magnates, made clear in a public hearing at Parliament House today, cannot be allowed to sabotage a bil...
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Trees on Newman's chopping block

17 Apr 2013
This afternoon the Newman Government reaffirmed it would wind back native vegetation protection, despite hearing concerns again...
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