News - Environs Kimberley

Protests across WA against Premier's Kimberley 'forced to frack' statement

May 29, 2026

Comments last week by WA Premier Roger Cook that WA could be 'forced to frack' the Kimberley if Woodside doesn't drill for oil and gas at Scott Reef (Browse Basin proposal), have...

WA Premier 'forced Kimberley fracking' rejected

May 22, 2026

Comments by WA Premier Roger Cook that WA could be 'forced to frack' the Kimberley if Woodside doesn't drill for oil and gas at Scott Reef (Browse Basin proposal), have...

Fracking Threatens Kimberley’s $500 Million Tourism Industry

May 11, 2026

More than 100 community members gathered outside Broome’s iconic Cable Beach Club last night as Premier Roger Cook delivered the State Budget to business and community leaders inside, calling on...

No amount of oil and gas is worth risking the existence of the 15 million-year-old Scott Reef ecosystem

April 23, 2026

Woodside AGM, Perth Thursday 23 May. Environs Kimberley - the Kimberley’s peak environmental organisation - has used Woodside’s Annual General Meeting to raise serious concerns about the fossil fuel company’s...

WA Environment Minister visits Broome – the community says they don’t want fracking in the Kimberley

April 16, 2026

Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn is visiting Broome today and the community held a protest outside the airport calling on him to reject the Valhalla fracking proposal in the Martuwarra Fitzroy...

New Water Plan must prevent the Martuwarra Fitzroy River becoming WA’s Murray Darling disaster

April 01, 2026

A state government plan for the Kimberley’s Martuwarra Fitzroy River must prevent destructive over-extraction of vital groundwater to ensure it does not become ‘WA’s Murray-Darling disaster’. As the final public...

Wonderful worms and seagrass in hot water

March 05, 2026

Recently, our Seagrass Project Officer Alex Gibson had the opportunity to fly to Perth to attend a marine polychaete (worm) taxonomy course at Murdoch University, led by senior curators and...

EPA downplayed risks of toxic chemicals in fracking approval, citing Kimberley’s ‘sparse population’

February 26, 2026

The WA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) recommended Black Mountain Energy’s*: Valhalla fracking project in the Martuwarra Fitzroy River catchment go ahead, despite the project requiring unknown quantities of dozens of...

Supporting Indigenous-led wetland work

February 25, 2026

Wetlands are the lifeblood of the Kimberley – places of deep cultural meaning, rich biodiversity, and community connection. Kimberley Traditional Owners and their ranger teams are dedicated to caring for...