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Help tell the story of the Wattleseed Collective: media intern opportunity

September 09, 2024

Handy with a camera? Like nature? Does your dream career blend media skills with working in nature and supporting communities? You might be just the intern The Wattleseed Collective is looking...

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How fire affects small animals in the desert — a research collaboration

September 04, 2024

Environs Kimberley and Charles Darwin University have been supporting desert ranger groups since 2018 to understand how fire patterns have changed in the desert since European colonisation, how that is...

Government Must Rethink Approach as Kimberley Heat Records Tumble

September 03, 2024

The peak conservation group for the Kimberley, Environs Kimberley, is calling for a complete rethink of the WA government’s approach to development and communities in the Kimberley after days of...

Community rejects first major fracking plan for the Kimberley

August 26, 2024

People are in shock across the state – they cannot believe that the Kimberley could be opened to industrialisation through fracking by a Texan oil and gas company, Black Mountain...

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Help Cable Beach turtles survive

August 26, 2024

Help Cable Beach turtles survive – send a quick submission in support of a longer beach-safety period Flatback Turtles only nest on northern Australian beaches and are listed as a...

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Darkest day in the 50 year history of WA environmental laws

August 14, 2024

The Environmental Protection Act Amendment Bill 2024 introduced into WA Parliament today will compromise the independence of the Environment Protection Authority and exacerbate WA’s climate and nature crises. “The Premier’s...

Call on Cook government to ban fracking in the Kimberley before its turned into a Texan oil and gas field

August 12, 2024

Black Mountain Energy ‘Valhalla’ project released for 8 weeks public comment by EPA Just days after the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water received close to 3000...

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Woodside’s Browse oil and gas drilling plan for Scott Reef rejected by EPA

August 05, 2024

Woodside’s Browse oil and gas drilling plan for Scott Reef rejected by EPA Oil and gas multinational Woodside’s Browse Basin project at Scott Reef with joint venture partners BP, Japan...

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Stop Black Mountain from fracking the Kimberley - help here

August 02, 2024

Urgent help needed for a Frack Free Kimberley Our community has until Wed 7 August 2024 to request a full assessment of a proposal to frack the Kimberley Black Mountain Energy, via subsidiary...