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Frack company plan to clear 1,100 km through Kimberley must be transparently assessed

June 10, 2021

New Origin Energy and Buru Energy plans to bulldoze roughly 1,100km of seismic testing lines across the Kimberley’s iconic landscape must be transparently assessed under the Environmental Protection Act, according to Broome...

Oil and gas focus in Shire Economic Development Strategy – recipe for disaster

April 12, 2021

The region’s peak conservation group, Environs Kimberley, is concerned the Shire of Broome’s draft Economic Development Strategy’s focus on oil and gas is a mistake that could severely damage the...

WA Taxpayers Slugged Millions for Fracking Cleanup, FOI Documents Reveal

March 04, 2021

Freedom of Information (FOI) documents obtained by Broome conservation group Environs Kimberley reveal the McGowan Government slugged WA taxpayers with a multimillion dollar clean-up bill for a gaswell after the...

Kimberley fracking plan to be assessed despite no safeguards

February 10, 2021

Broome-based conservation group Environs Kimberley has condemned the McGowan Government for allowing the EPA to assess a plan by a Texan company to frack 20 gas wells in the Fitzroy River catchment, despite...

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Origin Energy Kimberley foray – shareholders on notice

December 23, 2020

Oil and gas fracking company, Origin Energy, has been condemned by Broome-based conservation organisation Environs Kimberley for moving into the Kimberley. Origin Energy, which is currently exploring the Beetaloo Basin in...

Historic protection for Bunuba section of the Fitzroy River welcomed

December 17, 2020

Environs Kimberley has welcomed a significant milestone towards the protection of the Fitzroy River and the creation of the Fitzroy River National Park, with the historic signing of the Indigenous...

Buccaneer Archipelago Marine Park draft plan a step towards protection

December 16, 2020

The Kimberley - Like Nowhere Else Alliance has welcomed the Buccaneer Archipelago Marine Park draft plan, praising the inclusion of WA’s first special purpose cultural zones.The Alliance commended the commitment...

Kimberley environment groups welcome delay of Fitzroy River management plan

April 20, 2020

Environment groups in the Kimberley Like Nowhere Else alliance have welcomed today’s announcement by the WA Government to delay the Fitzroy River management plan and water allocation plan, calling the...

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FOI reveals threat to Kimberley landscape

January 23, 2020

Freedom of Information documents obtained from the WA Government have revealed alarming plans by a Chinese company to dramatically change the landscape of the Kimberley. The FOI documents revealed the...

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Critically endangered sawfish deaths on cattle station drew fears of 'negative story', FOI reveals

August 12, 2019

When more than 40 freshwater sawfish were reported to be dying in a parched billabong on a cattle station owned by billionaire Gina Rinehart in Western Australia's far north, State...