The government has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul Australia environmental laws, sparking concerns for the future ...

Reforms to federal environment laws would create doubt and uncertainty and had the potential to cost jobs, harm regional ...

Russell Warman is a member of FSC Australia and has also worked and consulted for ENGOs involved in Tasmania's forest negotiations. Tasmania’s parliament yesterday passed new forestry laws to undo the ...

Liberal leader Sussan Ley is heading the Coalition charge as it tries to exploit grievances about Labor’s forestry deal with ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has roundly criticized Australia’s proposal to remove 74,000 hectares of temperate rainforest from the World Heritage Committee. In a report ...

Environment Minister Murray Watt has derided concerns from Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff over the impact of the ...

This video captures a wallaby standing quietly among native plants in the forests of Tasmania, filmed in 4K. Includes close-up footage with natural forest ambiance, no narration, and no on-screen text ...

The Greens’ agreement on changes to federal environment laws are a significant step forward for protection of Tasmania’s forests.

More than 150 people gathered at a public meeting in Hobart on April 3 to discuss the problems and solutions related to Forestry Tasmania, the government-owned company established to manage the ...

Neil Smith was fined $7000 on October 27 for his part in a 1998 forest protest against the logging of virgin forest at Kooparoona Niara, also known as the Great Western Tiers. Smith was known at the ...

EVEN for a leader who has made political combat his hallmark, Tony Abbott’s speech attacking forest conservation was provocative. On March 4th the Australian prime minister told a gathering of forest ...