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NT LAND CLEARING CRISIS: PALTRY FINES ISSUED FOR ILLEGAL BULLDOZING OF GOULDIAN FINCH HABITAT FOR COTTON GIN SITE, AS ENVIRONMENT GROUPS CALL FOR COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF LAND CLEARING LAWS. Download the full media release here....

More than 300 scientists and environmental experts have signed a petition calling on Minister Tanya Plibersek to stop clearing at Binybara/Lee Point.

Australia’s Environment Minister will allow land clearing by Defence Housing Australia to proceed at Lee Point in Darwin, despite the risks the development poses to one of Australia’s most beautiful birds. 

Northern Territory Government rolling out the red carpet for 100,000 hectares of cotton, fueling more destructive land clearing Environmental groups have today expressed outrage at the Northern Territory Government’s plan to support and enable...

Media release 22 May 2023 Traditional Owners and Environment Centre NT appeal Supreme Court ruling on McArthur River Mine Traditional Owners Josephine Davey and Jack Green and the Environment Centre NT (ECNT) are appealing the...

Environment groups have reacted strongly to NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’ announcement this morning that the Pepper Inquiry recommendations have been implemented and therefore fracking production can commence, calling the announcement a ‘betrayal’ and...

The Northern Territory’s peak conservation body has welcomed the long-awaited final Senate Report on fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, backing its recommendation for an inquiry into plans to construct a “new gas demand centre”...

The announcement of a deal about the Safeguard Mechanism today sounds the death knell for new gas projects in the Northern Territory – including the Beetaloo and Barossa projects - claims the NT’s peak...