WWF welcomes appointment of Josh Frydenberg as Environment and Energy Minister
Environment and Energy portfolios merged
18 July 2016
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What’s the catch? Conservation group buys commercial shark fishing licence!
Conservation group WWF-Australia is taking the unprecedented step of buying a Great Barrier Reef shark fishing licence - ironically to save sharks and other...
13 July 2016
Wake up call for next Australian Government: Reef “in danger” listing back on the table
Neither major party has committed to the level of funding required to turn around the Reef’s decline
30 June 2016
The final scorecard: Environment policies fall short
The scorecard evaluated party policies for saving threatened species, protecting the Great Barrier Reef, and addressing climate change.
28 June 2016
Queensland tree-clearing: WWF busts myths spread by industry lobbyists
A blizzard of false claims have been made in a sustained campaign by agricultural industry lobbyists on the proposed restoration of laws regulating...
23 June 2016
WWF welcomes “unprecedented” purchase of Reef pollution hot spot by Qld gov
Springvale station is a pollution hotspot generating 40% of the sediment from gully erosion in the Normanby basin.
22 June 2016
Legal overhaul well overdue for Australia’s environment
Stronger federal laws are urgently needed to protect Australia’s threatened species and special places like the Great Barrier Reef
14 June 2016
Extinction of the Bramble Cay Melomys highlights Australia’s species crisis
WWF is calling on all political parties to dedicate more funding to the implementation of the country’s Threatened Species Strategy which aims to reverse...
14 June 2016
Three weeks left to make this the Reef election
The Reef needs a rescue package similar in size to the $13 billion in funding committed to saving the Murray-Darling Basin
13 June 2016
THE DRAFT SCORECARD: Which policies will save threatened species, address climate change and protect the Reef?
With just three weeks to go until polling day, WWF-Australia has called on the major parties to release their full suite of environment policies.
10 June 2016
Labor's marine parks policy a welcome step forward
Scientific evidence demonstrates that marine sanctuaries help reefs recover from coral bleaching
9 June 2016
Time to give dirty baseload the flick and switch to 100% reliable renewables
Can Australia be powered on 100% renewables with the same levels of reliability that we enjoy today? A new report released today by WWF-Australia says we can.
8 June 2016