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EnvA calls on Federal Envinment Minister to look beyond coal miner assurances
EnvA has called on the Federal Environment Minister to ensure public submissions on the proposed Peak Downs Mine Power Line Realignment Project are properly assessed.
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Queensland’s ‘pay-to-destroy’ offsets system is failing biodiversity
EnvA has urged the Queensland Government to undertake a fundamental review of its environmental offsets framework, warning the current system has become a “pay-to-destroy” model that is failing to halt biodiversity decline. EnvA says genuine reform must prioritise avoiding environmental damage and delivering real conservation outcomes, rather than relying on financial payments that cannot replace…
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EnvA warns environmental offsets must not become a licence to destroy nature
EnvA has urged the Federal Government to strengthen its proposed Environmental Offsets Standard, warning that weak offset rules could legitimise ongoing destruction of nationally important environmental values. EnvA argues that if suitable offsets cannot be secured, projects should not be approved, and that permanent habitat loss cannot be compensated through temporary protection measures or “pay-to-destroy”…
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Koala recovery at risk as community consultation collapses
Community advisors to Australia’s national koala recovery effort say the process is “failing to function”, citing a lack of meetings, poor communication, and little transparency on progress — despite ongoing threats to koala habitat.
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Queensland government fails to answer key questions on coal mine water releases
EnvA has criticised the Queensland Government’s response to concerns about coal mine water releases in the Fitzroy Basin, saying it failed to answer key questions about cumulative impacts, transparency and regulatory oversight. The group says the department relied on broad assurances that the framework is effective while ignoring requests for evidence that cumulative impacts have…
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EnvA calls for rejection of Saraji Mine extension over threats to wildlife, water and climate
EnvA has urged the Federal Environment Minister to refuse the proposed Saraji Mine Grevillea Pit Continuation Project, warning it would cause further destruction of threatened species habitat, increased pollution risks to waterways in the Great Barrier Reef catchment, cumulative groundwater impacts, and decades of additional greenhouse gas emissions.
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