Make a submission on the Eden Chipmill Development Application Right now our forests are more valued and precious than ever – as habitat for animals, biodiversity reservoirs and places to relax and play. In this context the plan for the Eden chipmill to EXPAND...
Fresh correspondence from the Planning Minister Rob Stokes to Greens MP David Shoebridge shows the Minister and Department are aware of the imminent clearing for development in Manyana and sending state compliance officers onsite tomorrow to review the proposed...
20 April 2020 The NSW Government is handing Forestry Corporation $46 million from its $100 million regional grant scheme and there are fears it will lead to a surge in native forest logging. While some of this expenditure is being spent on repairing and expanding...
Images have emerged which show continued logging operations in NSW native forests by Forestry Corporation contractors despite the threat of bushfires around the state. Locals have expressed concern at seeing mature trees hauled on logging trucks while the trees in...
A recently constructed multi-story hospital building in a bushfire zone has been assessed as having high-risk flammable cladding. Staff at the Sydney Adventist Hospital in northern Sydney have been informed that Clark Tower, part of the hospital complex, contains the...
Figures obtained by NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge show that native forest logging is expensive, destructive and should be abandoned in favour of protection of native forests, and focus on a sustainable plantation industry. The expansion of logging into Western Lands...
Koalas and other endangered species are present across the northern suburbs and their survival depends on continuous tree cover but under this government planning has entirely failed to protect important bushland areas or limit the use of laws that allow the removal...
Areas of high wilderness value, rainforest, old growth forests, town water catchments and habitat of threatened species should be fully protected. We work with Traditional Owners, environmentalists and activists and wildlife carers to protect our native forests for...
As part of our campaigning to protect wild places (and as a respite from campaigning!) we plan regular bushwalks around NSW with Greens members and supporters. Where possible we have local environmental or Aboriginal heritage experts with us, and we’ll often go...
Serious concerns about Forestry Corporations logging practices and potential environmental breaches should deliver a stop-work order and intervention from the Environmental Protection Agency. Though some of the logged forest is plantation, Forestry Corporation’s...
There is a growing call for Bellingen’s beautiful Tarkeeth State Forest to be protected from Forestry Corporation, with Greens MP, Justice and Forestry Spokesperson David Shoebridge joining out the front of Parliament with environmental activists protesting today....
The right to privacy needs statutory protection, and NSW should act to deliver this reform as a priority, according to a unanimous Parliamentary report delivered today into remedies for serious breaches of privacy. Whether it is protecting citizens from the damage...
