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Western Australia's threatened wildlife needs our help. WA's current Wildlife Conservation Act, now more that 60 years old, is powerless to protect threatened species, because it does not protect critical habitats, landscapes or ecological processes.

 
 
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I will be going to Sydney to represent WA next  week at the launch of The Boomerang Alliance of 26 national and state environment groups ‘Kicking the Can’. A month-long community effort in support of a national recycling refund program. Next Thursday 11th April, Australia’s environment ministers are meeting to decide whether to introduce cash for containers program.
 
Yesterday morning, the Boomerang Alliance launched its Kicking the Can campaign by dumping 4,000 cans and bottles in the middle of Martin Place. That’s the number of drink containers that are littered or landfilled in Australia every 15 seconds! (That’s 15,994 every minute and 8 billion per year!) In WA 4000 bottles and cans hit the ground every 90 seconds.
 
  Only weeks after the WA State election – when a pro nuclear Liberal party was returned to Government, Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke gave conditional approval for WA’s first uranium mine - Toro's Wiluna uranium mine proposal. 
 
 
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  WA has never had a commercial uranium mine; we’ve had state wide bans on uranium mining and federal restrictions on uranium mining and a long history of public opposition.
 
Our beautiful SouthWest forests are under threat from shocking new plans to increase karri logging! Join us in saying – Protect our Forests, Stop Logging Now! Western Australia has forests that are globally significant biodiversity hotspots, containing a unique diversity of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Forests are natural carbon stores, water filters and rain makers, but above all else are vital for a healthy eco-system and community.
 
Hydraulic Fracturing (‘Fracking’) for gas or oil involves pumping a cocktail of highly carcinogenic and toxic chemicals deep underground at extreme pressure in order to fracture rocks and release natural gas. Where this has occurred elsewhere in the world it has resulted in the permanent contamination of groundwater aquifers. Here in WA, the fracking industry is currently active and unregulated. The Conservation Council is, with partners, campaigning to stop this dangerous process. Check out the Clean Water Healthy Land campaign site. Tell your MP, the Environment Minister and the Premier that you care - use the handy 'Find Your MP' function on our online action here. Check out the amazing advertisment that we've had made about the risks of shale gas fracking here.
 
The Kimberley region is internationally recognised for its unspoilt marine, coastal and inland environments including islands, coral reefs, mangroves, rainforests, rangelands and rivers. Industrial developments like the gas hub threaten these marine, coastal and inland areas.
 
Are you empowered for a cleaner energy future? Empower WA is a collection of local community sector groups who believe that as West Australians we can reduce our bills, create jobs and fight climate change through positive policies and initiatives. We are working together to create a better future for our children. A vision for WA As West Australians, we are in a prime position to take advantage of green technology and new ways of doing things.
 
Western Australians are among the biggest consumers of resources in the world and one of the biggest factors contributing to this unsustainable consumption is the lack of recycling activity here in WA. Just about everything we throw away can potentially be recycled, but in WA we send thousands of tones of packaging, building materials and other valuable resources to rubbish dumps around the state every year.
 
Less than 1% of Australia’s South West marine environment is protected, despite being home to a far greater level of unique species than the Great Barrier Reef. The federal government is considering the future of these waters right now – we need to tell our Prime Minister - 1% protection is not enough.
 
 

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