Overall this years State Budget is pretty underwhelming for the environment, but as always, digging into the figures reveals some interesting things about the state's priorities. Here's a quick overview of the good (and not so good).
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In the lead up to the second anniversary of the Margaret River oil lease, 100 South West businesses have signed a statement calling on the Federal Government to create marine sanctuaries to protect and boost the region’s tourism industry.
Australia’s South West has a unique natural environment and a regional economy that depends upon it. The region’s tall forests, clean beaches, renowned surf breaks and unique natural attractions are central to a clean, green experience and a reputation which draws people from around the world.
Toro Energy is a publicly listed mining company which hopes to establish the first uranium mine in Western Australia at Lake Way near Wiluna, north of Kalgoorlie.
Toro downplays the problems and risks associated with uranium mining. Toro promotes the discredited notion that low-level ionising radiation is actually beneficial to human health − this is not only poor science, it is dangerous.
By Peter Lane
What is “operating profit”? Suppose you had a block of flats. What you received from rents less your costs = operating profit, or what you “made". But if you sold one of the flats, then that would not be considered an operating profit. You would have sold an asset and it would be either a capital gain or capital loss.
On the 1st of May as Unions and workers around the world stand together in unity, for the health and safety of workers, for equality in the work force here in Australia the Medical Association for Prevention of War has released a statement signed by 45 medical doctors calling on uranium mining company Toro Energy to stop promoting the view that low-level radiation is beneficial to human health.
Tony Abbott's plan to devolve all environmental assessment for industrial projects to State Governments is poorly thought-out and displays a lack of understanding about how the current system operates.
This is an opinion piece written by Kado Muir - the Chairperson of the West Australia Nuclear Free Alliance, he is a Ngalia man and a custodian for Yeelirrie this is in response to a letter published in the Australian Financial Review from Warren Mundine
With news of the 124,000 hectare Ngari Capes Marine Park breaking, you may have read the CCWA’s own Tim Nicol “welcoming the move as long overdue”. It isn’t hard to see why; unveiled by Colin Barnett and Bill Marmion on March 25th 2012, the initial proposal has been waiting, unapproved, since it was first tabled six years ago.
Last Wednesday, while we were celebrating World Forest Day by handing Environment Minister Bill Marmion messages from around 5,000 people opposed to native forest logging, the Institute of Foresters of Australia were engaging in a little bit of rebranding.
This is the sound of the endangered cockatoos in the Warrup forest areas that have been logged over the last few weeks.
Click here for the sound recording. Can you hear it? No, its not broken. Complete silence. Thats the sound of endangered cockatoos after their habitat has been destroyed by logging machines and chainsaws
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