Congratulations to our Treasurer and Board Director, Professor Terence Jeyaretnam, for receiving recognition for significant service to social justice, conservation and sustainability...
Aukus is among Australia’s worst foreign policy decisions and requires ‘heroic’ optimism, Gareth Evans says
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Former Labor foreign affairs minister says belief US would defend Australia in event of an existential attack is a ‘ludicrous delusion’
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Aukus will prove to be one of the worst defence and foreign policy decisions ever made by an Australian government and is only being permitted by Donald Trump in order to destroy Chinese nuclear threats to the US mainland, former foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans says.
Giving evidence to an independent public inquiry into the $368bn nuclear agreement with the US and UK on Thursday, Evans, a cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, will warn the transfer and construction of submarines to Australia from the early 2030s is effectively only an extension of the American military fleet. Continue reading...
New ACF media release. #auspol #politas #nature www.acf.org.au/news/fix-nat...
... and congratulations to ACF Community member Dr Jonathon Howard, who received a King's Birthday Honour for significant service to tertiary education, conservation and sustainability. Well deserved!
"Far friendlier in appearance was the sponge crab (Sphaerodromia brizops), known for its habit of wearing marine invertebrates like a hat." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Record winter temperatures in the Antarctic raise fears about the speed of the climate breakdown. #ClimateChange www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labor’s longest serving foreign minister says the #AUKUS submarine plan is likely to be regarded as one of the country’s worst foreign policy and defence mistakes, as he calls for the Albanese govt to quickly develop a back-up plan. #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
A report commissioned by Woodside exaggerated the economic benefits of its Browse gas project, over-inflating the number of jobs it would create, according to not-for-profit research group Climate Integrity. www.theage.com.au/national/wes...
Josh Meadows
Labor’s longest serving foreign minister says the submarine plan is likely to be regarded as one of Australia’s worst foreign policy and defence errors.
Great news, the first public hearing into AUKUS kicks off today! The nation deserves answers.The parliament will not establish an inquiry and citizens, community groups, unions and individuals have funded a public inquiry.
Democracy at work!
First hearing today in Melbourne.
Australian Conservation Foundation
Australian Conservation Foundation
Climate Integrity’s analysis claimed the commissioned report inflated the economic benefits of the project, including “cherry-picking” job figures while ignoring destruction elsewhere.
A week after Western Australia experienced one of its worst storms in decades, some stretches of coast are crumbling into the ocean at an alarming rate. Millions of dollars' worth of infrastructure is...
ACF statement in response to news the Commonwealth and Tasmanian governments are in discussions to develop a bilateral agreement under the national nature…www.acf.org.au
Researchers have catalogued dozens of new marine species found in the depths of Australia's most remote waters. The result is a window into a rarely glimpsed world.
