EDO slides from Towards Zero Deforestation Roadshow
Thanks for joining us last week at the Tweed leg of the Towards Zero Deforestation Roadshow. Deforestation is causing havoc for our wildlife, our climate, and the health of local communities and our land. I’m so glad you were part of the Roadshow — together we have the power to end the bulldozing of trees and…
Seeking sustainable homes to showcase Sunday September16
Inspire, educate and share your story at Sustainable House Open Day, Sunday September 16, 2018 We are taking a break from the Sustainable House Day Design Competition this year. However, we are super excited to announce that we will host another Open House Day on Sunday 16 September across all of the Northern Rivers. This event,…
Power to the Tweed – free talk
You’re invited to join Tweed Shire Council’s Energy Projects Officer, Michael Qualmann, for a free information session at your local library to discuss Power in the Tweed on Wednesday 1 August. Tweed Heads library: 9.30am Kingscliff library: 12pm Murwillumbah library: 3pm Topics includes where Tweed’s power comes from, why more people are switching to solar…
Towards Zero Deforestation Roadshow
We’re coming to visit you in Tweed! Join us for our Towards Zero Deforestation Roadshow on July 23rd. Nature in NSW is in crisis. New laws allow for devastating deforestation and broad scale land clearing of important wildlife habitat. At least 1000 species of plants and animals in NSW are facing extinction, including our iconic koala;…
Stop Adani Tweed takes the message to Splendour
Your Forests mini documentary
Made by NEFA volunteers to raise awareness of what is really happening to public native forests and the current imminent threat of the Regional Forests Agreement renewals and proposed weakening of the already weak logging rules in the Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals which are also being reviewed. Watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN-SRJUJG2E&t=7s Submission deadline 13 July 2018. NEFA…
Detailed IFOA Submission Points for north east NSW
New legal challenge to land clearing code
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW, represented by the Environmental Defenders Office NSW, has again commenced Court proceedings to challenge the validity of the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018, on the basis of documents received under freedom of information laws. More information at the EDO website
Stop Adani action planning meeting 7 July
Nightcap Monuments Project Moves Forward
National Parks NSW has now assessed and approved the monuments project and given acknowledgement to the significance of the project to regional history and local communities. A monument’s site has been determined within the Terania Creek area of the Nightcap National Park. The project timing also hopes to help to historically recognise the 2019 –…
New Regulations Prohibit Assemblies on Crown Land
Independent Review of RFA’s released
Prof Will Steffen, Zero Emissions Byron, 27 June
NEFA information session on forest rules
To help community understand the NSW Govt draft Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals (IFOAs) the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) will hold an information session in Murwillumbah on Wednesday 6th June, 6-8pm at the Tweed Valley Uniting Church Hall, 2 Byangum Road. Refreshments provided. Speakers: Sue Higginson, Dailan Pugh, Rob Kooyman, Sam Dawson ***National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) –…
NSW Government Cancels Forest Inspection
The North East Forest Alliance is shocked that NSW Government agencies have cancelled an inspection of State Forests along the Richmond Range to be shown the dire consequences that their new logging rules will have for logging dieback, Koalas, logging intensity and oldgrowth forests. NEFA spokesperson Dailan Pugh said that on Wednesday night the Environment…
World Environment Day Festival Program
Release of new rules that regulate our Native Forests
Message from Nature Conservation Council of NSW: Last week, the NSW Government released its draft Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals (IFOAs). These IFOAs regulate how logging of our native public forests takes place and what impacts logging has on our environment and wildlife. The National Parks Association of NSW has been leading the analysis of the IFOA along…
Act for Birds
Australia’s nature laws are failing to protect our unique birds and landscapes. The very laws designed to protect our precious natural environment are insufficient and continue to be undermined by loopholes and exemptions. Join BirdLife Australia in pushing for strong nature laws and independent institutions that will protect the birds and places we love. Learn…
World Environment Day Festival 2018
Private native forestry to LLS
Solar powered clean drinking water maker trialled
By Cole Latimer A solar-powered device that creates clean drinking water from the air is being trialled in Australia. The portable Source Hydropanels, created by Zero Mass Water, are designed to suck moisture from the air, dehumidifying it to drain the water out before it purifies and adds minerals to the water. It is powered…
An economic case for protecting the planet
We all share one planet — we breathe the same air, drink the same water and depend on the same oceans, forests and biodiversity. Economist Naoko Ishii is on a mission to protect these shared resources, known as the global commons, that are vital for our survival. In an eye-opening talk about the wellness of…
Address to Tweed Shire Councillors 19 April 2018 from Barry Firth, on behalf of Stop Adani Tweed
My purpose this evening is to demonstrate and declare that the Stop Adani movement is strong in Tweed Shire, and to ask respectfully for your vote this evening in favour of what we call the “Adani-free zone”. We are part of an Australia-wide network of groups like us. The issues that are to do with…
‘Sneaky move’: Government signals further weakening of native vegetation protection By Peter Hannam
Sydney Morning Herald – 8 April 2018 – 5:33pm The NSW government has shifted some of regulatory oversight for native forestry on private land away from the Environment Protection Authority, a move that could weaken protections for forests. The government has gazetted the transfer from April 30 of authority for private native forestry to Local Land…
Enovacommunity energy Mini Expo
Come to our FREE mini solar and battery expo to learn how to save and go renewable. Bring your bill and learn how to save on your electricity – Local energy experts on hand plus local solar equipment suppliers. We hope to educate everyone on how to reduce energy usage, which will not only save money,…
World Environment Day Festival 2018
Caldera Environment Centre is holding its annual World Environment Day Festival on Sunday 3 June from 10am to 3pm at Knox Park in Murwillumbah. “Beat Plastic Pollution” (If you can’t reuse it, refuse it) is the United Nations theme for World Environment Day 2018 – a call to action for all of us to come together to combat…
Land clearing Code declared invalid by Court – then immediately remade
From EDO newsletter.. Last Friday, the NSW Land & Environment Court made an order that “on and from 24 August 2017, the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2017 has been invalid and of no effect.” This extraordinary order stemmed from a legal error made by the NSW Minister for Primary Industries in the making of…
Court rules NSW land clearing laws ‘invalid’
From Echonetdaily. The Land and Environment Court has today ruled the NSW Government’s land-clearing laws invalid because they were made unlawfully. ‘The government has bungled the introduction of one of its signature pieces of legislation, and in the process demonstrates its careless disregard for nature in NSW,’ Nature Conservation Council CEO Kate Smolski said. ‘Today’s…
Extension of Regional Forestry Agreements
Another important submission is due on RFAs. The 23 February submission date pertained to the 10 and 15 year review. Another is needed for the proposed extension of RFAs. Overview from the NSW Government NPA submission guide Info from NPA website – Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) are 20-year agreements between the State and Commonwealth Governments that permit…
Stop Adani Tweed community survey
Stop Adani Tweed wishes to survey the views of Tweed Shire residents, regarding the proposed massive expansion of coal mining in Queensland, including the so-called “Adani” mine in the Galilee Basin. Yes, the projects that are the subject of our survey are located in Queensland, but many of the issues at stake have national and…
Koala workshop Sat 17 March
Friends of the Koala is calling for Tweed Shire locals to become Koala Watchers, and will be holding a free workshop on Saturday 17th March 9.30am-12.30pm at the Murwillumbah Civic and Cultural Centre, Canvas and Kettle Room , 10-14 Tumbulgum Road, Murwillumbah. Susannah Keogh, Koala Care Coordinator, who will be delivering the workshop, said ‘early reporting koalas in need…
Stop Adani Film Night 22 Feb Brunswick Heads
Rally to Save the Train 3pm Thurs 15th Feb Murbah Railway Station
Regional Forest Agreements Review
from the National Parks Association of NSW Have Your Say: RFA Review Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) are agreements between the State and Commonwealth Governments that permit the logging of public native forests. Under the RFAs forests and wildlife have suffered through intensive logging for the past 20 years. Help end native forest logging by making a submission…
Lord Howe Island conservation holiday package
Message from Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR)… Please consider this very special opportunity for eco-tourism on the World Heritage Lord Howe Island, to participate in the Rodent Eradication Project, and other projects to restore the amazing and unique biodiversity of LHI. But don’t delay as the offer closes soon. Details below. Lord Howe Island Conservation…
Final Draft Rural Land Strategy presentation
There will be a drop-in session at Murwillumbah Civic Centre’s Canvas and Kettle Room, Thursday February 1 from 7pm to 8:30pm. The session will cover the more than 140 proposed actions in the Draft Strategy which will shape the future of rural land use in Tweed Shire. Draft Rural Land Strategy on exhibition until 28th February.
Journey to Stop Adani frontline
A journey to the front line is being arranged by the Northern Rivers Stop Adani Group leaving on January 13 and returning on January 21. Living costs for the week on the front line are $250 and include everything. For more information look up the Stop Adani Byron Shire Facebook page. You can also post questions and ask…
Frontline Action on Coal
VICTORY. Downer drops Adani!
This is HUGE!! Downer quietly dropped to the stock exchange this morning that they will no longer build or operate Adani’s Carmichael mine. Adani are pretending that it’s ‘mutual’, that they can build the mine themselves. But Adani have never built a mine in Australia and never built a mine this big. They simply can’t…
EDO Fact Sheets
North Coast Koala Survey
Stand with the Wangan & Jagalingou people
At any moment, the Queensland Government could extinguish Wangan and Jagalingou native title rights in the Galilee Basin – the land Adani wants to build their Carmichael mega mine on. [1] The Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Family Council have already said NO to Adani four times and are in the midst of a court battle…
NCC takes govt to court on land clearing laws
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW has launched legal proceedings in the Land and Environment Court seeking to overturn land-clearing codes made under the Local Land Services Act earlier this year. You can read more about the case and donate to help fund the case on the NCC website here. Grounds of the case: Failure to…
Stop Adani Tweed campaign launch
Limpinwood logging
Logging on a property of high ecological significance at Limpinwood is causing grave concerns for locals and all people who care about native wildlife, habitat for rare and threatened species, cultural heritage, and corridor connectivity to World Heritage Areas. Unauthorised works happened on this property in 2014. Read the back story. On 7 September 2017…
Repower NSW Week of Action
Repower Week
To celebrate Re power week Come and speak to the Caldera Environment Centre team members at this Wednesday’s Farmers Market between 7 and 11 am at the Murwillumbah showground. our climate and our democracy is in crisis. The Turnbull Government is pushing a coal energy target to keep our addiction to burning coal for energy.…
Ballina, Byron and Tweed Councils E zones
The North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is calling upon Ballina, Byron and Tweed Councils to remain resolute in the face of yet another concerted effort by NSW Farmers to stop far north-coast Councils from being able to establish Environmental Zones. “Environmental Zones (E zones) are the only way that local communities can over-ride the State…