Gas flames in the South East visible for 40km: Protests heat up ahead of state election
MEDIA RELEASE Limestone Coast Protection Alliance and Conservation SA 15 February 2018 Gas flames in the South East visible for 40km: Protests heat up ahead of state election Production testing on high value agricultural land in South Australia’s South East...
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Senate fires shot across the bow in Murray-Darling battle
MEDIA RELEASE14 Feb 2018Senate fires shot across the bow in Murray-Darling battle
SA’s peak environment body has welcomed tonight’s decision by the Senate to disallow an amendment that would have reduced environmental water returns in the Murray-Darling system.
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Relief as KI Coast Saved
MEDIA RELEASE 14 February 2018 Relief as KI Coast Saved The state’s peak environment body has strongly welcomed the decision by Environment Minister Ian Hunter to reject a plan to sell state-owned coastal reserve land at Pelican Lagoon on Kangaroo Island...
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Peace Boat in Adelaide
Peace Boat in Adelaide Peace Boat, a Japan-based global NGO, visited Adelaide on 29 January for the first time as part of a speaking tour featuring nuclear survivors from Japan and Australia on its 93rd global voyage. Photo by ICAN...
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Senate Inquiry about Federal radioactive waste dump welcome
MEDIA RELEASE 7 February 2018 Senate Inquiry about Federal radioactive waste dump welcome South Australia’s peak environment body has strongly welcomed the establishment of a Senate Inquiry, proposed by NXT Senator Rex Patrick, into the controversial site selection process...
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Weatherill Government opposition to all nuke waste dumps in SA welcomed
MEDIA RELEASE30 January 2018Weatherill Government opposition to all nuke waste dumps in SA welcomed The state’s peak environment body has strongly welcomed the announcement by the SA Premier Jay Weatherill that his government now ‘opposed any further involvement in the...
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Banned in Queensland, but OK for SA?!
MEDIA RELEASE Conservation SA and The Wilderness Society SA16 January 2018Banned in Queensland, but OK for SA?!A highly controversial gas technology — banned in Queensland last year for causing 'the biggest pollution event' in that state's history — has been...
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Kangaroo Island Coastal Reserve Sale
Conservation SA welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on this proposed disposal of public land at Pelican Lagoon, Kangaroo Island. We express our deep alarm and concern at the proposed sell-off of this coastal reserve land without appropriate investigation or...
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Murray Darling Royal Commission Draft Terms of Reference
The Conservation Council of South Australia (Conservation SA) welcomes the South Australian Murray Darling Royal Commission as a much needed step to address the various allegations of collusion and corruption upstream that have emerged over recent months. An investigation with...
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