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Rhiannon Cunningham
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Environmentalist, law nerd, rage hobbyist, and oxford comma proponent.

Media adviser & purveyor of fine comms. Views my own.

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wilderness.org.au
Exciting news: the Great Koala National Park is finally happening! This means 176,000ha of critical koala habitat in #NSW will now be a national park & protected from logging. 🎉Thanks to all our supporters for your tireless work to make this park a reality. 💚

🔁 Help us spread the good news! #wildoz
September 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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euanritchie.bsky.social
This morning I spoke with Kirsten Diprose on ABC Melbourne about why recovery plans for threatened species are vital theconversation.com/environment-... and why the Federal Environment Minister is being taken to court by the Wilderness Society.

Starts 15:15 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr....
Should the writing industry embrace AI? - ABC listen
Melbourne book publisher Black Inc has caused a stir after it sent a request to its authors to allow for their writing to be used in the training of artificial intelligence.
www.abc.net.au
March 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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lisacox.bsky.social
Threatened species: court asked to compel Australian ministers to create recovery plans
Threatened species: court asked to compel Australian ministers to create recovery plans
The Wilderness Society launches legal action in hope of helping animals on brink of extinction
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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mikiperkins.bsky.social
See what I've been working on (in the background) at @envirojustice.bsky.social!

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...
Threatened species: court asked to compel Australian ministers to create recovery plans
The Wilderness Society launches legal action in hope of helping animals on brink of extinction
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
rhirhirhi.bsky.social
This is something that has stuck with me since I studied "Disaster Law" at uni. Follow the money - insurance companies will always point the way to the greatest risks we are facing.
australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Jan 14
Don’t believe in #climate change? Your insurer does.

The wildfires devastating Greater Los Angeles will add to the global climate insurance crisis – forcing household premiums even higher #auspol
January 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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mikeyslezak.bsky.social
I used FOI laws to get hold of a NSW regulator’s review, which found the New South Wales's native logging industry is not "economically viable" and the state government should consider shutting it down after 2028 if its prospects don’t improve. Read more:
NSW's native forest logging industry ruled not 'economically viable'
The NSW native logging industry is not "economically viable" and the state government should consider shutting it down after 2028 if its prospects do not improve, an independent economic regulator has...
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
rhirhirhi.bsky.social
20 years today since woodchipping giant Gunns Limited filed a mammoth lawsuit against the Gunns 20.

The bravery and gumption of the defendants and those that supported them through this five year long attack can never be understated.
wilderness.org.au Wilderness Society @wilderness.org.au · Dec 13
20 years ago today, woodchipping giant Gunns filed a massive lawsuit against the Wilderness Society and 19 other others who became known as the Gunns 20.

Learn more about #Gunns20 and how it still inspires our work to protect nature today: www.wilderness.org.au/gunns20

#forests #nature #protest
The Gunns 20: Looking Back
On 13 December, woodchipping giant Gunns Limited filed a case in the Victorian supreme court, naming 17 individuals and three conservation organisations as defendants. These 20 defendants became known...
www.wilderness.org.au
December 13, 2024 at 5:20 AM
rhirhirhi.bsky.social
Great coverage by @adammorton.bsky.social of this horrendous plan to hand over nearly 40,000ha of spectacular Tassie forest to loggers.
December 12, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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Maps reveal protected Tasmanian native forest that could be open to logging, activists say

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Maps reveal parts of protected Tasmanian native forest that could be opened to logging, environmentalists say
Mapping based on documents released under right-to-information laws show proposed areas include habitats for 37 threatened species
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
When hearing talk about the need to protect the Tasmanian salmon industry, just remember this is not a local-owned industry. It is dominated by foreign-owned companies.

The profits go offshore, and they don’t pay tax here.

But the environmental damage very much happens here.
Charts showing income earned and tax paid by Tassal and Sealord in 2022-23 SEALORD AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED. Income: $159,915,664; tax paid $0 TASSAL GROUP LIMITED. Income: $323,217,126; tax paid $0
December 6, 2024 at 12:03 AM