Australian Conservation Foundation
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Australian Conservation Foundation
@ausconservation.bsky.social
ACF is Australia's national environment organisation. Nature needs us, now. 🌱🐨
The law needs to do what it says on the label. (It needs to protect nature.) "You need to protect nature in order to live on this planet." #EPBC #auspol
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"There is no reassurance that the RFA exemption will be removed." Brendan Sydes, ACF #auspol #EPBC
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"We're in an extinction crisis. Every day matters. Every decision matters." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO #auspol #EPBC
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"The offsets system is broken... the offsets themselves fundamentally don't work." #auspol #EPBC
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
On why devolving powers to states is a bad idea...

"State governments have approved clearly unacceptable projects (eg 3000-apartment complex on a Ramsar-listed wetland at Toondah Harbour) that the federal govt rejected." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO #auspol #EPBC
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"The minister and the parliament should set the rules... then the regulator (EPA) should undertake the assessments and decisions." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO #auspol #EPBC
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"Cumulative impacts are absent from the proposed standards." Brendan Sydes, ACF #auspol #EPBC
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"Scope 3 emissions... are the knockout punch for nature... they are not covered by any Australian law." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO. #auspol #EPBC
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Proposed changes to the water trigger could only be to facilitate the approval of coal and gas projects." Brendan Sydes, ACF national biodiversity policy adviser. #auspol #EPBC
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Communities are reaching out to us, terrified (about the proposed streamlining of environmental assessment processes)." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO. #auspol #EPBC
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"We in the midst of an epidemic of rubbish, our feeds are infected with it. And it’s spilling over from our screens into everyday life – as this submission outlines – disinformation is having a serious real-world impact."
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“Banks that finance deforestation not only destroy habitat and drive species towards extinction, they also expose themselves, their shareholders and the broader economy to escalating environmental and financial risks.” www.theage.com.au/business/ban...
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is what a good transition looks like, with the company giving adequate notice of this change. The market is moving. The Qld govt should not hold it back. #qldpol
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October 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Australia’s 2035 emissions reduction target does not match the urgency of the crisis outlined in the govt’s own climate risk assessment, nor its Paris commitments, say 60 scientists in an open letter to PM Albanese. #auspol www.theage.com.au/environment/...
September 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The Albanese govt has approved the extension of Glencore’s Ulan coalmine in NSW. This is the first coalmining approval in this term. If the govt keeps approving coal projects, then its climate policy is to make the climate crisis worse. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
September 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Better coordination across federal, state and territory governments is needed, but the simplistic idea of handing over Commonwealth responsibilities to state and territory governments for ‘single touch approvals’ won’t work. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
August 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
August 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Community-led vigils were held at Adelaide’s Glenelg and Brighton beaches on Saturday night to mourn the masses of marine life killed by the algal bloom since March. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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August 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Crossbench members, unions, social, environment and climate groups call for the govt to set a strong 2035 target. #auspol
July 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Our court case challenging Whitehaven's Winchester South coal mine is about to begin in the Qld Land Court. #auspol #qldpol #climatechange
July 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A timely reminder that the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment. #auspol #KenHenry #NPC
July 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Now more than ever.

Eight years ago today more than 120 nations voted yes to the Treaty on the Prohibition of #Nuclear Weapons. The TPNW is the best way to get rid of the world's worst weapons. It's time for Australia to sign the @nuclearban.bsky.social #auspol
July 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The SA algal bloom underscores why a science-aligned 2035 climate plan is so important. #auspol www.afr.com/policy/energ...
July 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The ecological disaster in South Australia demands immediate funding and long-term leadership. www.afr.com/politics/fed...
July 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM