Media Releases - 07 August 2026 - Fossil fuels - Decommissioning - Australia wide Federal Court judgement exposes glaring gap in fossil fuel clean up laws leaving taxpayers and marine life vulnerable The Federal Court has today found that Australia's offshore oil and gas regulator, NOPSEMA, was not ...
Media Releases - 04 August 2026 - Queensland deforestation - Queensland One-year dip cannot hide Queensland’s ongoing deforestation crisis The latest findings (2024) from the Queensland government’s Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLA...
Media Releases - 29 July 2026 - Nature - Queensland Council Cableway Decision Welcomed The Respect Springbrook Mountain Coalition of 15 environment and community groups, welcome the deci...
Media Releases - 27 July 2026 - Nature - Climate - Laws - Queensland deforestation - Queensland Statement: Wilderness Society responds to UNESCO decision about the Reef Statement: Wilderness Society responds to UNESCO decision about the Reef
Media Releases - 15 July 2026 - Forests - Deforestation - Tasmania Forests - Tasmania Statement: Forestry Tasmania’s new three year logging plan shows an industry in denial The Wilderness Society condemns Forestry Tasmania’s new three year logging plan, which shows an indu...
Media Releases - 15 July 2026 - Laws - Forests - Deforestation - Queensland deforestation - Queensland New analysis: A decade of deforestation data shows what's at stake for the Great Barrier Reef in the Government's new environmental laws. New exposé reveals almost 1.5 million hectares of forest and bushland destroyed in Great Barrier Ree...
Media Releases - 14 July 2026 - Fossil fuels - Decommissioning - Australia wide $200 million clean-up bill in doubt as Pilot Energy collapses - Australian Government must demand up front bonds for oil and gas clean up A $200 million offshore oil and gas clean-up cost is in doubt after Pilot Energy called in administr...
Media Releases - 10 July 2026 - Forests - Deforestation - Tasmania Wilderness Society withdraws from MONA forest congress The Wilderness Society Tasmania announces their formal withdrawal from the MONA forest congress.
Media Releases - 07 July 2026 - Nature - Campaign - Movement - Australia wide Wilderness Society appoints Dr. Kirsty Howey as CEO The Wilderness Society today announced the appointment of Dr. Kirsty Howey as its new Chief Executiv...
Media Releases - 26 June 2026 - Forests - Logging - Australia wide Carbon Credit Scheme Will Fail Future Generations by Green Lighting Big Emitters The Wilderness Society opposes today's move by Federal and NSW Labor to greenlight a new carbon cred...