Wilderness Australia

09/10/2026

05/10/2026

03/10/2026

A coal mine so big it will release almost as much climate pollution as Australia entire national emissions for two years. This is what has just been approved in NSW with the Hunter Valley Operations expansion.

This important article by The Australia Institute The Australia Institute follows a series of their previous articles in which they warned this was the ultimate game behind Improved Native Forest Management. It took just one month after passing INFM before the logical result of that game has materialised. INFM was never about forests. It was always a vehicle to enable the expansion of fossil fuel emissions in NSW.

“Most of the federal Greens voted for the new carbon offset method, and even Greenpeace supported it. The NSW Nature Conservation Council (NCC) celebrated it as “major new protection for forests and the climate”. Environmental group support for native forest offsets has achieved what earlier government efforts like the Chubb Review could not – a thorough greenwashing of Australia’s offset system.”

Read the Australia Institute’s full article here:
🔗 https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/261002-how-native-forest-offsets-helped-greenwash-a-new-coal-mine

The environment movement must take stock, or we are at risk of accepting the role of pawns on a fossil fuel industry chess board.

We must continue to fight against climate pollution without compromise.

✍️Sign the Australia Institute’s petition against the new Hunter Valley Operations expansion here:
🔗 https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fossil-fuels

02/10/2026

The forests of Tucker’s Nob and Pine Creek are potentially the richest and most important koala habitat remaining in Australia. But those forests have been redefined as plantation and removed from the proposed Great Koala National Park. They will be retained for permanent clear-fell logging.

These two forests are the meeting point for the paths that koalas must take in moving between the many populations that live within the GKNP. Many other areas of plantation that are high in natural and cultural value and essential to the long-term recovery of koala populations have been excluded.

The Park was envisioned to protect one of Australia’s most important natural and cultural heritage sites. But in the final proposal, the heart of the park has been ripped out. This petition seeks to restore the original vision for the Park.

✍️Sign the petition - Link in Bio 🔗 change.org/p/restore-the-heart-of-the-great-koala-national-park

29/09/2026

✍️Sign the petition 🔗 change.org/p/restore-the-heart-of-the-great-koala-national-park

We call on the NSW government to declare the Great Koala National Park that the Gumbaynggirr, koalas and people of NSW want and deserve.

The forests of Tucker’s Nob and Pine Creek are potentially the richest and most important koala habitat remaining in Australia. But those forests have been redefined as plantation and removed from the proposed Park. They will be retained for permanent clearfell logging.

Senior Lore Woman and Elder Aunty Alison is at the front lines of the efforts to halt logging in sacred areas adjoining the proposed Park. She was joined by Uncle Gary Williams and Uncle Allan Phillips in penning a letter to the NSW Government, Forestry Corporation and DPI, calling for proper consultation with the Gumbaynggirr Nation before the vision for the Park is finalised. The Gumbaynggirr have an obligation to protect their Country, and the government must not go ahead without their input and consent.

The Park was envisioned to protect one of Australia’s most important natural and cultural heritage sites. But in the final proposal, the heart of the park has been ripped out.

This petition seeks to restore the original vision for the Park.

28/09/2026

The government has undertaken a tokenistic, box-ticking consultation process with First Nations people on the establishment of the Great Koala National Park, and has not properly consulted with the Elders of the Gumbaynggirr Nation.

The Elders are devastated by the exclusion of ancient cultural sites such as the Yildaan Dreaming Track, ancient Tallowwood trees, traditional foods such as yams, and forests critical to the totem animal the Dunggiirr (Koala) and the sacred waterways of the Water Rat and the Wood Duck.

The forests of Tucker’s Nob and Pine Creek are potentially the richest and most important koala habitat remaining in Australia. But those forests have been redefined as plantation and removed from the proposed Park. They will be retained for permanent clearfell logging and the decimation is already well underway in Pine Creek. Tucker’s Nob is next.

Senior Lore Woman and Elder Aunty Alison is at the front lines of the efforts to halt logging in sacred areas adjoining the proposed Park. Aunty Alison was joined by Uncle Gary Williams and Uncle Allan Phillips in penning a letter to the NSW Government, Forestry Corporation and DPI, calling for proper consultation with the Gumbaynggirr Nation before the vision for the Park is finalised. The Elders are currently awaiting a reply.

The Gumbaynggirr have an obligation to protect their Country, and the government must not go ahead without their input and consent.

Please share this video & sign the petition ✍️

Link in Bio🔗 change.org/p/restore-the-heart-of-the-great-koala-national-park

The Great Koala National Park was envisioned to protect one of Australia’s most important natural and cultural heritage sites. But in the final proposal, the heart of the park has been ripped out. This petition seeks to restore the original vision for the Park.

17/09/2026

Gumbaynggirr Elder Aunty Alison Buchanan says the government’s plan to protect trees and koalas by trading carbon “goes fundamentally against” Gumbaynggirr traditions and values, while the state government says it is fundamental to the Park’s future.

To fund the development and management of the GKNP, companies will be able to purchase carbon credits from the park to balance out their pollution. The concept was introduced in late 2025, despite the Labor government promising - with no public mention of carbon trading - to create the park for more than a decade.

The carbon trading scheme - known as the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method - is seen as a long-term solution to reduce the amount of native forest logging across NSW.

However, Buchanan has opposed logging of Mid North Coast forests for many years, and is an ardent supporter of the GKNP but wants the forests protected “unconditionally, and without compromise”.

Buchanan warns the INFM creates a “dangerous precedent where conservation is treated as a financial transaction rather than a moral and ecological imperative”.

Read the full article 🔗 www.themidnorthcoaster.com.au/p/divide-within-mnc-indigenous-communities-over-trading-carbon-to-protect-local-forests

The Mid North Coaster

13/09/2026

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