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With just seven months until the state election, Shelter WA is calling for further government action to combat the housing and homelessness crisis which is set to be a defining issue at the polls. The peak body said this year’s Homelessness Week theme ‘Homelessness Action Now’ captured the urgency and scale of the work … Continued
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The EPA reached its finding due to a wide range of major concerns about environmental, nature and pollution impacts, according to a letter the EPA sent to Woodside Energy in February this year. Browse, Australia’s largest untapped conventional gas field, is located off the coast of the pristine Kimberley region in WA, beneath the … Continued
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Shelter WA will hold a press conference to mark Homelessness Week, with this year’s theme ‘Homelessness Action Now’ capturing the urgency and scale of the work that is still ahead to end WA’s deepening crisis. WHO: Shelter WA CEO Kath Snell Lana Moon, who is using her lived experience of homelessness to advocate for changes to the … Continued
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EMBARGOED 12.01AM, MONDAY 8TH JULY 2024 Stuck in traffic: Over half of Perth residents are missing out on public transport NEW CLIMATE COUNCIL ANALYSIS has found over 1.2 million people living in Perth don’t have access to frequent, all-day public transport, leaving them stuck using polluting and expensive cars for most of their … Continued
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New research from energy analysts Sustainable Energy Now and Climate Safe Solutions shows that excess LNG export capacity at Woodside’s Burrup Hub, and a lack of timely renewable energy development, are shaping up as major threats to WA’s domestic gas supply and local energy consumers. The report’s release comes as a Parliamentary Inquiry into WA’s … Continued
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The significant joint investment of $70.5 million by the Australian Government and Western Australian Government to establish the nation’s first ‘Clean Energy Skills National Centre of Excellence’ in Western Australia has been welcomed by the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), higher education, and international … Continued
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WA environment groups have responded to the reported removal of former Chevron employee, Simon McKirdy, from the Appeals Committee for Australia’s biggest climate decision, the North West Shelf Project Extension, the largest part of Woodside’s Burrup Hub mega-project, due to a perceived conflict of interest. Mr McKirdy was appointed to the two-person committee last month by WA’s … Continued
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The Kimberley’s peak environmental organisation, Environs Kimberley, has welcomed the release of Horizon Power’s new Kimberley Future Energy System (FES) Project, and Request for Tenders (RFT). As set out in the Horizon Power RFT documents, the project specifies supplying electricity to the Kimberley towns of Broome, Derby, Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing, and the Looma-Camballin … Continued
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The Conservation Council of WA has expressed disappointment that, in the midst of ongoing WA nature collapse and increasing WA fossil fuel emissions, the 2024 WA Budget contains little to address WA’s role in the climate crisis or defend WA’s nature. The 2024 State Budget, handed down today by WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti, provides little … Continued
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The 2024 Western Australian Government budget’s approach to skills training funding is a model that other states and territories could follow, according to the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent skills training, higher education, and international education providers. “The extra $22 million for students to study with quality independent training … Continued
