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2050: our future State of the Environment report (The Conversation) - August 24, 2011
Ian Lowe

There’s no way of predicting what the environment will be like in 2050, but there are many possibilities. I will sketch out two extremes, writes Professor Ian Lowe our President.
Why we need the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Climate Spectator) - July 22, 2011
Simon O'Connor

The CEFC can kick start Australia’s role in the clean energy industries of the future, writes Simon O'Connor our economic adviser.
Climate package will help farmers manage risk (Stock & Land) - July 21, 2011

The government climate package offers farmers the opportunity to improve land management in Australia and rewards action that reduces future climate risks to agricultural industries and regional communities, writes Don Henry, our CEO.
Losing a social licence can hurt (Sydney Morning Herald) - July 18, 2011
Charles Berger

Recent breaches show that the concept of corporate responsibility can no longer be considered flowery rhetoric, writes Charles Berger.
The ‘surprise package’ within Australia’s climate scheme (Responsible Investor) - July 13, 2011

The new climate change legislation is much more than just a carbon pricing scheme, writes Simon O’Connor our Economic Adviser.
An out of sight, out of mind approach to nuclear waste management (ABC The Drum) - July 12, 2011

The politics of how to manage radioactive waste are getting hotter and dirtier, writes Dave Sweeney, our Nuclear Free Campaigner.
Renewable boom is leaving us stumbling (The Canberra Times) - June 29, 2011

The renewables boom is leaving Australia stumbling, our Economic Adviser Simon O'Connor writes.
Muddying the waters (Indaily) - June 9, 2011

Opening the barrages will kill the Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth estuary, our Healthy Rivers campaigner Arlene Harriss-Buchan writes in response to the new campaign 'Myth and the Murray'.
The future of the environmental movement (The Australian) - May 30, 2011
Ian Lowe

If the environmental movement were to have one long-term goal it should be to make itself redundant, writes Ian Lowe, president of ACF.
Steady-as-she-goes will not stem environmental decline (ABC) - May 11, 2011

The environment was left wanting in this year's budget - just at a time when it desperately needs a cash injection, writes Don Henry our CEO.
Cars and petrol are luxury items (Fifth Estate) - May 6, 2011

Australia can buy a lot of public transport for less money than it costs to expand the road network, writes Gail Broadbent our Sustainable Transport Campaigner.
Compensation catch-22 (Climate Spectator) - April 18, 2011

Threatening words from some of the biggest of Australia’s big businesses are putting the government under significant pressure to bend to industry’s demands for carbon compensation, writes Simon O'Connor our Economic Adviser.
Dinosaur footprints or environmental footprints? (ABC) - April 15, 2011

The Kimberley region of Western Australia has remained unspoiled for millennia. Tony Burke should recognise its value and add it to the heritage register, writes Denise Boyd our Campaigns Director.

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