Australian Conservation Foundation

Here’s some good news from the sunshine state to brighten up your Friday. 🌞🏠

Through state and federal funding, 28,000 publicly-owned and 4000 community-owned homes will receive energy-efficient appliances and solar systems.

This progress wouldn't have been possible without the hard work and dedication of community groups, who have been pushing for action for more than two years!
This is a good start, but more is needed.

The Queensland Liberal National Party is yet to commit to 2032 and 2035 renewable targets and all eyes are on them to step up and make this happen.

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From beekeepers to winemakers, workers from across Australia are calling for stronger nature laws! 📢🌿

Together, we're urging the Anthony Albanese government to pass strong Environmental Protection Agency legislation with measures to stop forest destruction and climate harm, and embed First Nations’ voices in decision-making.

🌍💪 Let's make our voices heard!

Dial up a top Labor Minister and demand a STRONG EPA today: https://acf.to/3Tpua10

💔 The animals we love are disappearing right before our eyes.

Together, we can do something about it 💪

🌠 Join us under the stars on Saturday 19 October for a Night Out For Nature.

Set up camp and help raise vital funds to protect iconic animals like the endangered numbat 🏕🐨

Grab your camping gear and sign up today: https://acf.to/4d0Qk0E

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The Albanese government has one choice if it wants to deliver on a key election promise—take the pathway through the Senate by negotiating with the Greens and independent crossbench.

Only one option for strong nature bills The Albanese government has one choice if it wants to deliver on a key election promise – take the pathway through the Senate by negotiating with the Greens and independent crossbench.

On National Threatened Species Day, we face the harsh reality: 2,245 species are on the brink of extinction. 🐨💔

This week alone, 20 more species were added to the list.

The need for a strong, transparent, and accountable national EPA has never been greater.

It's a critical step in protecting nature and safeguarding our wildlife.

Huge shout out to everyone who came along to t the ACF Northern Beaches screening of Antarctica - The Giant Awakens!

Thank you to the film’s director, Liz Courtney, Dr Sophie Scamps MP, and Dan Scaysbrook from ACF for leading an inspiring Q&A afterwards.

It was incredible to see the room packed—every seat, floor space, and even the kitchen counter was taken!

Couldn’t make it? Don’t sweat it - here’s three things you can do for nature now:

🌏 Advocate for stronger national nature laws to safeguard our environment. [Sign our petition for stronger nature laws here: https://acf.to/3Z3Zm7X]

🌏 Talk about the latest climate science in a way that’s easy to follow and relatable to everyone.

🌏 Take action: Join local groups and vote for leaders prioritising the planet

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ACF welcomes the Climate Change Authority’s analysis showing Australia can meet and beat its 2030 emissions reduction target and accelerate towards a target to cut our climate pollution by 75% by 2035.

https://acf.to/3Mzz3Ro

Advice shows Australia can achieve 75% cut in emissions by 2035 A 75% target can be achieved by protecting and restoring Australia’s forests, building a renewable energy electricity system firmed by clean energy storage, helping communities shift to low emissions transport and managing the phasedown of fossil fuel extraction.

Did you know the Australian Mountain pygmy-possum is our only hibernating marsupial!

These tiny creatures snooze for up to 7 months a year.

Sadly, Mountain pygmy-possums are critically endangered, with only about 2,000 left in the wild. We need urgent action to save them.

For just $9 per week, you can symbolically adopt a Mountain pygmy-possum and help ensure their survival. 💚

https://acf.to/45WXjpE

Raise your voice, Sydney!📣🐨

Join us and our friends at The Wilderness Society & BirdLife Australia this October for a powerful March for Nature.

With 20 new additions to our threatened species list today alone, it's time to take a stand.

Together, let’s say NO to bulldozing the bush. And NO to climate-wrecking coal and gas. 🏭

Every step matters and every voice counts.🌳🐾

Nature needs us, now.

Mark your calendars! 📆 Oct 5, 11 AM - 2 PM, Speakers Corner, The Domain, Sydney 📍

RSVP today on our website👉 https://acf.to/3XlJJt9

Facebook event: https://acf.to/4d8zUnf

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Another devastating blow to nature! 🌏💔

Two lizards, a sea snake, a fish, a crayfish, and 15 plant species, including the Gibraltar Range Waratah, have just been added to Australia’s threatened wildlife list.

These shameful new listings bring the number of endangered plants, animals and ecosystems to 2,245.

For a country that prides itself on its natural wonders, this is nothing short of obscene.
Every day and every decision counts. Strong nature laws in Australia are vital to protect our precious animals and plants.

But they have been delayed, risking pushing more species to extinction. 🦎🐍🐠🌿
Read more:

‘A symbol of our nation’: waratah among 20 more species added to Australia’s threatened wildlife list The fresh listings bring the total number of endangered plants, animals and ecosystems to almost 2,250

Show some love for the Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby! 😍

We're excited to join Rove McManus and The Project for the Marsupial of the Year campaign!🦘

Explore the incredible marsupial nominees and cast your vote for our beloved Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby today!

👉https://acf.to/3AHaZJF

🐨Sydney-siders, we need your help!

Join ACF and our friends at The Wilderness Society and BirdLife Australia for a powerful March for Nature, to stand with each other, our living world, and the wildlife and places we love 🌏💚

As the Albanese Government prepares for the Nature Positive Summit in Sydney, let’s march together and voice our community’s demands:

🌳Stop bulldozing the bush.
🐾End the extinction crisis.
⛔Say NO MORE to nature-wrecking coal and gas!

Mark your calendars for an unforgettable event:

📆 Saturday, October 5th
🕘 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
📍 Speakers Corner, The Domain
🙌 Every voice counts! Find out more and RSVP today: https://acf.to/3XlJJt9

🚨 ACF’s investigators have uncovered a gut-wrenching truth about deforestation in Australia.

In just four years, 50 beef properties destroyed 16,000 hectares of precious bushland, home to koalas, cassowaries, pink cockatoos, northern quolls, greater gliders and regent honeyeaters.

A day after we exposed this, Woolworths announced it would stop selling deforestation-linked beef by 2025.

Learn more:

We found the nature destruction supermarkets don’t want you to know about From the air, the contrast is clear to see. Beautiful bush, thriving gum trees and striking rocky outcrops, an area known to be the home and feeding ground of threatened species including spotted-tailed quolls, brush-tailed rock wallabies and greater gliders. But what really hits you is the freshly....

Is this the final countdown for the Eyre Peninsula Southern Emu-wren?

It's estimated just 750 individual wrens are left and their Whalers Way sanctuary is at risk from a proposed rocket launching facility.

Read the full story here:

Rocket-launching facility could blast Eyre Peninsular Southern emu-wren into extinction In an area designated as “habitat critical to survival” for species like the Emu-wren, Southern Launch want to build launch pads, blast walls and bunkers to fire rockets into space. The Environment Minister has the power to stop them.

‼ URGENT: There may be as few as 750 Eyre Peninsula Southern Emu-wrens left 💔

Whalers Way in South Australia is one of the only safe havens left, but a rocket launching facility could blast away the emu-wren's chances of survival 🚀

With a decision due on the destructive facility any day now, we must urgently demand Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek stop the Endangered Southern Emu-wren's home from being blasted.

Your voice is critical.

✍Take just 2 minutes and send a pre-filled letter to Tanya Plibersek today:

https://acf.to/4e3rBcY

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💔 Immerse yourself in one of the examples of habitat destruction that we recently exposed as part of a major deforestation investigation.

Every hour in Australia, eight MCGs worth of bushland like this is destroyed, leaving wildlife like koalas, quolls, and pink cockatoos homeless 🐨🌱

The single biggest culprit? Beef production.

And no one sells more beef to Australian consumers than Coles and Woolworths.

Woolies has finally committed to stop selling beef linked to deforestation by the end of 2025, but Coles is continuing to turn a blind eye to nature destruction linked to its supply chains.

🚫 This is unacceptable. Coles must do better.

If they don’t, we risk losing our precious wildlife forever.

📣 Every voice counts. Join the call by:

📩 Sending a pre-filled email: https://acf.to/3VSZ4zC

🎁 Powering our work with a gift today: https://acf.to/4g2vJfe

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🌟 Fantastic news! Woolworths has committed to ending the sale of beef linked to deforestation 🌿

This is a win for consumers, farmers, and our environment.

Soon, Australians will be able to enjoy beef knowing they're supporting farmers who protect our precious forests and woodlands 🌳🥩

Healthy food systems depend on a healthy natural world 🌏

Now we’re looking to Coles to step up to the plate. A deforestation-free beef industry is within reach, but we need every major player on board.

From beautiful bushlands to thriving gum trees and striking rocky outcrops—our latest report reveals 50 shocking cases of deforestation linked to the Australian beef industry.

Coles and Woolworths don’t want you to know they’ve failed to commit to eliminating deforestation from their supply chains.

Read more:

16,000 hectares of forests found flattened on beef farms and 'people don't even know it's happening' European supermarkets won't buy beef from Brazil due to concerns about land clearing in the Amazon. Now conservationists are urging Coles and Woolworths to follow suit to combat deforestation in Australia.