Media Releases
Community speaks out against buffel, demand action to prevent catastrophe
August 16, 2023
Community members came together in a snap protest to call on the Northern Territory Government and Federal Government to act decisively on buffel, outside the front of the Member for Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour’s office....
Read More Share‘Understatement of the year’: Singleton Station environmental referral underplays impacts to water, culture and environment
February 08, 2023
The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) has significant concerns that Fortune Agribusiness'environmental approvals referral to the Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (NTEPA) completely underplays the significant impacts its development may pose to ecological, hydrological...
Read More ShareEighty percent of Alice residents oppose fracking, government gas subsidies
December 07, 2022
Eighty percent of Alice residents oppose fracking, government gas subsidies Anti-fracking sentiment is strong in the red centre, with a doorknock survey revealing the vast majority of randomly selected residents oppose both the unconventional...
Read More ShareNTG removes protections for ecological and cultural values in biggest water allocation plan ever
November 22, 2022
‘Appallingly short-sighted’. To support fracking and big agriculture, NTG removesprotections for ecological and cultural values in biggest water allocation plan ever The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) opposes the Draft Georgina Wiso Water Allocation...
Read More ShareNT’s first Virtual Power Plant trial launches in Alice Springs
October 12, 2022
50 Alice Springs households are now taking part in the Northern Territory’s First Virtual Power Plant (VPP), launched last week by Northern Territory Minister for Renewables and Energy, Selena Uibo and Minister for Desert...
Read More Share‘This is a crisis’: The Territory’s peak environment groups respond to State of the Environment Report
July 20, 2022
The Northern Territory’s nature is in crisis, the two peak environment bodies of the NorthernTerritory have declared in response to the State of the Environment report released earlier today. The Environment Centre NT and...
Read More Share“Common sense and best practice”, Federal Labor candidate commits to declaring buffel grass a Weed of National Significance
May 19, 2022
Labor Candidate for Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour has announced major policy commitments to better protect Central Australia’s landscapes and threatened species, through improved management of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris). The Labor candidate committed via a...
Read More Share“First time ever” that major Federal Government political party commits funding to managing buffel grass and protecting Central Australia’s biodiversity
May 18, 2022
The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) welcomes the NT Greens $9.8 million funding commitment for the management of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) across Central Australia, in addition to policy announcements around declaring buffel grass...
Read More ShareCentral Australia is amidst a biodiversity crisis caused by buffel grass but CLP Candidate Damien Ryan dismisses buffel concern and promotes ‘Get-up’ myth
May 12, 2022
Media Release l Arid Lands Environment Centre At the ABC Election forum last night in Humpty Doo, Country Liberal Party candidate for Lingiari, Damien Ryan in response to a debate around gamba and buffel grass,...
Read More ShareA healthy future for our water – a key test for Territory candidates this Federal Election
April 27, 2022
Joint Media Release l Arid Lands Environment Centre and the Environment Centre NT Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) and the Environment Centre NT (ECNT), are calling on all candidates in the upcoming Federal Election...
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