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Chief Minister plans to hand herself powers to override environmental approval process
October 25, 2024
Chief Minister plans to hand herself powers to override environmental approval process Leaked documents have revealed the new CLP government’s plans to give the chief minister and an unelected bureaucrat far-reaching power to override...
Read More ShareFroggatt Award win for community advocacy on Buffel Weed Declaration
September 06, 2024
Arid Lands Environment Centre with the Indigenous Desert Alliance (NT) have been awarded a Froggatt award for community advocacy for their successful campaign to convince the Northern Territory Government to declare buffel...
Read More Share2024 Northern Territory Election Arid Lands Environment Scorecard
August 21, 2024
Where do the political parties stand on the arid lands environment this election?? To help you understand where each party stands on key issues, we have put together this scorecard: The scorecard is based...
Read More ShareUrgent calls for Royal Commission as Four Corners reveals Murray Darling disaster repeat looming in the NT
August 20, 2024
MEDIA RELEASE: Urgent calls for Royal Commission as Four Corners reveals Murray Darling disaster repeat looming in the NT Conservation groups Environment Centre NT and Arid Lands Environment Centre are calling on the Federal...
Read More ShareWestern Davenport Water Plan allocates 92 percent of industrial uses of groundwater to catastrophic groundwater licence at Singleton Station
August 01, 2024
Northern Territory Environment Minister, Kate Worden, has declared the Western Davenport Water Allocation Plan 2024-2027 (WDWAP). The WDWAP allocates nearly 63 billion litres of water to the Central Plains Management Zone each year. This...
Read More ShareBuffel Weed Declaration: a win for community organising and the Arid Lands
July 05, 2024
The Arid Lands Environment Centre welcomes this historic decision to declare buffel grass a weed across the Northern Territory. This has been a decades-long struggle to confront one of the greatest threats to the...
Read More ShareHow do we heal country and stop the spread of buffel grass? Central Desert communities lead the way
June 26, 2024
This Saturday 29th June 2024 9.30am - 3.30pm is a community event in Mparntwe Alice Springs, Name Arrwengkelthe ‘grass sickness’: How do we heal country and stop the spread of buffel grass? Arid Lands...
Read More ShareNorthern Territory Government takes key step in Buffel Grass management by pledging $750,000 annually
May 07, 2024
Today the Northern Territory Government has announced commitment to buffel grass management. Environmental organisations the Arid Lands Environment Centre and the Invasive Species Council welcome the explicit steps taken to improve the management of...
Read More ShareNot just Lhere Mparntwe - Minister Worden visits Central Australia as Buffel Grass spreads across the Arid Lands
April 09, 2024
As Central Australia becomes smothered by highly invasive buffel grass, environmental campaigners and Aboriginal advocates met with the NT Environment Minister. The meeting on Monday 8th April 2024 continued calls for strong weed declaration...
Read More ShareArid Lands Environment Centre will not appeal Singleton Supreme Court decision
February 28, 2024
Arid Lands Environment Centre will not appeal Singleton Supreme Court decision, but vows to fight on and stop Australia’s largest groundwater licence. On 31 January 2024, the NT Supreme Court upheld the decision of...
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