A marine expert claims the full protection area around Ningaloo and other marine parks would be slashed by more than 40 per cent under the Federal Government’s draft zoning, compared with a previous plan. Professor Jessica Meeuwig, from the University of WA’s School of Biological Sciences, said the Government’s proposed rezoning would allow the continuation […]

The Federal Government is being criticised for proposing to change the level of protection over waters on and around parts of the Great Barrier Reef. Environmentalists say about 50 per cent of the Coral Sea would have its National Park protection status slashed under the new plan. The Government’s head of National Marine Parks has […]

Australia’s network of marine parks could be implemented before the end of the year, but the Federal Government has again been accused of winding back environmental protections. The final draft plan released for consultation includes a total of 36 per cent of waters off the coast of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia […]

Australia plans to allow fishing across 80 percent of its protected maritime sanctuaries, the government said on Friday in a proposal that would vastly extend commercial activity in the world’s largest marine-reserves network. If the plan, backed by the government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, is approved by Parliament, it will be the first time a […]

Australia’s marine protected areas look set to be slashed by the federal government, with plans announced for cuts that go beyond those recommended by a review commissioned by the previous Abbott government. Draft management plans released by the Director of National Parks on Friday propose that large areas of Queensland’s Coral Sea, as well as […]

The Turnbull government has released draft management plans for the nation’s marine parks that amount to an “unprecedented roll-back” of protections, a coalition of 25 environmental groups say. The long-awaited draft plans were released on Friday and propose changes to the 3.3 million square kilometres of Australia’s protected offshore regions expanded in 2012 by the […]

It’s been a whirlwind few months since the new year and we’re now so close to restoring our suspended National Network of Marine Sanctuaries (the world’s largest!). So we wanted to get in touch with a few highlights and to thank you our supporters around Australia for their support: PROTECTING THE LAST SEA TREASURE Following […]

Thanks to the support of thousands around Australia, federal MPs are hearing our concerns about the massive cutbacks proposed for our suspended National Network of Sanctuaries: to the Coral Sea, Lord Howe, the Kimberley, the Great Australian Bight, the Perth Canyon, Bremer Bay and more. The plan is working… We keep hearing from MPs who […]