For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.
We argue the Australian government has a legal duty to protect people from climate harm. Climate harm is foreseeable and already happening across Australia.
As a Narungga, Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna woman and marine science student, Latisha is fighting toxic algal blooms, which are disconnecting her and her family from Sea Country.
As temperatures rise in rural South Australia, Cat’s chronic illnesses leave her in “survival mode”, while worsening bushfire risk leaves her unsure she can escape in time.
The people bringing this case come from communities across Australia already living with the consequences of climate harm – in their homes, their bodies and on First Nations Country
On the Barkly Tablelands in the NT, extreme heat is making Rikki’s Country, as a Gudanji and Wakaya woman, harder to live on and disrupting cultural knowledge passed down through…
Narungga, Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna woman Pam teaches young Aboriginal children about language, Culture and Country, while fighting to protect Sea Country from toxic algal blooms.
Drivers exposed to several types of life-threatening oil and gas waste are now asking the Department of Transportation to enforce regulations to protect them.
