Gladstone Harbour has seen many years of industrial and port growth over recent decades. Industry has been part of the environmental equation in the harbour since the 1960’s. However the current scale of development and cumulative impact from multiple industrial projects undergoing construction simultaneously within the marine and coastal environment of Gladstone Harbour is unprecedented.

This campaign opposed further coal and unconventional gas mining in Gippsland.

The Coalpac Consolidation Project (CCP) comprised a proposal for a massive open-cut coal mine (about 40 km around the perimeter) near Cullen Bullen on the western escarpment, within the Ben Bullen Sate Forest (BBSF). The Society has opposed the ELAs and will oppose the Southern Extension Project when the Environmental Assessment becomes available

BP's recent withdrawal from the Great Australian Bight is not the end of the fight and that the Great Australian Bight should be given permanent protection.

This campaign targeted the Albanese government ahead of the 2023 budget. Focussing on the Middle Arm gas precinct, it called for no new fossil fuel subsidies in the May 2023 budget and a reverse of existing gas expansion/infrastructure subsidies.