Australia has protected one of the world’s last great natural wetlands. In an announcement this weekend, the country’s Queensland government designated the Cooper’s Creek, Georgina, and Diamantina rivers protected under its Wild Rivers Act. Read the full story

This edition of the MADGE Digest talks about Steve Marsh from WA and his contaminated organic farm, the Queensland floods and the kindness of others and a roundup of the work they have been doing! Read on… Read the full story

As part of her response to the multi-billion dollar impact the Qld floods have caused on our economy, Prime Minister Gillard announced that the Labor Government would deliver funding via a (very unpopular) medicare levy, Read the full story

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) was today welcomed as the first Australian not-for-profit into the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). This announcement reinforces the economic and environmental significance of the Great Barrier Reef on a global scale. Read the full story

Cloncurry, situated in north west Queensland, Australia, 770 kilometres west of Townsville was to have become the state’s first totally solar powered town back in 2009. Read the full story

The cute Koala is a our national animal. We all love Koalas but really how often do you actually see one in the wild? I have to admit the last time I saw a Koala in the wild was in 2005 at Apollo Bay, Victoria! wow, that was a long time ago! Read the full story

Queensland, Australia is home to our Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest and our much loved Cassowary! My Green Australia is here to help you find some of the best eco holiday spots around! Read the full story