Thank you for supporting us in 2025 - here's what we achieved together
It's been an incredibly busy year for the environment movement, from door-knocking street-by-street in local electorates to influencing Federal law reform. When we're looking back at what we achieved this year, the strongest point for everyone at QCC is that we couldn't have done any of these things without your support.
Whether you signed an online petition, shared a message on social media, put up a Climate Action Now or Stand Up For Nature sign, or met with your MP to discuss nature laws, you've helped to change things for the better this year. Thank you, from all of us.
I also want to share some important news - after five years of significant contributions, Dave Copeman has moved on as QCC's Director. Dave achieved a lot for Queensland’s environment and the conservation movement during his time here, and his legacy will endure for many years to come. We thank him for his contribution to QCC and wish him well for the future. During this transition I have moved from Deputy Director to Acting Director, so you will be hearing from me more in the near future, and I am keen to hear from you as well.
Please take a few minutes to appreciate the QCC community's contribution in our review of 2025, and enjoy some peaceful relaxation over the Christmas and New Year break before joining us again in 2026 as we continue our work protecting Queensland from the impact of climate change, deforestation, native forest logging and environmental degradation.
Yours in nature,
Anthony Gough
Acting Director
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Wins for climate and nature
The QCC community were directly and indirectly involved in many campaigns this year, and claimed some important victories:
Qld Energy Minister commits to keeping coal royalties
February: For too long, coal corporations have raked in profits by extracting Queensland’s resources, devastating water and habitat and polluting our climate and communities, while households struggle to pay the bills.
Coal royalties are a means to enable a transition away from fossil fuels, and must be used to build clean manufacturing industries, and support our communities to build resilience for the climate disasters that are already on our doorsteps. We welcome the Treasurer sticking to the LNP’s election commitment on coal royalties.
Federal inquiry (featuring QCC) shows nuclear too slow and expensive to replace coal
February: The federal inquiry into nuclear power generation released an interim report showing nuclear energy is too slow and too expensive to be the solution for replacing Queensland’s ageing coal-fired power stations.
QCC staff appeared as expert witnesses at the Brisbane hearings of the inquiry in November 2024.
QCC polling shows nuclear issue toxic for Peter Dutton
April: A UComms poll commissioned and published by QCC before the May 3 federal election showed Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy was unpopular with his constituents, and may have ultimately cost the Opposition Leader his seat of Dickson.
Coal Watch project launched
July: QCC and Lock the Gate launch Coal Watch - a new online hub to shine a light on local and global impacts of all the proposed coal projects and give people the facts they need to take action and demand a better future for Queensland.
SEQ forests win
October: After our Forests for Everyone campaign launched in August, the State Government announced logging would not resume in SEQ native forests. This was a huge win for all those involved in decades of campaigning for SEQ forest protection. It presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to permanently protect these public lands and create new national and conservation parks for everyone to enjoy.
QCC is a proud member of the Protect Beautiful Queensland alliance, and since the campaign launch in August we have been gathering supporters for Forests for Everyone online and at many events across SEQ.
Landmark nature law deal to protect Queensland forests and threatened species
November: After a long campaign by QCC and other groups, we welcomed a deal between the Australian Government and Greens to improve national nature law reforms.
These reforms will be a lifeline for the 1,043 threatened species that call Queensland home and an encouraging and long-awaited turning point on the path to restoring Australia’s rich biodiversity.
Supercharged Solar for Renters program announced
December: The Power Together coalition, including QCC, have long called on the state government to help all Queenslanders, particularly renters and social housing tenants, access affordable solar energy to reduce their power bills and emissions.
After directly pitching a solar for renters program to the Queensland LNP when they were in opposition, Power Together welcomed the LNP’s announcement of this policy last year and celebrated the official launch of the Supercharged Solar for Renters program just this month. The program will provide eligible landlords with rebates of up to $3,500 to install solar on their rental properties, helping the third of Queenslanders who rent to access affordable solar energy.
Join us in 2026
These campaigns will be our top priorities at the start of the new year - sign up now and in January we’ll contact you with ways to get involved:
Protect Beautiful Queensland: Love Adventure, Respect Nature
We're bringing together people who love the outdoors and want to keep our bushland healthy and ready for the next adventure. Be part of a growing movement to keep Queensland's great outdoors healthy, accessible and thriving.
No cableway in Springbrook National Park
Springbrook National Park is a natural icon, home to endangered species and enduring cultural heritage spanning millenia. This World Heritage-listed site is now under threat, after the City of Gold Coast Council supported a proposal for a private cableway through the park. Join the Respect Springbrook Mountain coalition
Join our Coal and Gas Action Network
What started as a space to launch Coal Watch - the online hub to shine a light on the scale of coal expansion in Queensland - our monthly Coal and Gas Action Check-In has become a space where people come together to plan actions against fossil fuel expansion in Magandjin.
Sign up to stay connected, informed, and part of a growing movement for change with like-minded people including our friends at Lock the Gate and Move Beyond Coal.
Watching how new nature protection laws are implemented
We won! After years of community campaigning for strong new nature laws, reforms to Australia's federal nature law passed parliament on 28 November. The new laws are far from perfect, but they are a leap forward in protecting nature.
Send an email today to Queensland's ALP and Greens Senators to say thank you for delivering stronger new laws, and ensure that they remain committed to implementing them with adequate resources and investment.
Adopt a native species for Christmas
Make a donation and give a gift that protects nature:
When you symbolically adopt one of Queensland’s iconic species, you're doing more than offering a thoughtful gift – you're fuelling real conservation impact. You'll support our frontline work to defend habitat, stop deforestation, protect threatened wildlife, and advocate for bold environmental reforms.
Looking for a Christmas gift?
Bronze adoptions are perfect for Christmas and will arrive in time by email. For Silver and Gold adoptions, you’ll receive a personalised digital pack by email, with the physical pack arriving after Christmas.
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Making news - media highlights
This year was a new height for our media coverage. These are our Top 40 from over 1,000+ media appearances in 2025:
March
Protesters dump cyclone-damaged belongings outside Qld parliament in Brisbane
April
Peter Dutton at risk of losing his own seat according to shock poll
State government to axe Labor’s 80 per cent renewables target
May
Environmentalists condemn ‘devastating’ move to open nine new gas exploration areas in Queensland
LNP to cut all funding for Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office, breaking election promise
June
Environmentalist move to block Lave Vermont mine coal expansion over ‘human rights’
Hydro-electric billions earmarked for projects but Queensland not showing 'whole picture'
July
First op ed in The Courier Mail – Opinion: The inconvenient truth about coal
Federal government investigates Magnetic South's alleged illegal land clearing
Food bowl put ahead of coal with mine proposal rejected
August
Councillors under pressure to overturn $500,000 of ratepayer money on cableway plan
Environmentalists fighting Glencore Hail Creek mine plans discover koala population
September
Queensland scraps wind farm proposed to power half-a-million homes
‘Damning indictment’: Report reveals Qld’s threatened species emergency
Video allegedly showing man trying to catch freshwater crocodile prompts investigation
First koala chlamydia vaccine approved for rollout across Australia
Opinion in The Courier Mail: Qlders should see doubling down on coal as a threat, not a promise
Climate risk assessment says Brisbane faces almost daily flooding, surge in NQ heat deaths
Qld’s controversial path to net zero target revealed
October
Queensland’s biggest coal-fired power station could close six years early
Gold Coast cableway: Environmental alliance reveals 10 key objections
Callide Power Station's life extended as Qld government delays move away from coal
Queensland to burn coal for decades as LNP tears up Labor energy target
Crisafulli government announces 25-year plan for state’s timber industry to shore up local supply
Queensland’s forests are still being bulldozed — and new parks alone won’t save them
‘Shock and anger’ as Labor proposes giving states more power over fossil fuel projects
November
Opinion in The Courier Mail: Misinformation a clear and present danger to energy future
Mystery surge of turtle deaths in protected Australian waters
Green laws put new investments at risk, premier warns
December
Alarm as strange phenomenon washes up on Aussie beaches: 'Really concerning'
"Persistent, clustered breakdowns:" Coal clunkers fail the grid with 119 outages
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