Read the report: Queenslanders' Attitudes Towards Logging of Native and Plantation Forests (PDF 7.9mb)

New polling by DemosAU released at the weekend shows 80% of Queenslanders value forest protection and recreation in public native forests above timber production.

Fifty-six percent of Queenslanders want an end to native forest logging, and an overwhelming majority across the political spectrum (70-80%) back incentives to grow more timber plantations. Only 20% of participants identified timber production as the most important use of native forests.

Queensland Conservation Council says the Crisafulli Government needs to urgently review all values of State-owned native forests, as it finalises its Future Timber Plan 2050 five-year action plan. The Plan is expected to lock in native forest logging, but QCC says this is out of step with public sentiment and is calling for endangered species habitat to be protected first.

The Queensland Conservation Council has slammed the Crisafulli Government for celebrating taking Queensland back to the 1970s instead of investing in industries of the future, with new gas exploration licences granted in the Taroom Trough.

The Queensland Conservation Council has slammed the Crisafulli Government's investment in new gas and the attempt to smoke screen this with an investment in existing wind infrastructure.

Electricity market data released today shows that the Crisafulli Government is at odds with economics and the energy industry by continuing to invest in new gas and this is putting Queensland's environment, climate and energy bills at risk.

A new analysis by the Queensland Conservation Council has shown that Queensland's suburbs are racing to install home batteries, with 777 MWh of storage installed across more than 32,000 homes in the six months to January 2026 following the introduction of the national Cheaper Home Batteries Program.

The top five areas to install batteries since July have been Springfield, Coomera, Amberley, Yarrabilba and Nerang.

The rapid uptake of home batteries is in stark contrast to other forms of solar and storage in the Sunshine State. Since July 2025, no large-scale batteries have been commissioned, and the Queensland Government's long awaited Solar for Renters scheme has a target to support only 6,500 homes across three years to install solar. Energy Queensland is currently building 12 community batteries, totalling 84 MWh or just over 10% of the capacity installed in homes in just six months.

Queensland Conservation Council is calling on the Crisafulli Government to deliver more support for renters and communities to ensure everyone can benefit from storage and the renewable energy transition.

Environment Minister Murray Watt has given federal approval to an open-cut, thermal coal mine extension in Queensland, Stanwell’s Meandu King 2 East mine. 

The project would funnel thermal coal to the Tarong Power Station until 2039, adding over 200 million tonnes of climate pollution to our atmosphere. It also threatens sites of cultural significance to the Boujiebara people.

Queensland Conservation Council analysis has found that 2025 saw the lowest fossil fuel electricity generation in more than two decades in Queensland (PDF 259k), with increased renewable energy delivering electricity price relief and emissions savings.

In 2025, nearly 4.5 GW of renewable energy and storage was connected to Queensland’s electricity grid, causing renewable energy generation to jump 10% to make up more than 33% of Queensland’s electricity supply.

This pushed coal and gas generation to their lowest levels since 2001, driving emissions below levels at the turn of the century, despite increased demand, and delivering the lowest prices since 2020.

While renewable energy growth will continue in 2026, the Queensland LNP’s moves to repeal renewable energy targets and make it harder for renewable energy projects to proceed, while encouraging more gas development, means that the price and pollution relief could be short lived.

A new analysis by the Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) today confirms that investment in renewable energy backed by storage has ground to a halt in Queensland under the Crisafulli Government. 

The analysis of Clean Energy Council data demonstrates that in the Crisafulli Government’s first year in office large-scale renewable energy and storage investment has dropped by more than 74 per cent compared to the previous year under Labor. 

While 15 solar, wind and storage projects reached financial close or started construction in the last year under the Queensland Labor Government, only four projects have done the same in the LNP’s first year. During the first year of the LNP, only 880 MW has been commissioned or started construction, which is a quarter of the 3,389 MW the previous year.

QCC argues this is clear evidence that the Queensland LNP’s moves to keep coal operating for decades, repeal the State’s renewable energy targets, and axe progressed wind farms is driving away new investment in energy and storage. 

The Albanese Government's proposal to bulk purchase gas under the East Coast gas market review would reward the gas cartel's bad behaviour by propping up their coffers with taxpayer funds and incentivise opening new gas fields at the expense of water, climate and communities, Australia's leading State the Territory Conservation Councils said today in a joint statement.

The federal government is considering a plan to bulk buy gas from producers, and then re-sell that gas to end users at a lower price. This would not only amount to a massive new fossil fuel subsidy, but would also incentivise the opening up of new gas developments like fracking in the Northern Territory and coal seam gas in NSW and Queensland.

A collection of social service, faith and environmental groups have welcomed the launch of the Queensland Government's Supercharged Solar for Renters scheme.

The Power Together coalition, including the Queensland Conservation Council, Parents for Climate and Energetic Communities, have long called on the Queensland Government to help all Queenslanders, particularly renters and social housing tenants, access affordable solar energy to reduce their power bills and emissions.

This comes as recently released research from Monash University found that solar systems increase Brisbane property values by an average of $30,000.

According to the groups, the Crisafulli Government now needs to expand support to assist vulnerable Queenslanders access other clean technology, like energy efficient upgrades and appliances, as an equitable measure to deal with the linked cost of living and climate crises.

The Queensland Conservation Council has condemned the Crisafulli Government for repealing the State’s renewable energy targets, declaring that this is another ideological attack on clean energy that will scare away regional investment and drive up power bills.

The move by the Crisafulli Government goes against advice of recent reports by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), which have highlighted that power prices will rise significantly without the timely build out of renewable energy, storage and transmission needed to replace ageing coal power stations.

This comes shortly after a new Reliability Watch report identified that Queensland’s coal fleet, despite being the youngest, is the least reliable in the National Electricity Market. Over the winter period, an average of 26% of Queensland’s coal-fired power station capacity was offline, compared to 22% in NSW and 16% in Victoria.