Gippsland Environment Group Inc

November 2026: Gippsland Environment Group does not support any additional fresh water being extracted from the Latrobe River and diverted from the Gippsland Lakes to fill massive toxic mine voids. The Ramsar listed Gippsland Lakes are already seriously in trouble

September 2026: Across Victoria massive critical minerals developments threaten farming, landscapes, local economies and ground and water supplies.

August 2025: Diverting Latrobe River water to fill toxic coal mine voids threatens the Gippsland Lakes and ecosystems downstream

October 2024: Resources Victoria renewed two retention licences and one exploration licence for the controversial Fingerboards Mineral Sands project near Glenaladale, 25km west of Bairnsdale

2023 A documentary about the sheer ruthlessness of mining companies and the failure of Victoria’s mining regulations. MINE-FIELD exposes the devastating impact of mining on four Victorian rural communities and shows how a farming community in East Gippsland fought a ruthless mining company - and won.

2021: After months of public hearings and years of on-the-ground campaigning, the Victorian Minister for Planning assessed the environmental effects of the Fingerboards mineral sands mine as unacceptable. Read Environmental Justice Australia summary here

Stockman Base Metals Project threatens Tambo River and Gippsland Lakes

Submissions and concerns by Gippsland Environment Group and others in the lead up to the approval of the Stockman Mine at Benambra

Media relating to mining in Gippsland