
Gippsland Environment Group Inc
Lobbying against environmental threats on the unceded lands of the GunaiKurnai, Yaitmathang, Ngarigo and Bidwell Peoples
Mining in Gippsland
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







