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Grassy plains once covered a third of Victoria. 

They were home to Bettongs, Eastern Quolls and Pig-footed Bandicoots. They shared these native prairies with White-footed Rabbit-rats and Eastern Barred Bandicoots. 

It only took 200 years to destroy what was cared for by First People’s for over millennia. Only one per cent of our wildflower meadows have survived.

There are only 16 individuals of the most threatened reptile in the world, Victorian Grassland Earless Dragons. Plains Wanderers are the bird of greatest conservation significance worldwide. And yet destruction of grassland habitat continues.

  • Nature laws that have real teeth and deter more destruction.
  • The Australian Government reviews the Melbourne Strategic Assessment, the plan that is supposed to protect our grasslands.
  • State Government protects urban grasslands like Solomon Heights, Ajax Road and Burns Road Grasslands, and the Broadcast Australia.
  • Less offsetting and more upfront protection for surviving patches of grassland
  • An increase in penalties for clearing native vegetation.
  • Restore surviving grassy meadows with a strong native seed industry.
  • Stop clearing grasslands for gas pipelines, batteries, rail upgrades, jails, freight hubs, major roads, train station car parks and housing projects
  • Commit one per cent of federal spending to nature protection.
  • Inspire landowners to look after grasslands with better protections and stronger incentives.