Shannon Hurley, Author at Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association

New outdoor recreation body risks failing parks, nature and recreational users

MEDIA RELEASE 18 June 2026 | Parliament is about to vote on legislation that would create a new land access panel with no independent oversight and no legal duty to […]...

Labor seeks a historic fourth term, but what does it mean for nature?

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Matt Ruchel, Executive Director, reflects on 12 years of Labor government and what it has meant for nature in Victoria The next Victorian election […]...

Determining the fate of nature after the Ruffy-Longwood fire

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Continuing our look at the impact on nature of the January 2026 bushfires, Jordan Crook, Parks & Nature Campaigner, assesses the Ruffy-Longwood area In […]...

Huge grassy gathering gives hope for future

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Adrian Marshall, Facilitator, Grassy Plains Network, reports on the recent Grasslands Resurrection forum This May, the biggest grassland get-together in a decade...

Millions for an energy terminal, but no plan to protect the Bay

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Shannon Hurley, Nature Conservation Campaigner, looks at the state of play in Western Port Bay post-Budget and pre-election In this year’s Victorian Budget, the...

Arthurs Seat sold out by Planning Minister

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Jordan Crook, Parks & Nature Campaigner, updates the fight to protect Arthurs Seat Despite overwhelming community objection and disgust, Planning Minister Sonya...

Connectivity on hold in the central west

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Ben Gill, Nature Conservation Campaigner, on the bushland reserves in the waiting Three new national parks, several conservation parks, and dozens of nature reserves...

Relics of the Ice Age lost to a planning loophole

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Ben Gill, Nature Conservation Campaigner, looks at events at Mount Macedon in April and why it matters for Victoria’s remaining woodlands I’ve been to […]...

Victorians for Nature launch new campaign

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | A new campaign is calling time on broken promises, reveals Shannon Hurley, Nature Conservation Campaigner Something strange is happening in Victorian politics. On...

Paving paradise to put up parking lots

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Nick Clemann, Senior Biologist, Herpetology at Zoos Victoria, says threatened plants and animals are being pushed to the brink by preventable habitat destruction in...