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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...

Terraforming my landscape

PARK WATCH Article June 2026 | Josh Dykgraaf explores the relationship between animals and their habitats, and the impact of humanity I’m a photographic artist: that is, I photograph all […]...

Native forest logging back by stealth three years after promised end

MEDIA RELEASE 26 May 2026 | Three years ago this week, the Victorian Government promised to end commercial native forest logging to protect forests and the wildlife that depend on […]...

Loophole logging: What’s Victoria’s By-Products Framework?

Victoria ended commercial native forest logging on the 1 January 2024. It was a landmark moment for nature protection. But a new government policy is bringing logging back by stealth, […]...

State budget leaves nature behind

NEWS 6 May 2026 | The Victorian Government’s 2025–26 budget doubles down on cost of living, safety and transport, but nature barely gets a look-in. Here’s what it means for […]...

$124.5m for an energy terminal, but no plan to protect the Bay

MEDIA RELEASE 5 May 2026 | Conservation groups and community advocates say the Victorian Budget’s $124.5 million commitment to the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal (VRET) at Port of Hastings...

What happened at Mount Macedon?

TAKE ACTION Rare woodlands have been destroyed at Mount Macedon. Even after the community and local council said no. Email your elected reps to ask why this happened, and to […]...

Kentbruck Windfarm development

TAKE ACTION The Kentbruck Windfarm development in south-west Victoria is a good project in the wrong place. We need renewables. But not at the expense of habitats and wildlife they’re […]...