Western Port – a wildlife wonderland at risk

PARK WATCH September 2020 | No one wants Western Port Bay to be turned into an artificial swimming pool, explains campaigner Shannon Hurley. Our beautiful and beloved Western Port Bay […]...
Read More

Permanent protection for nature stalls

PARK WATCH September 2020 | We are increasingly alarmed by the Andrews Government’s delay in approving new national parks – especially as it continues to make decisions to the detriment...
Read More

Going, going, gone?

PARK WATCH September 2020 | The failures in protecting one of our most critically endangered ecosystems – grasslands – from Melbourne’s ever-increasing urban sprawl is finally being publicly...
Read More

Renewed rush to ‘clear’ the way

PARK WATCH September 2020 | The reveal of the failures of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment (see previous article) comes right at a time when the Morrison Government is reviewing our […]...
Read More

Getting crabbier

PARK WATCH September 2020 | The spectacular annual Spider Crab aggregation event may have all but been and gone for this year, but that does not mean the campaign to […]...
Read More

River Red Gum Parks – designated but dewatered?

PARK WATCH September 2020 | Following Matt Ruchel’s reflection on the tenth anniversary of the Red Gum Parks in the previous edition of Park Watch, Professor Jamie Pittock from The […]...
Read More