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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 […]...

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...

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...

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 […]...

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 […]...

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 […]...

Traditional Owner joint-management

PARK WATCH September 2020 | Victoria’s go-it-alone approach to Traditional Owner Recognition and Settlement Agreements has made joint management of our national parks the ‘new normal’, says...

Hearings to expose fatal flaws in AGL’s controversial gas project – media backgrounder

MEDIA RELEASE 12 October 2020 | From today AGL’s gas import terminal in Westernport Bay will be put under the microscope over 10 weeks of public hearings, which community and […]...

It’s an unhappy anniversary for threatened wildlife and frustrated communities in the central west!

MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2020 | A year can be long time for wildlife facing extinction without protection in national parks from threats like mining and logging. Exactly 12 months […]...

Community getting crabby: bag limit proposal maintains crab carnage

MEDIA RELEASE 23 September 2020 | Spider crab advocates oppose a reduced bag limit for Australian Giant Spider Crabs, proposed by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, reducing the permitted daily...