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A brighter future for the Prom and Victoria’s natural areas

MEDIA RELEASE 18 November 2020 | Victoria’s most loved National Park, Wilsons Promontory, is to get some extra care, along with range of other important areas. “A $23 million dollar ‘Prom...

Deer strategy has lots of huff and puff, but short on action

MEDIA RELEASE 30 October 2020 | The release of the Victorian Government’s Deer Control Strategy today acknowledges the significant threat deer bring to the state’s biodiversity, water supplies...

New Poll Highlights Growing Need For Nature And Parks Amongst COVID-Fatigued Melbournians

MEDIA RELEASE 20 October 2020 | Nature-starved Melburnians yearn for the bush and new national parks, according to new opinion poll results. A new opinion poll of 1,009 Melburnians over the age of...

Westernport – a wildlife wonderland at risk

PARK WATCH September 2020 | No one wants Westernport Bay to be turned into an artificial swimming pool, explains campaigner Shannon Hurley. Our beautiful and beloved Westernport Bay likely brings...

Permanent protection for nature stalls

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

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 national...

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 #SaveOurSpidercrabs is over, says...

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 Australian...

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...