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Give a big 5 for our seas and shores

TAKE ACTION | The state government has released their draft Marine and Coastal Strategy. This is a really important moment. It’s where the wind hits the sails to guide the […]...

Archived: Take action – Major Event Review of the Black Summer bushfires

TAKE ACTION | The Victorian Government is doing a Major Event Review on the impact the 2019-20 bushfires had on native forests and the native forest logging industry. It’s hard […]...

More action needed to reverse extinction crisis

NEWS 26 August 2021 | We worked closely with The Age to bring this important story out today. It’s one every nature-loving Victorian should read. It details how the stunning […]...

Changes to logging rules protect industry but threaten wildlife

NEWS 30 July 2021 | Just before dinnertime on the last day of June, after sitting on changes for nearly two years, a proposal to weaken the rules that guide […]...

New central west parks – good, bad and a bit ugly

NEWS 29 June 2021 | On the 24 June 2021, The Victorian Government responded to the VEAC Central West Investigation about new national parks in central west Victoria. The government […]...

With reasons this good, why no new national parks?

TAKE ACTION | The forests of the central west remain unprotected. On 21 June 2019, the Andrews Government was handed an expert report recommending the protection of 60,000 hectares of […]...

Environment Department takes the axe to environment protections in proposed new forest rules

BREAKING UPDATE 23 September 2019: The Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio MP has announced in a tweet late on 23 of September that “…there are legitimate concerns around the draft reforms to...

Hoodie chicks are tiny, and dwarfed by the heavy hooves of racehorses. Without protection they don't stand a chance against racing thoroughbreds.

Commercial racehorse training illegal on Warrnambool’s beaches

CAMPAIGN UPDATE 30 October 2018 | Commercial racehorse training has been found illegal under the Warrnambool Planning Scheme – and therefore on Levys Beach, one of the horse racing industry’s...

Mt Cole State Forest in the west of Victoria

Why the west’s forests and woodlands are important

Forest and woodlands on public land in the west of the state (roughly west of the Hume Highway) are fragmented remnants of bush, often surrounded by a sea of cleared […]...