Media Releases

MEDIA RELEASE 29 May 2025 | Victoria’s busiest marine waterways are left at risk to poaching and illegal fishing as the state government presses ahead with short-sighted cuts. A plan […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 16 May 2025 | Victoria’s national parks need urgent budget boost 50 years after landmark laws On the 50th anniversary of Victoria’s landmark National Parks Act, conservationists are...

MEDIA RELEASE 1 May 2025 | Conservation groups welcome new leadership appointments at Parks Victoria while urging the agency must urgently refocus on protecting nature as its core business....

MEDIA RELEASE 16 April 2025 | Victoria’s leading conservation, recreationalnd commercial fishing organisations have united to oppose the State Government’s plan toxe fisheries officers. They...

MEDIA RELEASE 1 April 2025 | Feral deer are having a field day trashing and trampling the Grampians (Gariwerd) and Little Desert national parks and Mount Buangor State Park as […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 19 March 2025 | East Gippsland Shire Council has approved a permit allowing the logging of 51 hectares of critical wildlife habitat, exposing a dangerous loophole that threatens...

MEDIA RELEASE 28 February 2025 | A loophole in Victoria’s planning laws is allowing widespread native forest logging on private land, undermining the state’s 2024 ban on public forest logging...

MEDIA RELEASE 25 February 2025 | An irreplaceable grassland in Melbourne’s west has been bulldozed, with authorities across all levels of government failing to protect it despite being aware of...

MEDIA RELEASE 20 February 2025 | Cuts to fisheries officers could spell disaster for Victoria’s marine life Conservation group the Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) has warned...

MEDIA RELEASE 5 November 2024 | The Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) supports recent changes to rock climbing routes in Dyurrite (Mount Arapiles) as an important measure to safeguard the...