Media Releases

MEDIA RELEASE 19 March 2024 | 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...

MEDIA RELEASE 29 November 2024 | Naturenservation groups are questioning the motives behind the Victorian Government’s “comprehensive” review of Parks Victoria. The move is raising...

MEDIA RELEASE 26 November 2024 | Community and nature conservation groups are furious with the state Labor Government’s inability to legislate new central west national parks in central Victoria....

NEWS 19 November 2024 | Repeated delays in establishing new national parks and reserves prompts urgent calls for the Victorian Government to deliver on its commitments. The Allan Labor Government...

MEDIA RELEASE 13 September 2024 | An investigation by nature protection groups has exposed a disturbing trend of logging endangered wildlife habitat on private land. The discovery comes only months...

MEDIA RELEASE 1 July 2024 | Blatant clearing, noxious weeds and systematic mismanagement is still rife in Victoria’s most threatened ecosystem, according to a ‘People’s Audit’ conducted by...