Media Releases

MEDIA RELEASE 18 February 2020 | This week the Andrews Government is due to respond in Parliament to a major report to protect significant areas of Victoria’s central west forests in new national...

MEDIA RELEASE 23 January 2020 | The Victorian Government’s announcement of a $17.5 million fire response and recovery package for nature is a welcome step forward, but needs to be matched by...

MEDIA RELEASE 11 December 2019 | Feral deer should be urgently listed as ast as part of a state-wide deer control plan. Victoria is the now the only mainland state that hasn’t listed deer as a...

MEDIA RELEASE 28 November 2019 | Today 12pm-1pm more than 40 local community groups from across the state join state and national environment groups on the steps of Victorian Parliament to call for...

MEDIA RELEASE 7 November 2019 | The announcement by the Andrews Government today to ‘cease immediately’ logging of old growth native forest in Victoria, and immediately exempt threatened species...

MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2019 | The Andrews Government has been handed a fantastic opportunity today to create much-needed new national parks for Victoria. Over 50,000 hectares of forest and woodlands...

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Conservation groups are alarmed at plans for a new authority to take control of national parks along the Great Ocean Road. “A proposed new authority to manage...

MEDIA RELEASE 27 May 2019 | The delivery of the 2018 state election’s commitments for some national park upgrades is welcome. But nature needs more attention in the State budget to reverse serious...

MEDIA RELEASE 5 May 2019 | An open letter calling for a strong and effective feral deer management strategy for Victoria has been signed by over 90 Landcare organisations, leading ecologists,...

MEDIA RELEASE 5 April 2019 | Real action to control feral in Barmah National Park, Victoria’s greatest River Red Gum protected area, is very welcome. “It is now eight years since the...