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MEDIA RELEASE 3 November 2022 | A winor conservation as mountain bike track steers clearrom sensitive areas of National Park. Victorian National Parks Association is pleased decision makers have...

NEWS 1 November 2022 | Victoria’s planning minister has rejected the largest sections of the proposed ‘Warburton Mountain Bike Destination’, labelling them...

MEDIA RELEASE 11 October  2022 | Conservationists and community groups have launched a bold new plan to guarantee the future of Western Port Bay, Victoria’s second largest bay and an...

RMIT FactLab has reviewed false claims promoted online about new fines for park goers in Victoria’s regional and metropolitan parks. See the RMIT Factcheck Page updated: 08/11/2022 NEWS 12...

Page updated: 14/10/2022 Commercial accommodation hubs in the heart of Alpine country? The Alpine National Park is a treasured landscape. It’s home to the rare and fuzzy Tooarrana, Mountain...

Media Release 11 August 2022 | Up to 40 hectares of critically endangered grassland has been recently illegally destroyed by a Melbourne landowner. A huge blunder by the Department of Land, Water,...

NEWS 11 August 2022 | A supposedly protected swathe of Victoria’s last remaining old-growth grassland has been destroyed following illegal dumping. Conservation Area 9 was a precious old-growth...

NEWS 20 July 2022 | By now you might’ve seen the bracing news stories on the latest federal State of the Environment report. While it’s great to see renewed attention on nature from...

Media Release 12 July 2022 | Controversial mountain bike track decision pending. A coalition of Victorian conservation groups are calling on newly appointed Planning Minister Lizzie Blandthorn to end...

PARK WATCH June 2022 | It seems these mysterious creatures may return this season, shares campaigner Shannon Hurley. The new year isn’t just a fresh start and a time for warmer seas. It marks the...