News

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...

Fire management is a serious and truly complicated thing. The fuel that feeds fire is also our great natural heritage. The impact of bushfires on the physical, emotional and economic […]...

Our deepest appreciation goes out to the firefighters, emergency services, park rangers, community volunteers, wildlife carers andealth workers on the frontline. Our thoughts are with everyone who...

PARK WATCH December 2019 | It’s time for the best management proposal our parks have ever seen, says VNPA’s Phil Ingamells. I once found myself in the steamy tropical forests of […]...

PARK WATCH December 2019 | An announcement by the Andrews Government is a breakthrough – of sorts – towards securing better management of Victoria’s native forests. Overview by our Executive...

PARK WATCH December 2019 | The Andrews Government should immediately cease logging within proposed new national parks and reserves in Victoria’s central west, says our Nature Conservation...

PARK WATCH December 2019 | There is littleommunity understanding of our ‘rights’ to access different types of public land, especially national parks. It’s an increasing problem and deserves...

PARK WATCH December 2019 | A proposed park takeover along the great ocean road rolls on … inexplicably, writes Phil Ingamells. The Great Otway National Park was created by the ALP […]...

CAMPAIGN UPDATE: A new bill that highlights the failure of decade old efforts to protect critically endangered grassland from urban growth is being debated in the Victorian upper house on […]...

PARK WATCH December 2019 | Our NatureWatch Coordinator Sera Blair introduces us to our native neighbours. This summer our NatureWatch program’s new project ‘Backyard Bandicoots’ will...