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More than a word: Indigenous Joint Management

National Reconciliation Week: 27 May – 3 June 2021 The year 2021 marks twenty years of Reconciliation Australia and almost three decades of Australia’s formal reconciliation process. The...

State logging imminent near largest trees on mainland Australia

MEDIA RELEASE 30 April 2021 | Victorian National Parks Association and the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) statement. On the east side of Mount Baw Baw, some of the biggest […]...

An open letter to the Andrews’ Government: Less talk, more protection for nature

MEDIA RELEASE 27 April 2021 | Over forty state, national and international groups representing hundreds of thousands of Victorians, call on the Andrews’ Government to accept recommendations for new...

Help the tiny Tooarrana and other alpine wildlife survive the hooves of feral horses

TAKE ACTION | The Tooarrana and other alpine wildlife needs your help to survive the devastating impact of feral horses. Over 5,000 horses are trashing wetlands and moss beds in Victoria’s...

Yay for Western Port Bay!

BREAKING | Congratulations to everyone helping save our beloved bay! ...

Western Port community rejoices as AGL’s controversial gas terminal rejected

MEDIA RELEASE 30 March 2021 | The Western Port Bay community is celebrating today after Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne rejected a proposed gas import terminal at Crib Point (see […]...

Speak up to stop AGL dumping toxic waste water in Westernport Bay

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is currently considering AGL’s application to discharge toxic wastewater into Westernport Bay. This is through the granting of a ‘works...

Time for feral horses to leave the Alpine National Park alone

MEDIA RELEASE 26 March 2021 | Conservation groups back plans for action on feral horses in the Alpine National Park. These hard-hooved grazers are wrecking the park’s highly vulnerable alpine peat...

The track and the stonefly

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Campaigner Jordan Crook explains how poorly planned mountain bike tracks risk the survival of an exceptionally rare species. From the outset, it needs to be […]...

The future of our beautiful bay

UPDATE: The Victorian Government rejected AGL’s proposal for a gas import terminal in Westernport Bay on 30 April. Latest information here. Latest information here PARK WATCH March 2021 | The...