NEWS 6 July 2018 | Victoria’s prized shellfish, known as the pipi, is found beneath the waves in the intertidal areas of Victorian beaches. Pipi has long been under pressure […]...
NEWS 28 June 2018 | A new plan for industrial development threatens Westernport Bay, with a proposed AGL project to ship and store Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from around the globe in […]...
MEDIA RELEASE 15 March 2018 | As the deadline for submissions on the draft Belfast Coastal Reserve management plan nears, national, state and local environment groups have called on the […]...
MEDIA RELEASE: 17 January 2018 | The Andrews Government’s draft management plan for the Belfast Coastal Reserve (between Port Fairy and Warrnambool) released today increases the area available to...
Key issues with the draft Coastal Management Plan Background: The reserve is 18-20 kilometres in length, meaning that the training will expand from two kilometres to five kilometres, or from...
PARK WATCH December 2017 | Analysis of the Andrews Government at the three-quarter mark It’s been three years of the Andrews Labor Government’s term in office, and we are now […]...
PARK WATCH September 2017 | VNPA marine and coastal coordinator Chris Smyth gives an update and calls on Park Watch readers to help stop our beaches becoming racetracks. Despite barely […]...
UPDATE 19 August 2017 | The Andrews Government seems determined to turn the beaches of Belfast Coastal Reserve into permanent racetracks and privatise their management. Without any public...
NEWS 1 August 2017 | A video shot yesterday morning of an out-of-control horse in the Belfast Coastal Reserve again proves that horses are for courses, not beaches. Yet the […]...
MEDIA RELEASE 20 June 2017 | Racehorses should be immediately removed from the Belfast Coastal Reserve following the opening of the Warrnambool Racing Club’s new sand training track. “The opening...