MEDIA RELEASE 16 May 2025 | Victoria’s national parks need urgent budget boost 50 years after landmark laws On the 50th anniversary of Victoria’s landmark National Parks Act, conservationists are...

TAKE ACTION | Our powerful national parks legacy is under attack. It’s not only rampant feral pests and climate disruption. It’s under attack from the very people charged with protecting...

NEWS 20 May 2025 | It looks like the Allan Government has officially abandoned Victoria’s decades long legacy of evidence-led nature protection. Contradictions in policy positions continue to...

MEDIA RELEASE 1 May 2025 | Conservation groups welcome new leadership appointments at Parks Victoria while urging the agency must urgently refocus on protecting nature as its core business....

Protection for wildlife and habitats is about to be boosted.  From fragile alpine fens, to box-ironbark forests, underwater kelp forests and rare remnant grasslands, habitats across Australia are...

Minister sacks Parks Victoria CEO and announces surprise review At 4pm on 28 November 2024, the final parliamentary sitting day of the year, Minister Steve Dimopoulos dismissed Parks Victoria’s...

PARK WATCH Article December 2024 | Executive Director Matt Ruchel mulls over how promises for better protection and new parks became lost in the wilds of an anti-park echo chamber […]...

PARK WATCH Article December 2024 | You’re about to swallow a mouthful of plum pudding when Uncle Kevin says ‘I’ve had a gut full of national parks. The bush is […]...

Marine sanctuaries are the national parks of the ocean. They’re safe havens for Blue Whales, Australasian Gannets, Little Penguins, vast kelp forests and more. The good news is that the...

Submission to Stage one feedback of the the Murray River Adventure Trail (MRAT)...