Victoria Media Releases
- Big irrigator profits destroying the Murray River - February 01, 2012
- Billboards urge SA politicians to stand up for the Murray - February 01, 2012
- Cows kicked out of alps but national parks still need national protection - January 30, 2012
- Burke has no choice but to reject plan - January 18, 2012
- Timber plan a shocker for forests and parks - December 13, 2011
- Christmas Sale – Reflex Paper going cheap, forest homes going forever - November 30, 2011
- CSIRO advice must be adopted for economic confidence in the MDB - November 28, 2011
- Job loss claims from big-irrigation lack credibility - November 17, 2011
- Backwards March calls on Premier Baillieu to change direction on environment - November 14, 2011
- Federal Government kicks Baillieu’s cows out of Alpine National Park - October 20, 2011
Record profits of over $8 billion announced by “big irrigation” come at a huge cost to the environment and to the people of South Australia, who depend on a healthy Murray River, said the Wilderness Society.
Environment groups today launch a campaign calling on South Australia’s federal MPs to represent the interests of their constituents by speaking up for the health of the Murray.
The Wilderness Society welcomes the decision by Environment Minister Tony Burke to use National Heritage laws to stop the Victorian Government’s plan to reintroduce cattle into Victoria’s iconic Alpine National Park.
The Wilderness Society has called on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to acknowledge its failure to show a scientific foundation for its draft plan to return only 2750 Gigalitres (GL) of water to the Murray-Darling, as highlighted by the Wentworth Group today.
Leading conservation groups are dismayed at the State government’s new Timber Industry Action Plan which was released today. The Wilderness Society and Victorian National Parks Association both highlighted serious flaws in the plan that fails to protect our native animals, plants and forests.
Around fifty singing and dancing human Leadbeater’s Possums will this morning visit Santa in Bourke St Mall in protest of the logging of native forests for Reflex Paper.
The Draft Murray Darling Basin Plan will continue to degrade the environment and the economy, according to the CSIRO review of the scientific basis for the report, said Peter Owen, The Wilderness Society's South Australian Campaign Manager.
Environment groups have called on big-irrigation to drop the rhetoric about job losses given the environmental, social and economic impacts of failing to return enough water to restore the river to health.
Over 1000 Victorians are expected to march backwards from Parliament House today to highlight the direction the Baillieu Government is taking Victoria on the environment and climate change.
“The Alpine National Park is an Australian icon and should be provided the highest level of protection. The Australian community expects national park protection to mean the place is protected, not a B-grade cattle yard.
