Victoria Media Releases
- The future of our environment hangs ‘in the balance’ - August 19, 2010
- Major party launches show our National Leaders are Missing-In-Action on the environment - August 16, 2010
- Supreme Court Orders VicForests to put endangered species before logging interests - August 11, 2010
- Environment groups call for regional fuel reduction burn targets - August 10, 2010
- "Don't be a drip, Tony" Mitcham locals: save water by protecting forests and rivers - August 09, 2010
- Hello… green policies? Gillard, Abbott Missing-In-Action on nature conservation - August 03, 2010
- Environment groups supportive of final bushfire report - August 01, 2010
- Tony told: saving water starts with protecting forests and rivers - June 15, 2010
- Victorian Government must ban weedy pasture plant - February 28, 2010
- New national parks now a reality - November 26, 2009
The Wilderness Society today released its final assessment of the Parties’ policies on the environment this Election. Our conclusion is that the two biggest parties, the ALP and the Liberal-National Coalition, have been missing-in-action on the environment this election.
The Wilderness Society has released its assessment of the political parties’ national leadership on the environment, and declared both Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott ‘missing in action’.
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has found that the government has a responsibility to look for and protect endangered wildlife before logging in the contentious Brown Mountain forests of East Gippsland.
The Victorian National Parks Association and The Wilderness Society today released a more detailed response to the final report of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, addressing the issues of fuel reduction burning, clearing of roadside vegetation and planning and native vegetation controls.
After continuing to refuse to meet with Environment Victoria or The Wilderness Society, Mitcham MP Tony Richardson was once again 'visited' by locals and environment groups with our message to protect Victoria's rivers and forests. Judging by the increased honking of traffic, the support for protection of rivers and forests is high in the state electorate.
The Wilderness Society has criticized both Labor and the Coalition for failing to present clear, positive policies to protect our native forests, our unique natural ecosystems and marine environments, and iconic places like the Kimberley and Cape York.
“We are willing to work with the Government, land managers and communities to ensure that where increased burning is necessary, it is done in a way that is scientifically based, targeted and effective, and minimises the impacts on nature and wildlife,” said The Wilderness Society’s Victorian Campaigns Manager Gavan McFadzean.
Local Mitcham district residents today take their request that the state government ramp up action to protect Melbourne's water supply to the office of their local member of parliament, Tony Robinson.
Conservationists today called on the Victorian Government to stop promoting a weed its own researchers have identified as capable of invading half the state.
Victoria’s much-loved magnificent River Red Gums along the Murray, Goulburn and Ovens rivers in northern Victoria will now be protected for many generations to come. Legislation passed in State Parliament last night gave the green light for the creation of almost 100,000 hectares of new River Red Gum National Parks - a decision much-applauded by the state’s leading environment groups.
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