Victoria Updates
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Alpine National Park finally free of bullshit - January 31, 2012
Commonsense has trumped political pandering today, with the announcement that cattle grazing will not be allowed in Victoria’s iconic Alpine National Park. After a massive outcry from people across Victoria and Australia, the Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke decided to step in and end the ill-conceived scheme.
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Clock ticking for Leadbeaters’ survival - January 25, 2012
The little Leadbeater’s possum, Victoria’s faunal emblem and already under threat of extinction due to intensive logging and bushfires, now looks set to being fast tracked to extinction by the Baillieu Government.
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Baillieu's forest plan deeply flawed - December 22, 2011
Victorian Campaign Manager, Luke Chamberlain, talks about why the Baillieu governments new plan for our state's forests is bad for the environment, bad for jobs and bad for communities.
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Wild profile - Geraldine Ryan - December 06, 2011
Geraldine Ryan is a volunteer at the Wilderness Society and has been campaigning for the environment for many years. She has a particular passion for protecting our remaining native forests and has been active in NSW and Victoria. Here Geraldine talks about her influences and inspirations.
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Forest flash mob with a holiday wish - December 01, 2011
Dozens of singing and dancing Leadbeater’s Possums and a lively Santa Claus descended on the Bourke St Mall and Flinders Street Station in Melbourne on Thursday in protest of the logging of native forests for Reflex Paper.
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Real leadership is the river's last hope - November 28, 2011
The basin’s ongoing mismanagement reflects Australia’s inability to reconcile the needs of the environment and of rural communities. Debates about its future pit the city against the bush, upstream against downstream users, and graziers against irrigators.
