Melbourne’s big build threatens rare coastal forest
Campaigners threaten to take forest battle to Labor’s inner-city electorates
What’s happening to our bush?
Wonthaggi’s intrepid seed collectors brave the elements and a dwindling supply of seed. Terri Allen reports
Time to walk with nature
We have to start undoing the damage we have done to the environment, writes Neil Daly.
Coastal track a planning poser
Creating a walking/cycling trail from San Remo to Inverloch sounds easy; the reality is very different.
For the next milestone …
The AGL decision is a breakthrough on the journey towards a Western Port Strategic Management Plan, writes Neil Daly.
Ecological losses 'a balancing act': QC
A Grantville sand mining company does not have to meet the same environmental standards as other land users, the company’s lawyer has told a planning panel hearing.
Hands off our bay
Once more the community has had to ward off an assault on Western Port by big business, writes Jeff Nottle.
Some have heard the call
Neil Daly is delighted to report that his plan for Western Port has actually made it inside the Victorian Parliament, courtesy of the Sustainable Australia Party.
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
A sensor camera in a Grantville garden shed just happened to catch a tiger snake as it fought to free itself from a mouse trap. Video by Gil Smith
The incredible journey
A chance sighting prompted Gil Smith to learn more about the short-finned eel and its epic journey from Deep Creek to the Coral Sea. Now his concern is what happens when the bush around the creek is cleared for sand mining.
Hello Spring Street, are you listening?
Without a long-term management plan, Western Port will continue to be a battleground for industrialists and residents, writes Neil Daly.
Sand miner digs in
Dandy Premix seeks to undo conditions on their planning permit and the agreement they signed following VCAT mediation with Grantville residents in 2013.
Thank you, AGL
AGL and APA have galvanised the people to send 6058 submissions to the inquiry into the proposed Crib Point gas import jetty and the gas pipeline to Pakenham, writes Neil Daly.
Western Port defenders back into battle
WITH only 40 days to respond to an 11,000-page report on AGL’s proposed gas plant at Crib Point, the Phillip Island Conservation Society faced an onerous task.
The power trip
Imagine a future where ordinary householders are part of a virtual power grid greater than Victoria’s coal-fired power stations. Werner Theinert explains.
Speak up, Russell and Darren!
A Gippsland day of action will call on our federal MPs to speak up on our climate crisis.
Our extinction crisis
Bass Coast community groups are playing their part in conserving habitat for threatened species, writes Lauren Burns
Council climate plan zeroes in on 2030
Bass Coast households, farmers, business and council all have part to play in meeting target of zero net emissions.
A watery makeover …
Three shapes knee-deep in mud off the Queensferry foreshore spark Neil Daly’s curiosity.