160 community & environment groups across Melbourne have formed a coalition to protect Melbournes green wedges. We regard maintaining the green wedges for future generations as a yardstick for our generation’s commitment to developing a sustainable city in a sustainable world.

KEY VOTE NEXT WEEK IN PARLIAMENT ON GOVERNMENT PLAN TO BULLDOZE GREEN WEDGES FOR SUBURBAN SPRAWL

- please add your voices to green wedge, public lands and urban planning backlash groups to oppose this environmental catastrophe & please forward to your lists of interested citizenss

Another icon falls

THE imminent bulldozing of the heritage-listed bushland and wetland dam on the Westerfield property in the Mornington Peninsula green wedge adds another name to a disturbing list of heritage icons damaged or threatened by residential, commercial or freeway development (''Freeway builders admit damage to wetlands area'', The Age, 8/7). This list includes Lonsdale House, Equity Chambers and the Windsor Hotel.

SAVE STATE SIGNIFICANT BUSHLAND & STOP ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE FREEWAYS

URGENT REQUEST FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN COMMUNITY PICKET AROUND ENDANGERED GRASSY WOODLAND NEAR FRANKSTON       (PENINSULA-LINK FREEWAY BULLDOZERS SET TO MOVE IN)
 
TIME: TOMORROW, TUESDAY 6 JULY, FROM DAWN UNTIL DUSK (WORKING HOURS, OR WHATEVER TIME YOU CAN SPARE)
 
WHERE: BOUNDARIES OF WESTERFIELD PROPERTY (ENDANGERED GRASSY WOODLAND), ROBINSONS RD, FRANKSTON SOUTH
 

 

BACKGROUND

 

Congratulations to those who staffed the community picket today. It stopped the destruction of the westerfield bushland for today at least, let's hope for long enough for the Government to more seriously consider whether they could save all or as much as possible of this priceless environmental and heritage-listed asset.
 

PROTEST THE LOOMING DESTRUCTION OF GREEN WEDGES - 1PM TUESDAY 22 JUNE, PARLIAMENT HOUSE STEPS.

This is the earliest date for debate of the motion to adopt Planning Scheme Amendment VC67. It is also the day when Greg Barber will move for the formation of an Upper House Committee to inquire into it.
The protest is jointly organised by Green Wedges Coalition, Protectors of Publlic Lands and Planning Backlash. 

Please no second sellout

So the opposition is "poised to agree (with state government) on the $2 billion infrastructure tax" that would allow the government to rezone 43,600 ha of Melbourne’s green wedges for suburban development (The Age, 16/4). On the same day, the "Access to senior Libs for sale" report appeared.
 

What NIMBYs?

It’s reassuring to learn from Tim Colebatch (No room for NIMBY Syndrome, The Age 6/4) that we have abundant affordable housing on Melbourne’s fringe. No doubt we’d have more, closer to public transport and services, if large developers were not land banking and if overseas investors were not speculating in our housing markets. 

 
Tim’s critique demonstrates the folly of State Government efforts to rezone 43,600 ha of green wedge land, including western basalt plains grassland, red gum grassy woodlands and fertile farmlands, when the resulting suburban sprawl would cost taxpayers up to $100b for infrastructure, above and beyond the proposed $2b Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution on landholders, many of whom are unwilling to sell.  

We Need More Green Areas not people

Perhaps we should congratulate the Brumby Government and the Baillieu Opposition for jointly calling a halt to the Government's disastrous plans for a 43,600 hectare Green Wedge land grab, if The Age report "Rethink on outer urban expansion&

State Government gives green light to bypass environmental protection

A devastating blow has just been dealt to Coomoora Woodland Flora & Fauna Reserve and environmental conservation in metropolitan Melbourne by the State Government. The Minister responsible for administering the Environmental Effects Act 1978, Justin Madden has decided that no Environmental Effects Statement (EES) is required for the Dingley Arterial Project. The Minister’s decision gives VicRoads the green light to proceed with its plans to remove a substantial area of native vegetation in Coomoora Woodland Flora and Fauna Reserve in Keysborough; one of the few nature reserves in the City of Greater Dandenong, and one of the last remaining areas of native bushland in the south-eastern metropolitan region of Melbourne.

Historic Bushland Property to be Bulldozed for Frankston Bybass

Joyce and Simon Welsh, owners of the historic Westerfield property in the Green Wedge south of Frankston were notified last week that 2.656 ha of the pristine remnant bushland on their property will be acquired by the Victorian Government this Thursday 10/12 to make way for the Frankston Bypass. Westerfield is on Robinsons Road, Fig 7g on the attached Biosis map.

Madden backflips overturning VCAT order protecting Green Wedge golf course

Even as Justin Madden was making his hypocritical announcement last month about no more urban growth (Minister alters view on sprawl, The Age 3/12), his Development Facilitation Taskforce was recommending that if Cardinia

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