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Donnybrook Cemetery cops contractor damage

Donnybrook Cemetery cops contractor damage

Back in February we saw poorly briefed contractors do serious damage to the most important Button Wrinklewort population in Australia at Truganina Cemetery (Conservation Area 10). Last year it was fencing contractors almost trashing hundreds of Spiny...

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VCAT win for Ajax Road Grassland

VCAT win for Ajax Road Grassland

We’ve just now heard the great news, we’ve won at VCAT! The developer’s application to subdivide and clear all the vegetation on the northern half of the Ajax Road Grassland site has been refused. The 35 hectares of Ajax Road Grassland gets to stay and do what it...

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A new list of Victorian grassland flora

A new list of Victorian grassland flora

The Grassy Plains Network has put together a new list of the flora of Victoria's grasslands. The list contains 615 species from across the Victorian Volcanic Plain and Riverina. We hope it will be useful and of interest. This is a work-in-progress, aiming to expand...

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Significant grasslands under threat across Melbourne

Significant grasslands under threat across Melbourne

The Grassy Plains Network has identified a set of eleven high-quality grasslands across Melbourne that are under threat. There are more – of course – but these are the most important, and they are in need of urgent action. These eleven are primarily in Hobsons Bay and...

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“Pimelea” posters for Hobsons Bay!

“Pimelea” posters for Hobsons Bay!

GPN have worked with fab designer Liz Dalgleish to come up with four posters calling out the perilous position of the critically endangered Spiny Rice-flower (Pimelea spinescens) in Hobsons Bay. We love HB's grasslands, but half of them are completely unprotected,...

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Melbourne’s grasslands: a presentation by GPN

GPN Facilitator Adrian Marshall recently gave a talk to Friends of Steele Creek. Tickets went fast and the discussion following his presentation was brisk. The talk ranged across the Western Grassland Reserves, the urban growth corridors as well as grasslands in the...

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Solomon Heights in the news

The Star has run a good article focussing on the potential impacts of the Airport Rail Link here: https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/news/fears-for-grasslands/

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Airport rail link an additional threat to Solomon Heights

The proposed airport rail link will bridge the Maribyrnong River and run adjacent to Solomon Heights Grassland. The grassland is a biodiversity hotspot home to critically endangered Spiny Rice-flower, Golden Sun Moth, Striped Legless Lizard and Growling Grass Frog....

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Save Solomon Heights

From high on the escarpment down to the Maribyrnong River, Solomon Heights Grassland (Baldwin Avenue Grassland) in Sunshine North is packed with biodiversity but remains unprotected and under threat from development. It's big, with over 30 ha of native vegetation, and...

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GPN submission on new suburban parks

GPN submission on new suburban parks

GPN has submitted a response to the State government’s proposed new suburban parks. These include Kororoit Regional Park, which is high-quality grassland immediately west of Caroline Springs. The park could lead the way as a great example of how to engage people with...

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Statement: Toxic waste disposal on the grassy plains

Grassy Plains Network lends our support to those communities fighting to stop PFAS-chemical-contaminated soil from the Westgate Tunnel Project being stored and disposed of in their communities. The proposed storage/disposal sites at places like Ravenhall, Maddingley...

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Ajax Road Grassland veg removal voted down

Ajax Road Grassland veg removal voted down

GPN and residents helped secure some ongoing protection of Ajax Road Grassland at Hobsons Bay Tuesday 22 June with councillors rejecting a subdivision on grounds it asked for needless removal of 35 hectares of native vegetation. Councillors Matt Tyler, Peter Hemphill and Pamela Sutton-Legaud stood up for the environment, local values and sustainable development when they unanimously voted down the planning application.

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