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LAND CONSERVATION COUNCIL REPORT REVEALS WHY THE STRZELECKI FOREST SHOULDN’T BE LEASED TO  

HANCOCKS SOS Save our Strzeleckis Forest Group. Strezlecki's May 08 

March  

Rainforest protection fails again on the Errinundra Plateau, Jill Redwood, Environment East Gippsland East Gippsland and Goolengook, March 08

Treetop Conservationists Defend Old Growth - Emily Black or Lauren Caulfield East Gippsland and Goolengook, March 08

Koalas treated for burns after bushfire Marika Dobbin, AAP Gippsland March 08

10/02/08 Call for massacre memorial Jason Dowling, The Age East Gippsland and Goolengook; Feb 08 Gippsland;

06/02/08 Abalone worth $230,000 stolen http://www.news.com.au/ South West

Vic Old Growth Protests Continue - Media Release: Emily Black.; East Gippsland and Goolengook, Feb 08

02/02/08 Government admits to over-logging but keeps on chopping, VNPA Murray Basin

Firebug starts seven blazes The Age - On-line Port Phillip Jan 08;

Conservationists Return to Defend Carbon Sinks Media Release East Gippsland and Goolengook, Jan 08

Blockaders save Sooty Owl Letter to Editor: From Tony Hastings East Gippsland and Goolengook, Jan 08

Conservationists Defend Carbon Sinks, Media Release East Gippsland and Goolengook, Jan 08

Choppy waters By Melissa Meehan Mail, Mountain Views Mail ; Upper Yarra Mail ; Central Highlands Jan 08

03/01/08 Maiden voyage breaks record Eden Magnet East Gippsland and Goolengook Tasmania; Victoria; New South Wales Comment

Melbourne dreamtime a reality Patricia Maunder, The Age Melbourne Jan 08

Christmas News J

 Magistrate so impressed by woman in the tree that Holly gets off lightly Steve Butcher The Age East Gippsland and Goolengook, December 07

Christmas News J

19/12/07 Logging of the Armstrong Creek Catchment Letter from TCHA - The Central Highlands Alliance - Central Highlands Dec 07

15/12/07 Water catchment logging shock Media release Luke Chamberlian, The Wilderness Society Melbourne; Port Phillip Dec 07; Central Highlands, Dec 07

05/12/07 Tanks help slash water use AAP

04/12/07 Residents, motorists in deep water after storms Jill Stark The Age , with AAP Melbourne

03/12/07 $27m to protect catchments The Age Central Highlands Dec 07

 03/12/07 Team to measure bay's declining water quality By Karen Kissane, The Age Port Phillip Dec 07

03/12/07 Vegie growers carry the can for everyone else Denise Gadd, The Age Melbourne; Related

2/12/07 Sandhurst — the suburb where Wallies are welcome Winston Tan, The Age Port Phillip Dec 07

774 radio Talk back - Tim Holding Minister for Environment East Gippsland and Goolengook, December 07

70 people stop logging, James Ludd; Media Release ASEN and GECO East Gippsland and Goolengook, December 07

2/12/07 Vic bolsters bushfire preparation plans AAP Central Highlands; Dec 07

Timber company to shut down ABC News On-line Wombat - Oct 2007; Central Uplands

27/10/07 Concern as Government stitches up details of Bass Coast land grab Rachel Kleinman, The Age Melbourne; Oct 07 Port Phillip; Gippsland

21/10/07 Water dilemma could 'sink' Government Jason Dowling, The Age Melbourne; Oct 07 Port Phillip; Gippsland; Murray Basin

Melbourne Water's big plans for its biggest fans Rachel Kleinman, The Age Gippsland Melbourne Oct 07 our highlighting

Beachhead in battle of desal plant Rachel Kleinman, The Age Gippsland Melbourne Oct 07 our highlighting

27/09/07 Bush protests lash Brumby on water plan David Rood, The Age Murray Basin Sept 07

 27/09/07 No to red gums report The Age; Murray Basin; Sept 07

23/09/07 Fight for future helps heal wounds of the past Miki Perkins, The Age Murray Basin; Sept 07

 20/09/07 Desal plant to be public-private deal Gippsland

19/09/07 Protesters confront Brumby By Kellie Wilson, ABC News Online Gippsland

19/09/07 $3b private sector cash for Vic desal plant; By Kellie Wilson, ABC News Online Gippsland

19/09/07 Desal, pipe consultation a sham: Nationals By Mark Debono. ABC News Gippsland

Regions embrace renewable energy The Age Business Day Box Ironbark; Sept 07 Links

10/09/07 Power supplies at risk from big dry Rachel Kleinman, The Age Gippsland; our highlighting

20/07/07 Murray tree study urges new national parks ABC On-line Murray Basin July 07

Bracks in peace offering to Mildura, David Rood, The Age our highlighting Waste Regional Mallee May 07 ; Murray Basin

Relief for headache of power plant vibration Waste Regional Melbourne May 11^th /07

Water State 28/04/07 Turnbull backs dams but warns on desalination, Peter Ker and David Rood, The Age; Murray Basin; Central Uplands

Art in high gear, carbon stays neutral, Robin Usher, The Age , Arts Reviews Wombat - March 2007

Water State 29/03/07 Holes in funding a drain on superpipe, Peter Kerr The Age; Central Uplands ; Wombat; Murray Basin; North East Highlands;

Climate State 29/03/07 Victoria falls behind on burn-offs, Orietta Guerrera, The Age; Otways ; | Gippsland; | East Gippsland and Goolengook ; | Central Highlands; | Mallee; | Melbourne; | Murray Basin |Wimmera |

17/03/07 Farmers launch class action over bushfire losses, Cameron Houston, The Age; North East Highlands;

23/02/07 Drilling for climate change answers South West; Feb 07

City counts cost of logging, Peter Weekes, The Age Page 1 Melbourne Jan 07

Thwaites rejects catchment logging call , AAP Gippsland; October -13 2006 our highlighting,

Govt to protect Strzelecki forest, ABC Regional news Gippsland; October -13 2006 Links

Fiery blaze at log yard , Lauren Pike, Geelong Advertiser, Otways

09/10/06 Steak-holders carve out a meat marketing niche Orietta Guerrera, The Age Gippsland

05/10/06  Grampians blaze might be arson, Reko Rennie, The Age Central Uplands , Oct, 2006

27/09/06 Escalation in forest protests in East Gippsland., Goongerah Environment Centre – East Gippsland, MEDIA RELEASE; East Gippsland and Goolengook; September 06

Publican not well connected enough to get sewer on, Lorna Edwards, The Age Central Highlands Sept 06

Premier Called To Mediate - Rare Bushland In Nunawading May Be Saved Following VCAT Decision BLEEP media release Melbourne Sept 06

16/09/06 Bracks' bush ballot, Simon Mann, The Age Wimmera; September 06

Council nod to power station removal, Royce Millar, The Age, - Melbourne Port Phillip August 06

Community takes action on Water - Media Release 15 September 2006  East Gippsland and Goolengook September 06

'Green zone' marina gets green light, Rachel Kleinman, The Age Port Phillip - September 06 our highlighting

13/09/06 Town reduced to bottled water, Kate Hagan, The Age Wimmera; September 06

Fire threat grows : Herald-Sun Wimmera; Sept 06

06/09/06   Logging trees while Victoria burns , The Age, Letters Central Highlands Sept 06

Thwaites undecided on environmental flow, DEAN LAWSON, Wimmera Mail Times Wimmera; Aug06

29/08/06  $3.2m to save orange-bellied parrot The Age , AAP

27/08/06 Battle for Baw Baw frog: log it and see - Peter Weekes, The Age Central Highlands August 06

24/08/06 Bendigo calls public meeting on water crisis Environment Victoria - Healthy Rivers Bulletin, - Murray Basin Aug 06

23/08/06 Amcor to cut hundreds of Australian jobs, The Age Business, Strezlecki's Central Highlands August 06

22/08/06 PaperlinX says global outlook improving , The Age , Business, Strezlecki's Central Highlands August 06

22/08/06 World water week shock: Melbourne's water logged illegally, - Media release - The Central Highlands Alliance Inc Central Highlands August 06

20/08/06 Clear future for the pristine Mitchell, Jason Dowling, The Age East Gippsland and Goolengook August 06

16/08/06 Forests under threat from global warming, The Age

15/08/06 A dead Wimmera River won’t help water crisis Environment Victoria - Healthy Rivers Bulletin, - Murray Basin Aug 06

11/08/06 At it again - Department Caught Illegally Logging Barmah State Forest - Friends of the Earth - media release; Murray Basin Aug 06

 Speak out for the Stringybark Creek - Environment Victoria - Healthy Rivers Bulletin, Central Highlands August 06

27/07/06 Port security best it's been: MP - Julie McNamara - http://www.geelonginfo.com.au- Otways ; - July 06

26/07/06 Protesters storm port - Julie McNamara - Otways ; - July 06

Woodchip protesters chained to conveyer: AAP - Otways ; - July 06

Bolt-cutters used to unchain protesters - Kate Hagan - The Age - Otways ; - July 06

Mill blaze remains unsolved - ABC Online - East Gippsland and Goolengook July 06

US exports prompt timber mills upgrade. Gippsland News ABC Online - East Gippsland and Goolengook July 06

19/07/06 Ted Bailieu, Opposition Leader, (Geelong Advertiser Fri 14^th July) claims the Newlingrook Aquifer, which extends southwest of Gellibrand River, can provide 70,000megalitres/year and be used to supply water to Geelong. - Letter to the Editor - Fiona Nelson-Otways ; - July 06

July 06 Spanish firm to build $400m wind farm The Age; South West;

The Greens call for a National Park to protect the endangered Strzelecki Forest - Louis Delacretaz - AGV Media Release - Strezleckis - July 2006

Community forum success on Strzeleckis Media Release Strezleckis - July 2006

MASS RALLY AT EDEN WOODCHIP MILL A "HUGE SUCCESS". - Harriett Swift Chipstop, Eden - media release East Gippsland and Goolengook July 06 ; New South Wales - July 06

 June

Twenty Stop Logging, - Fiona York, East Gippsland - media release East Gippsland and Goolengook June 06

Water rebels urge farmers to fight back, Carmel Egan, Jason Koutsoukis, The Age : Murray Basin June 06

Banking farmers' fluid asset, The Age: Murray Basin June 06

21/06/06 Cockatoo threat to pulp mill, - Liz Minchin, The Age; South West - June 06 ; South Australia; June 06

 GOULBURN PIPELINE PROPOSAL BAD FOR RIVER, - The Goulburn Valley Environment Group Inc. MEDIA RELEASE; Murray Basin June 06

Forestry Draining Aquifer, - Sandra Morello , The Border Watch South West South Australia; June 06

Water level drops, - The Border Watch p1 South West South Australia; June 06

02/06/06 PM pulling out of Snowy sale,- The Herald Sun - Breaking News

02/06/06 Greens hail Snowy backflip, - Dan Harrison, theage.com.au, with Liz Minchin; East Gippsland and Goolengook June 06

1/06/2006  Snowy sale opponents, - Collegiate letter of objection to the Snowy Hydro sale by 56 distinguished Australians. The Age Mallee; Murray Basin June 06

 May

 31/05/06 No obligation to release water, - PAUL SELLARS, The Weekly Times, Mallee; Murray Basin May 06 

31/05/06 Karak need parks -there is no substitute, Mr Thwaites - Media Release -The Wilderness Society, South West May 06 Links 1

31/05/06 HOPE FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES MASCOT - Media release - From the Minister for Environment South West May 06 Links 1

31/05/06 Vic Govt green lights $700m pulp mill. 31/05/2006. ABC News Online Otways ; | Cobbobonnee; | South West ; |

31/05/06 Forest poacher to feed winter fires, - Steve Butcher, The Age - Box Ironbark; May 06

31/05/06 Greens call for Snowy inquiry - From: AAP Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

Members of the Otway Conservation Council from
Warrnambool, the Otways and Geelong will attend the World Environment Day Rally for Forests this Sunday.
OTWAY CONSERVATION COUNCIL Inc - Media release Otways ; - May 06

Rally for Forests on World Environment Day. Letters to the editor, OTWAY CONSERVATION COUNCIL Inc Otways ; - May 06

30/05/06 Nats MP calls for Snowy re-think, Katharine Murphy, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

29/05/06 Murray says no to Snowy in his fund, Sydney Morning Herald, Business Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

29/05/06 Hull to introduce private bill on Snowy, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

28/05/06 Community concerns flare over Snowy sale, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

26/05/06 Broadband 'more important' than Snowy,

- Fears over foreign ownership, - PM denies Snowy sale a scandal, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

26/05/06 Howard intends to sell Snowy Hydro, Annabel Stafford, Canberra, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

26/05/06 PM defends vote on Snowy Hydro sale, ABC Rural-Online Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

26/05/06 Investors flock to Snowy, - The Age , Business Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

24/05/06 Costello declares Snowy Hydro sale legal, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

24/05/06 Govts push ahead with Snowy sale, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

24/05/06 Sale of Snowy Hydro shares 'illegal', Costello should read the Constitution , Greens media - Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

24/05/06 Insurance makes Snowy Hydro happy , Alan Kohler, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

22/05/06 Snowy registration opens, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06

 Riverland industries represented at toxic dump panel ABC Online Mallee; April 06

24/04/2006 Basin at boiling point, Ask an expert - Liz Minchin, The Age; Mallee; Murray Basin April 06

15/04/2006 Land of olive oil and money Geoff Strong, The Age, Mallee; Murray Basin April 06

06/04/2006 The Greens say the Hattah-Nowingi toxic waste dump is a hazardous solution for Victoria's hazardous waste problem, - Australian Greens Victoria - Media ReleaseMallee; Murray Basin April 06

16/04/06 Death puts spotlight on Leadbeater plight - John Elder - The Age - Central Highlands - April 06 Links (news; possum; schools)

10/04/06 New Forest Blockade Stops Logging near Goolengook - Media Release- - Fiona York - East Gippsland - April 06

12/03/2006 - EPA stalls toxic dump site plans - By Jason Dowling, The Sunday Age - Mallee; Murray Basin ; Melbourne; Port Phillip

28/03/06 One left as possum dies in captivity, AAP, The Age - Online Central Highlands - March 06

27/03/06 Big Tree Blockade Re-established - Media Release- - Fiona York - East Gippsland - March 06

17/03/06 Draft Code of Forest Practice proposes to stop logging in East Gippsland near rainforest sites - Victorian Rainforest Network - Press Release - Central Highlands; East Gippsland ; March 06

Drip feed to give Lake Wendouree a chance - By Daniel Ziffer - The Age - Central Uplands - March 6, 2006

Last Wombat Sawmill Accepts Cash Payout - Media Release February 27, 2006 - Cobaw and Wombat Forest Action Group; Wombat; - Feb 2006

USING INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE TO PLAN FOR EAST GIPPSLAND’S FOREST FUTURE - Media release - Minister for Environment - East Gippsland - Feb 06

20/02/2006 - Logging protesters block forest coupe access.. ABC News Online - East Gippsland - Feb 06

18/02/06 - A possum stares extinction in the face - By Tracee Hutchison - The Age - Opinion - - Central Highlands - Feb06

10/02/06 - Royston blockade restarts with treesit and community walk-in - Media Release - Friends of the Earth - Central Highlands - Feb06

10/02/06 -  Potoroos and parrots need better protection - The Age - Editorial - East Gippsland Feb 06 ; Murray Basin

09/02/06 - Alarm at logging breaches - Adam Morton - The Age - East Gippsland ; Murray Basin

06/02/06 - Stop destruction of old growth trees & endangered wildlife on Melbourne’s fringe - Media release ACF - Central Highlands - Feb06

- Anti-loggers stage protest - Herald / Sun -Central Highlands - Feb06

Birds in hand worth more in the bush - The Age - Central Highlands - Feb06

27/01/06 - CHIPMILL SHUT DOWN - Media Release - East Gippsland - January 2006

Wombat forest logging to resume - January 23 2006 - ABC- Wombat; -January 2006

Anti-logger protesters arrested - 20-01-2006 - AAP - East Gippsland - January 2006

Green issues poll point 20/01/2006 - The Financial Review - East Gippsland - January 2006

Forest protest charges - 21jan06 - Herald-Sun - East Gippsland - January 2006

Logging Halted Again -fifth blockade this week - 20 January 2006 -  Media Release - East Gippsland - January 2006

 Protest Stops Logging Road - fourth blockade this week - Thursday, 19th January - Media Release -- East Gippsland - January 2006

Two Blockades Busted -17 January 2006 - Media Release - East Gippsland - January 2006

Logging stopped ! - third blockade starts - Old Growth and Water Catchment - January 16th - Media Release -East Gippsland - January 2006

Tree platforms target Vic logging operations. - January 9th. ABC News Online - East Gippsland - January 2006

 21/12/05 Plans to sell the Snowy scheme: Jonathan Harley, Australian Broadcasting Corporation East Gippsland and Goolengook Dec 2005

13/12/05 - Victorian court recognises native title - AP

 Newest national park opens - December 12, 2005 - AAP - Otways ; - December 2005

Sixty people (from across Australia and the world) halt logging -East Gippsland - December 2005

16/12/05 - Jobs threat on biodiversity - Adam Morton and Melissa Fyfe

11/12/05 - Disease leaves koala pouches empty - Strezleckis - December 2005

13/12/05 - Victorian court recognises native title - Wimmera - Dec 2005

26/11/05 - A little water fuels a frenzy - Nov 26th The Age - Murray Basin - November 2005

24/11/05 - Buy-back needed to revive Murray River - EV Media Release- Murray Basin - November 2005

Timber mill workers rally over compo -17 November 2005. 13:03 (AEDT) ABC Radio - Otways - November 2005

Commonwealth Games mascot faces extinction, - theage.com South West May 06 Links 1

29/09/05 - Vicforest Error East Gippsland - September 2005

 18/08/05 - Anti-loggers lounge in protest - - AAP- Murray Basin - August 2005

Logging blunder clears rare parrot nest - By Liz Minchin - Murray Basin - August 2005

GREAT OTWAY NATIONAL PARK SOON TO BE A REALITY - Govt. Media release Friday June 10 2005

 13/4/05 - Four face court accused of stealing thousands of ferns - Strezleckis ; Gippsland -April 2005

- Dec 2004 - Logging Contractors trap conservationists in coup - East Gippsland - December 2004

New life takes root in the dust of the Mallee - Melissa Marino - Regional Affairs Reporter, The Age, Mallee - November, 2004

Fund snaps up forest so it can be seen for the trees - Strezlecki's - Nov 2004

3/11/04 - Worldwide nod for forest paperwork - Strezlecki's - Nov 2004

Landmark case for forest justice - Greens call for inquiry into police inaction - 19th Aug 04 - Greens Media Release -Otways August 2004

New alliance urges solutions on toxic waste, Environment Victoria Media Release Mallee- Oct 18, 2004 Links

National park trees sold during bushfire - August 16, 2004 - The Age - East Gippsland - August 2004

In the shadow of a dark wood - Gippsland - June 2004

Minister to meet toxic dump opponents, Bridie Smith, The Age Mallee- June 4, 2004

April, 2004 A gum's finish as floored perfection, The Age, - National - Features, Melissa Fyfe - East Gippsland - April 2004

April, 2004 From imposing forest elder to floorboards, - The Age, - National - Features, Melissa Fyfe - April 2004

April, 2004 My life as a log, (number 138692)- The Age, - National - Features, Melissa Fyfe - April 2004

April, 2004 210 years to grow, - The Age, - National - Features, Melissa Fyfe - April 2004

- April, 2004 Seeing the wood for the trees, The Age - National - Features, - Annie Lawson. April 2004

April, 2004 A star exhibit in a 'museum of old growth', - The Age, - National - Features, - Melissa Fyfe.- April 2004

- Conservationists Condemn Scare Campaign by Woodchip Industry - Otways -Nov2003

River plan targets key Murray sites - Murray Basin - November 2003

Forest giants fall to unquenchable thirst of farmland - By Melissa Fyfe - Murray Basin - August 2003

June 2003 Salt and drought hit Murray's redgums, By Melissa Fyfe, Environment Reporter, The Age Murray Basin - June 2003

- Thirsty trees suck up water that would flow to Melbourne's taps Melbourne / Central Highlands - May2003

- Fires burn $20m hole in Tourism - North East Highlands - Feb2003 (more on fires in State News)

- Land Study queries location of Tree Plantations in Upper Catchments - Strezleckis / North East Highlands / SouthWest - Jan2003

 - Greenie's court win leads logging review - - The Age - Otways Jan 2003

Draft Plan to Eliminate Trout in Australia, Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre Murray Basin Dec 2002 Links

River Murray Wetland Database is now being funded by the Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) until April 2003.NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group Inc.Newsletter Dec 2002 Murray Basin Dec 2002

 Nov 2002 Strzelecki Ranges protection becomes election issue, Strezleckis- Nov 2002; Gippsland; Nov 2002

Sugar gums show plantation potential : Tim Lee - From ABC's Landline: SouthWest - July 2002

The draft native Fish Strategy for the Murray-Darling basin has been released for public comment, The Australian Society for Fish Biology, National News Links Murray Basin July 2002

Clearfell Logging - all Regions - May 2002

Logging risk to springs, say Greens - Wombat -April2002

 earlier

Protesters sue loggers' trade union - Claire Miller, Environment Reporter, The Age (article), 21/12/99 - Otways Dec 1999

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