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 2008

January

Melbourne Jan 08

 

2007

November

18/11/07 Bushfire set to be water bombed Dan Harrison and Ari Sharp, The Age Melbourne Regional Water Nov 07; Central Highlands

 

May

Waste Regional ; Relief for headache of power plant vibration Melbourne May 07

 

March

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 |

 

January

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

 

 

2006

September

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

Climate National 19/09/06  NT makes most of a big dish charge, Richard Macey, The Age Links Melbourne

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

No buses but a fast track to obesity, Peter Weekes, The Age, Melbourne- Sept 06; Port Phillip September 06

 

22/08/06 Dams no solution to water woes, EV media release Links Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

21/08/06 Plan to upgrade port is misguided, says Fox, Philip Hopkins, The Age, Business Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

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

20/08/06 Water crisis hits home with stiff curbs on use, Jason Dowling, The Age Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

Marine life may not recover from bay dredging: EPA, - The Age - ADAM MORTON Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

Populism could be leading Baillieu up the garden path Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

 Baillieu, business at odds on fruit market Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

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

Faulty pipe causes massive petrol spill, The Age Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

09/08/06 Rival port goes full steam ahead, The Age Business Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

Bayside beaches running out of sand, Peter Weekes, The Age Melbourne August 06 ;

Creepy crawlies in city's water …The Age, Melbourne August 06 ; Port Phillip August 06

05/08/06 Stormwater or treated effluent: take your pick, Dan Oakes , The Age Melbourne; Port Phillip August 06

Water bans looming as storages run low, Melbourne August 06 Related GRAPHIC Our shrinking dams

 

07/07/06 Dams drop below half capacitry,, - The Age; Melbourne; Port Phillip July 06

July 06 Wood burners warned: 'Clean up or face chop', - Clay Lucas, The Age; Melbourne- July 06

 

 Inside the power plays and secret deals, Nick McKenzie and Cameron Houston, The Age Front Page Melbourne 7 June 06

 

29/05/2006 Bracks' rivers vow 'doesn't hold water' - The Age - Melbourne; Port Phillip March 06

04/05/06 Gridlock mayhem brings a city to a standstill for hours, By Stephen Moynihan and Selma Milovanovic, The Age; Melbourne - May 06

13/03/06 - New Victorian aquaculture leases - By Philip Hopkins, The Age - Business Melbourne; Port Phillip March 06

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

10/03/06 - Study delay hits bay dredge plan - By Sasha Shtargot and Mathew Murphy, The Age Melbourne; Port Phillip March 06

Foul slick blamed on ocean outfall - By Kate Hagan, The Age Melbourne; Port Phillip March 06

01/03/06 - Melbourne’s rivers at risk - Media Release - Environment Victoria - Port Phillip ; Melbourne - March 06

Human sewage key cause of Yarra's ills, says EPA - Melissa Fyfe - The Age -Port Phillip ; Melbourne - Feb06

19/01/06 - Groups warn on plans to take Yarra water - Melissa Fyfe - The Age - Port Phillip ; Melbourne - Jan06


15/01/06 - Row over river clean-up cash - Stephen Cauchi -The Age - Port Phillip ; Melbourne - Jan06

14/1/06 - Torrents of human waste pouring into a sick Yarra - Melissa Fyfe - The Age - Port Phillip ; Melbourne - Jan06

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2005

 

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

LOCAL SCHOOLS HELP OUR RIVERS AND CREEKS - Media release - Melbourne Water - Port Phillip ; Melbourne - Aug05

19/07/05 Bracks Scraps Plan for Melbourne's Port Area Port Phillip July 05 ; Melbourne

18/07/05 Docklands Rail Plan would 'Ruin' Harbour Port Phillip July 05 ; Melbourne

 13/07/05 More Doubts Emerge over Dredging Plans http://www.abc.net.au/news/ Port Phillip July 05 ; Melbourne

12/07/05 A perilous journey to Yarra depths, Melissa Fyfe , Environment Reporter, The Age Port Phillip July 05 ; Melbourne

12/07/05 Ex-Insider Warning on Dredging, Liz Minchin with Paul Austin, The Age Port Phillip July 05 ; Melbourne

11/07/05 Community to Have Further Say on Channel Deepening, Media release from the Minister for Planning Port Phillip July 05 ; Melbourne

Exposed: Why the Yarra is so sick - The Age - Port Phillip; Melbourne; - Jan05

 

2004

27/5/04 - "Position Paper on the proposed Port of Melbourne's project to deepen Port Phillip Bay's  Shipping channel - DIVA

- Position Paper from - Dive Industry Association of Victoria- DIVA

02/5/04 - "Port warns trade could run aground" - The Sunday Age - May04