Stop toll road destruction of our parkland

Take Action against the East West Tollway!

Melbourne City Council will vote this Tuesday 28 May 2013 on whether to permit more exploratory drilling and seismic testing in and around Royal Park for the East-West Tollway

Use this form to email all the City of Melbourne Councillors, including the Mayor, to ask them to oppose the drilling and seismic testing.   

Click here for background information about the Toll Road and Tunnel.

Labor green-lights East West tollway

22nd May 2013 3:50 pm

Greg Barber and Adam Bandt at the billabong that will be destroyedGreens MPs Adam Bandt and Greg Barber have criticised a Gillard government decision not to require an environment impact statement for East West tollway roads and open cuts tunnels that will wreck Royal Park environment reserves and parkland.

"Minister Burke's decision to fast-track approval for the East West tollway shows Labor's opposition to the East West tollway is hollow,” Australian Greens Deputy Leader Adam Bandt said today.

“The Minister cannot hide behind the letter of the law. He has been more than happy to look for creative ways to halt other environmentally destructive projects, such as Alpine grazing, but here he has given the East West Tollway the green light instead of going the extra mile to stop this environmental vandalism."

"The tollway will be a pollution nightmare and wreck one of Melbourne’s great natural parks."

Dairy farmer confidence plummets as triple crisis hits

21st May 2013 12:17 pm

Photo by Greg Barber showing lack of rain in South West Vic dairy countryVictorian Greens leader Greg Barber has called on the Liberal state government to develop a plan to address the crisis in the dairy industry, after a new survey shows confidence amongst dairy farmers has plummeted.

"Confidence amongst western Victorian dairy farmers has collapsed in 2013 to 46% down from 63% last year.  Even during the shocking drought times such as 08-09, confidence was much higher, with a 70-80 percent positive outlook."

"Given the significance of the dairy industry to Victoria, you'd think the state government would have said something about the triple crisis of climate, market and competitiveness hitting the industry."

V/Line performance beyond a joke

20th May 2013 5:22 pm

Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says V/Line's latest performance figures show a system that is failing, with the Geelong line on a downward spiral and regular passengers on every line but one eligible to claim compensation for poor punctuality.

"This is getting beyond a joke. I call on V/Line to publish the reasons for each and every delayed train so the Napthine government can be held responsible for starving V/Line of funds," said Greens MP Greg Barber

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