Category: In the News
New report charts the way to a better future for the Yarra
Environmental Justice Australia and the Yarra Riverkeeper have published a new report, The future of the Yarra.
Read MoreYarra river left swimming in bureaucracy
11 November 2015 A new report shows that four decades of planning and policy for the Yarra is failing to deliver better planning outcomes for the river, as the Yarra is squeezed by overdevelopment along its banks. The report, Charting…
Read MoreCall for Yarra River protection
Dockland News A report released last month has called on the State Government to introduce a new governance structure to protect the Yarra River. The Let’s Act for the Yarra report released by Yarra Riverkeepers and Environmental Justice Australia last…
Read MoreYarra River at risk of being ‘strangled’ by housing development, pollution, environmentalists say
ABC News Melbourne’s iconic Yarra River is at risk of being ‘strangled’ by development from housing, despite efforts to clean it up, its riverkeeper says. Andrew Kelly from the Yarra Riverkeepers Association has joined forces with Environment Justice Australia in…
Read MoreYarra River: still badly polluted despite decades of talk about cleaning it up
The Age – Clay Lucas Despite decades of effort to clean up the Yarra, a report to be released at a forum on the river’s health on Wednesday shows high levels of pollution still flowing into its waters – these days…
Read MoreProtection Act needed to stop overdevelopment, says Yarra Riverkeeper
Stonnington Leader – Holly McKay. LEASING and tighter licencing could be the answer to maintaining the protection of the Yarra River, according to its riverkeeper. Andrew Kelly is not opposed to private jetties, but he is opposed to those that…
Read MoreNew push to protect Melbourne’s Yarra with new trust proposed in protection Act
The Age – Farrah Tomazin The Yarra River will be subject to tougher planning controls and overseen by a new trust in the latest attempt to protect it from inappropriate development. For the first time, the Melbourne waterway will be…
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