This opinion piece written by Peter Hodge - an MECPG committee member - appeared in ’The Age’, 11 Aug 2008.
HERE is a challenge.The next time it tickles your fancy to scale the heights of the Rialto or Eureka towers, look towards the northern suburbs of Melbourne from the observation deck and try to spot the parkland. There’s [...]
The area of parkland sold in this article is not the parkland the MECPG is fighting for, but is only a couple of hundred metres down the road. Another loss of green space in the North Coburg area…
It further highlights the rapidity of green space loss within the Moreland area, and the keen hunger that developers would [...]
This article authored by Mary Bolling originally appeared in the ‘Herald Sun’ 11 Apr 2008.Coburg residents are furious at a state government plan to sell off the suburb’s only parkland, while nearby developments are already squeezing thousands more residents into the area.
The 10ha of bushland between Merri and Edgars creeks, acquired in the 1970s for [...]
Thanks to all those who answered the last-minute call for a photoshoot in the park on Thu 8th Feb. Alas, we were victims of our own success. Due to the recent decision to postpone the decision deadline of 28th Feb it seems The Age decided there was no longer a story and didn’t [...]
