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$23 billion for transport – what would you spend it on?
December 14, 2017
Melbourne keeps growing and is becoming ever more congested and crowded. It is expected that Melbourne will soon pass Sydney as the largest city in Australia. If we want to keep our ‘liveable city’...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWestgate Tollroad environmental disaster approved
December 12, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE: WESTGATE TUNNEL TOLL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER APPROVED Environment group Friends of the Earth and community groups across Melbourne's west have expressed outrage this morning in response to the news the Andrews government...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWestgate Tunnel approval takes Melbourne on a wrong turn
November 27, 2017
The planning minister Richard Wynne has today approved the $5.5 B West Gate Tunnel project. Approval of Transurban’s $5.5 billion Westgate Tunnel toll road project locks Melbourne into decades more congestion, tolls and pollution....
Read More Add your reaction Share'Walk This Way' a huge success for our Sustainable Cities campaign launch
October 23, 2017
2 weeks ago FoE Melbourne launched a new Sustainable Cities Campaign with #WalkThisWay - a 15km community walk following Melbourne's iconic Capital City Trail. Community members are concerned about another massive toll road through the middle...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSay NO to Westgate Tunnel
October 10, 2017
Will our Planning Minister make the choice to listen to the concerns from the community or commit to more cars, pollution, and toll roads by doing a deal with Transurban? Send an email asking...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWestgate Tunnel hearings nothing but concerns
September 22, 2017
Since I started as the FoE & PTNT Sustainable Cities campaigner I have been continually shocked as I learn more about the Transurban $5.5 billion mega-toll road proposed for Melbourne’s West. What started as...
Read More Add your reaction ShareGet informed and get involved!
August 15, 2017
Melbourne is rolling ahead building giant new toll roads for our growing population. We don’t need more roads, we need a sustainable city. Join us for an info night to build a different vision.
Read More Add your reaction ShareOperations of existing and proposed toll roads in Australia
July 13, 2017
Friends of the Earth and Public Transport Not Traffic support the inquiry into operations of existing and proposed toll roads in Australia. We seek to secure policy commitments that will protect the environment. After...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFurther privatisation unlikely to save money, benefit environment
May 26, 2017
Media release. 26 May 2017. Friends of the Earth Infrastructure Australia has announced that it wants state governments to hand the operation of their public transport systems over to private operators, arguing that they...
Read More Add your reaction ShareThe next stage in our community campaign
August 14, 2015
After almost five years of working to build the campaign against new coal and gas and in support of renewable energy in regional Victoria, we are pleased to announce a new stage in our...
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