Tag: environment
Friends clean up Brimbank
Brimbank is getting the beauty treatment from business people and community activists alike this month.
About 20 people from VicRoads Metro North West region spent...
Sustainability fund ignores Brimbank
Brimbank council has urged the state government to spend more on environmental improvements in the area, claiming its sustainability fund is not “achieving its...
Albion creek clean-up a social event
Help keep Australia and Brimbank beautiful by dropping down to Albion park for a good old-fashioned spruce-up next month.
Friends of Kororoit Creek continue to...
Friendly neighbourhood tree planting
A new Friends of Kororoit Creek project, which aims to green Brimbank backyards and encourage ‘passive surveillance’ among residents, is off to a strong...
Brooklyn pollution may force family out
A Brooklyn mother wants to leave the area because of ongoing health concerns linked to local pollution.
Olexandra Vazhnenko, a biologist, fears for her family’s...
EPA closes in on January stink
A sewage-like stink which was smelt across eleven Brimbank suburbs in early January was “likely” caused by seaweed and exposed mudflats the Environment Protection...
Fisheries officers nab Deer Park trio
A Deer Park man has been fined and two women will face court after being arrested in Portarlington on Wednesday for taking abalone out...
Pollution warning as EPA closes in on stench
Western suburbs residents who have been dealing with a mysterious stench have been told to expect more air-quality problems.
The Environment Protection Authority this week...
Bureaucracy failing Kororoit Creek
“Bureaucratic madness” is being blamed for a lack of action to clean up litter, including syringes, household garbage and debris from recent floods, along...
Brooklyn dust reduction all sealed
The largest contributor to dust pollution in the Brooklyn industrial precinct has been eradicated with the sealing of Jones and Bunting roads.
The roads produced...
Brimbank council to investigate 70 tree deaths
Reports that about 70 trees between Sunshine and Ardeer railway stations have died will be investigated by Brimbank council.
The council said 900 trees have...
Sports facility plan for former Albion tip site
A regional sports facility could be built on a former tip in Albion which closed 25 years ago.
Brimbank council has awarded a contract to...
Council says EPA too slow to respond
A reduction in resources and expertise at the Environment Protection Authority has left the environmental watchdog slow to react to local issues, Brimbank council...
Biggest environmental issues facing Brimbank
Declining living standards and pollution from early-hours industrial emissions are among the major environmental issues facing Brimbank in the next 20 years, an independent...
Deer Park Primary School returns to nature
The landscape at Deer Park Primary School has undergone a “breathtaking” change over the past year.
The school’s pupils are leading the way in showing...
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Dragons looking to step it up
Sunshine Heights is hoping to build on last season in the Western Football League division 2 season.
After a late coaching change and a bit...
