Community Solar in Yarra - Saturday 19 May 2012
Community Solar Comes to Yarra
A Forum on a Community Solar Project for Yarra
| DATE | Saturday 19 May 2011 |
| TIME | 11am, promptly concluding at 1pm |
| VENUE | Athol Gill Centre, 100 Hodgkinson St. Clifton Hill. |
| SPEAKER | ADAM BANDT, MHR for Melbourne |
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YCAN have this brief description of their plan.
This article by Michael Green was published in The Age's Domain section on 12 May 2012. |
EDO Awards – 2011 recipients
Pro bono contribution award
Adrian Finanzio and Rupert Watters
Adrian Finanzio (left) and Rupert Watters (right) are the legal team acting pro bono for Environment Victoria and LIVE in the 4-week court challenge to the granting of a permit for a new brown coal-fired power station in Victoria.
We believe that this case and cases like it are important. The ability to facilitate the pursuit of such things is the one that more than anything else distinguishes what the EDO can do from the great and varied work done by the environment NGO community. But also, more fundamentally, we believe that it is critical to our democratic system that in appropriate circumstances citizens and NGOs ought to be able take important matters before courts and tribunals. One of the values of our adversarial system is that it can permit in appropriate circumstances the thrashing out, in a civilised way, of important questions fundamental to ecological sustainability, and to government and corporate accountability.
The practicalities confronted by anyone engaging in such processes are notorious. Matching the intellectual fire power of opposing legal teams lead by Simon Molesworth QC and Stuart Morris QC is no easy thing. Which is why the combination of EDO and pro bono contributions by barristers such as Adrian and Rupert are so important.
See the Victorian Bar website for full details on the backgrounds of Adrian and Rupert.
19 April 2012 - GOOD NEWS on HRL
Click on the image above to see an ABC report on this GOOD NEWS
Click here to read more about the GOOD NEWS.
Environment Victoria and LIVE have decided not to appeal the VCAT decision approving the Dual Gas Power Station.
This now brings these legal proceedings relating to the Dual Gas facility to an end. We would again like to thank the EDO, Adrian Finanzio (our barrister), Adrian's staff, and the experts who helped present the case.
29 March 2012 - VCAT announces decision on HRL Powerstation
In case you haven't heard yet, we thought you would appreciate learning about VCAT's HRL decision asap.
As we aim to unite community voices as quickly and effectively as we can, we encourage you to post your thoughts on Environment Victoria's HRL decision response page http://www.facebook.com/environmentvictoria
In terms of where to now, all objectors are considering their options and we will keep you posted. READ MORE
Grand Prix - Sign a petition for it to go from Albert Park
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| Read about how Bernie Ecclestone's daughters, Tamara and Petra (above with Bernie) spend the money their dad gives them. Some of this money is the $50M Victorian taxpayers' pay each year to have Grand Prix at Albert Park. |
Will YOU SIGN A PETITION to have the Melbourne Grand Prix moved from Albert Park?
Both our local MPs, Martin Foley (State Member for Albert Park) and Michael Danby (Federal Member for Melbourne Ports) are campaigning for this move to happen.
Petitions to parliament must comply with laws that ensure they cannot be faked. This means they cannot be done on-line. Petitions MUST BE PERSONALLY SIGNED.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
Download Martin Foley's State Government Petition from HERE. Print the page on the front and back of an A4 piece of paper and follow the instructions printed on it. Alternatively you can phone Martin's office on 9646 7173 and you will be sent a copy. This petition will be tabled in the Victorian State Parliament. Incidentally, so long as you live in Victoria you can sign Martin's petition.
Michael Danby's petition form has been posted to every registered voter on the Melbourne Ports Electoral Role. If you automatically throw out mail like this you can phone his office on 9534 8126 and they will post you another copy. The way the petition is phrased you must be registered to vote in the Melbourne Ports electorate to qualify.
Please take the trouble to do this. The Baillieu Government may renew the contract with Bernie Ecclestone and we will have several more years of this abomination of a race.
