by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | Jun 22, 2012 | News
Last night I was walking home from work along Moore Street when I arrived only minutes after a container trucked rolled at the pedestrian crossing at Ballarat Road.The container truck carrying a 40 foot container rolled on its side landing on the footpath of Moore...
by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | Jun 22, 2012 | News
MTAG today protested outside the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne where CEDA, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, was holding a conference: Australia to the world: Growing national port infrastructure.MTAG’s action was to highlight the impact that...
by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | Jun 13, 2012 | General Info, News
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that diesel exhaust causes lung cancer. Back in 1988 they had said that diesel exhaust was a “probable carcinogenic”. In their new report they say: “The scientific evidence was compelling and the...
by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | Jun 3, 2012 | General Info, News
After much lobbying and discussions with MTAG, the EPA commenced air quality testing on Francis Street in May 2012.The EPA has installed a mobile testing lab on Francis street on the corner of Fraser Street, close to the Yarraville Community Centre. Testing will take...
