News
Announcement on Old Melbourne Market Site
Excellent news with the State Government announcement that the 29 hectare old Melbourne Market site on Footscray Road will be used as empty container storage, reducing the need for empty containers to travel back and forth through the inner west. The site will also...
Camera enforcement budget win!
Fantastic news in the state budget - $10.2 million for monitoring cameras for enforcement of the West Gate Tunnel truck bans! MTAG has been campaigning for electronic monitoring ever since our submission to the project's Environmental Effects Statement in 2017. We...
Research paper released on inner west air pollution
A recent research paper from the University of Queensland and the University of Melbourne - Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma – Are the Risks Appropriately Mitigated in Australia? focusses on the inner west. It looks at data from local air monitoring...
Grab a Free Curfew Sign!
MTAG has had a bunch of signs printed that you can put on your fence or in your window to send a clear message to government - Enforce Truck Curfews Now! MTAG will be at two locations this Saturday 4 May where you can pick up your free sign. 1. Outside Blackwood...
MTAG President Martin Wurt – Maribyrnong Citizen of the Year
We are very proud to announce that MTAG President Martin Wurt has been named the City of Maribyrnong’s Citizen of the Year. Martin has been campaigning to get trucks off Maribyrnong’s residential streets for almost 25 years. He has been an active MTAG committee...
Francis St pedestrian crossing – a death trap
The pedestrian crossing at the corner of Francis and Ballarat Streets saw two serious accidents involving trucks in 2023. In July, Jason was seriously injured when a truck hit the overhead traffic light and it came crashing down on his head. He spent weeks in hospital...
The Grattan truck plan: practical policies for cleaner freight
In August 2022 the Grattan Institute released an excellent report titled 'The Grattan truck plan: practical policies for cleaner freight'. The report warns that pollution from trucks kill more than 400 Australians a year and contribute to diseases such as lung...
Air Pollution Crisis in the News
There has been a series of incredibly comprehensive articles in the media recently, shedding light on the devastating effects of air pollution on our health in Melbourne’s inner west. In late January The Age ran a fantastic story titled, The breathtaking state of...
2022 Victorian State Election – a truck action perspective
It is almost State election time here in Victoria. To help you make an informed vote MTAG has contacted candidates who are running in the inner west to see what they are promising in regard to the truck issue. As any resident or visitor to the City of Maribyrnong...
Public Question Time at Maribyrnong City Council
Maribyrnong City Council has a Public Question Time at Council and Committee meetings where the public can seek responses from Council about issues affecting them. MTAG took advantage of this to ask some questions at the Council meeting on 18 October 2022. First, MTAG...